{"id":29565,"date":"2026-04-09T17:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=29565"},"modified":"2026-04-18T14:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:02:55","slug":"my-roommate-has-been-pretty-down-ever-since-he-has-gotten-over-his-situationship-how-can-i-make-him-feel-better-and-bring-life-to-his-eyes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/04\/09\/my-roommate-has-been-pretty-down-ever-since-he-has-gotten-over-his-situationship-how-can-i-make-him-feel-better-and-bring-life-to-his-eyes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"My roommate has been pretty down ever since he has &#8220;gotten over&#8221; his situationship. How can I make him feel better and bring life to his eyes again."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW040926-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW040926-2.jpg\" alt=\"My roommate has been pretty down ever since he has &quot;gotten over&quot; his situationship. How can I make him feel better and bring life to his eyes again.\" class=\"wp-image-29561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW040926-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW040926-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW040926-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My roommate has been pretty down ever since he has &#8220;gotten over&#8221; his situationship. How can I make him feel better and bring life to his eyes again. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chances are good you know some things he enjoys by now. Offer them but don&#8217;t worry too much if he&#8217;s not up for it right now, that will return. A situationship is a relationship pretending not to be, but losing one is still a form of grief, and everybody handles that at their own speed. Be a friend, give him space if he wants it, that is the best way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041626-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041626-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Roommate here. Can confirm I'm free. &quot;I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-29607\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roommate here. Can confirm I&#8217;m free. &#8220;I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m honored to have served as a neutral go-between.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are good you know some things he enjoys by now. Offer them but don&#8217;t worry too much if he&#8217;s not up for it right now, that will return. A situationship is a relationship pretending not to be, but losing one is still a form of grief, and everybody handles that at their own speed. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/04\/09\/my-roommate-has-been-pretty-down-ever-since-he-has-gotten-over-his-situationship-how-can-i-make-him-feel-better-and-bring-life-to-his-eyes-again\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My roommate has been pretty down ever since he has &#8220;gotten over&#8221; his situationship. How can I make him feel better and bring life to his eyes again.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29565"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29612,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565\/revisions\/29612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}