{"id":414,"date":"2018-01-29T14:49:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=414"},"modified":"2018-01-29T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T18:27:14","slug":"how-do-i-know-if-someone-is-going-to-make-a-good-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/29\/how-do-i-know-if-someone-is-going-to-make-a-good-roommate\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I know if someone is going to make a good roommate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-410\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-410\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-2-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"How do I know if someone is going to make a good roommate?\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How do I know if someone is going to make a good roommate?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rather than trying to find a good roommate, think about whether they are a compatible roommate for you. Consider your personality and what you want in a roommate and then have a candid conversation with your potential roommate. Be open as part of that process. It can be tempting to focus on the other person as the root of any conflict, but try to acknowledge how your future roommate will see your habits and actions as well. If you find someone that you can have this sort of honest conversation with, I think you&#8217;ll find you\u2019re on the right path to a successful roommate relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than trying to find a good roommate, think about whether they are a compatible roommate for you. Consider your personality and what you want in a roommate and then have a candid conversation with your potential roommate. Be open as part of that process. It can be tempting to focus on the other person &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/29\/how-do-i-know-if-someone-is-going-to-make-a-good-roommate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do I know if someone is going to make a good roommate?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-college","category-life-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}