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Originally Posted by Cherie

I would only expect them to be in the kitchen when cooking and if there is no where else to eat when eating, otherwise they should take themselves off to their rooms, unless the kitchen is the only communal area but then again its not fair to expect someone to cook in a crowded space when you just want to get on and not feel you are being watched or hurried

is there another space they can congregate in other than their rooms?

I think any other year I lived with noisy kitchen-hogs I had a mutual enough connection with them to overlook it and just let it be without getting too frustrated and even be somewhat invested in it (even if we had other issues) but when the people you live with are really from completely different worlds to you (in as much as you might be cordial around each other) the kitchen-hogging becomes a hostage situation and the loudness becomes useless white noise so it’s just really annoying being in those situations. Especially when the people are supposed to be relatively mature in age.