How to Do It

I Sleep Mere Feet From My Roommate’s Bedroom. I Know Exactly What’s Going On In There.

What they’re doing could put us all at risk.

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Dear How to Do It,

I live in an apartment with three other roommates, and two of them have recently started doing something that I find really annoying, and really risky. Worse, they think they’re being sneaky about it. They’re not.

Basically, they’re having sex with each other. I noticed because I sleep in the room directly in front of one of theirs. I don’t mind this, but I’m concerned about how this could affect our group dynamic. We’re all decent friends and now they’re discreetly sneaking around and clearly don’t want other people to know.…