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I think my roommate is having a passive-aggressive war with me over music.

She arrived, I was sitting at my computer listening to French songs trying to decide what I wanted to put on my new mix CD.

Just now, about 5 minutes later, she sits down at her comp and starts listening to Spanish music.

Now, she's no more Spanish than I am French-- we both have just studied the languages. But basing on this new behavior and the behavior of our music tastes and habits over the last week (when she's around, which isn't often), I'm getting a passive-aggressive thing here.

How does one resolve this?

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

possibly "well, if she's going to act all sophisticated I'm going to have to show her I can listen to non-English music too", in which case, not really an issue, and pay no attention - I mean, just harmless competition.

I'd say probably not that one. I had asked her last week if she liked foreign music and she said sometimes she listened to Spanish stuff because that's her second major.

I would say it's not me invading her personal space either, because I was listening to the music before she even came into the dorm today. Also, she frequently turns on music on her own anyway even if I'm not listening; I generally try not to listen to music if she is already.

However, maybe she was just one-upping the "foreign content" of the music itself, in which case, ignore everything I just said. Though to avoid stereo wars you can still wear earphones.

That's what it weirdly felt like to me. But I've been thinking about getting headphones anyway. Sadly that's limited by my financial situation and I don't have any at the moment.

Still, if it becomes the problem I'll just ask her about it I guess, find out what she thinks.