Yea, nah, I didn’t misunderstand. You are not describing the normal reaction. Outside the obvious of “too often” it’s pretty unreasonable to think that someone who shares a living space with you can’t invite people into what is also their home.
If your home MUST be your space as much as you’re saying, you shouldn’t have roommates. The cat metaphor doesn’t work because these are temporary houseguests brought in by a co-equal member of the household who has equal rights to use of the space as you do.
Yea, nah, I didn’t misunderstand. You are not describing the normal reaction. Outside the obvious of “too often” it’s pretty unreasonable to think that someone who shares a living space with you can’t invite people into what is also their home.
If your home MUST be your space as much as you’re saying, you shouldn’t have roommates. The cat metaphor doesn’t work because these are temporary houseguests brought in by a co-equal member of the household who has equal rights to use of the space as you do.