–Posted on behalf of Quinn, TRW’s resident Advice Columnist–
Q. My roommate saw my Facebook status supporting McCain during the election Tuesday night. He is an avid Obama supporter, so we got into a friendly argument that night. Now that the election is over and went in his favor, he won’t stop giving me grief about it. It’s getting incredibly annoying to have his political views rubbed in my face every time I walk out into the common room. How can I get him to leave me alone– for at least the next four years?
A. First of all, if you didn’t want to be antagonized about your political beliefs you shouldn’t have posted them to Facebook in the first place – especially when you are in favor of the less-popular option, which McCain arguably was in the Facebook-demographic age-range and certainly was based on Tuesday’s results. On to the real problem, though, of getting your roommate to leave you alone. Step one: be a gracious loser, and concede to him verbally that the new President has been decided and you’re okay with that. Step two: tell him to leave you alone. If you’re on good enough terms with your roommate to have a friendly political argument on the night of a historical presidential election, you are on good enough terms with him to tell him to his face he’s being obnoxious. And he can’t call you a sore loser if you followed step one first! After that, go change your Facebook status back to complaining about classes and announcing weekend plans – life will return to normal soon enough.
