I live in a 2 bedroom apartment with one roomate who is a friend and we each have our own room and bathroom. I’m an introvert who prefers staying at home so I often spend a lot of time in the living room compared to him who prefers to spend his time in his room. This is different to previous roomates i’ve had where we would often hang in the common area and watch the same tv/movies. I don’t mind that he likes to be alone, but I end up in the living room alone often which is no problem (he is always welcome to join).

The conflict is when he wants to have his gf over. Instead of hanging in his room he will tell me they are watching a movie in the living room and take up that area which forces me to stay in my tiny room all night rather than live in my apartment normally. This is also interesting to me because his gf lives alone with 2 cats so its a conscious decision to come here. From my perspective the living room is not an area to reserve or rent out, its our home that we both can use. There have been times i’ve had a girl over in the living room, but i’ve NEVER asked him to leave or reserved it or anything. He would just be in his room so itd be empty so thats where i’d go. If he was using it or planned to use it i’d have no problem just staying in my room.

AITA for feeling weird for being asked to leave my own living room and stay in my room? Or is it normal to reserve the living room for a date night every once in a while? I feel like the bad guy for just wanting to live my usual life in my apartment