Dearest Roommate:

First off, you are one of our best friends, and we love you… so much.

Second off, you are impossible to live with.

We know your job and your personal life are very complicated right now, and you are angry a lot of the time. It’s understandable. However, we feel you are not dealing with it well… and taking it out on the people around you. As friends, we are there for you, 100%, but lately you are seriously effecting our moods, our relationships, and our lives…and we have to look out for ourselves.

We hope that you see this, because we are so concerned that we may set you off in person…and we want you to know the following…..we love you. Seriously- we do. We will be here for you whenever you need us. But we honestly believe we can be better friends if we don’t live together. Hope you understand.—Your roommates

This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2010.