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I once had a neighbor who lived beneath me who was a bar tender, so she would get home late (around 1:00 or 2:00 AM) and then stay up until mid morning. The building was very, very old and had extremely thin walls and her bedroom was right below mine and I would wake up to things like her coughing, etc in the middle of the night. This wasn't preferable, but also really that big of a deal until she found a new boyfriend and then.... you can imagine that it wasn't just her coughing that woke me up at 3:00, 4:00 and 6:00 in the morning every.single.night. It got to a point where I approached her and left a very awkward letter asking her that, if she was going to get busy, to at least be quiet and/or find a different time, room, etc.

It didn't work.

After a few more months, we finally had to go to our landlord to see if he could enforce some quiet time. He did.

It didn't work.

This was just a slew of issues we had with her (smoking outside of our open window, parking in our spot, not cleaning up her dog's mess in the parking lot, the list goes on), but what I learned from this experience is that, unfortunately, as much as someone is in the wrong, rude and thoughtless people will generally stay that way, no matter how many rules and regulations are imposed. I would most certainly try to work things out with the management; however, unfortunately, it may come down to you having to move if she is unwilling to be reasonable. That's what happened to me and I left an apartment that I loved but, in the end, that's life for you.

Absolutely terrifying. I was always too chicken to play Bloody Mary as a kid (still am), but I'm terrified of mirrors during the night time. I always imagine looking in a mirror, just to see someone behind me.

Also, open closet doors. Again, in my head, I look up to my closet to admire my collection of shoes and, alas, a ghost serial killer or Newt Gingrich is wickedly staring back at me.