I currently pay $200 less than my two roommates, who are a couple and share the master bedroom. That said, I still contribute toward shared spaces like the kitchen and living room. My boyfriend comes over 1–2 nights a week—either a weekday evening (usually from around 5 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.) or a Friday/Saturday night. He stays in my room the entire time, and we only use the kitchen briefly to eat. We’re never lounging in the shared spaces.

There’s some tension between my roommates and him. They feel he has “negative energy,” likely stemming from a tough period he was going through, though he’s in a much better place now. On his side, he finds them loud and a bit inconsiderate—for example, they’re often noisy in the living room when we’re trying to sleep. Our apartment isn’t huge, so sound travels easily. Regardless, he greets them, is respectful, cleans up after himself, stays out of shared areas, and keeps to himself.

The issue: they’ve recently asked that he only come over on weekends and not weekdays. They say his presence affects their routine—for example, my roommate says she can’t walk around naked in the morning or cook, even though we don’t use the kitchen during the times they’re home, and we rarely even see them. Honestly, it feels like a small compromise—she could just throw on a t-shirt one morning a week. They also want a few days’ notice before he comes over, which I don’t quite understand. I feel like I live here too and shouldn’t need permission for my significant other to visit occasionally.

So… AITAH for not wanting to follow their requests? I just don’t feel like their requests are entirely reasonable when we split the space (almost) equally.