So this all comes down to music. I just kind of feel like they aren't respecting me but expect me to respect them.
Basically, I play my music during the day. From about 11am-10pm. Not constantly but if I'm in my room, hanging it, or doing work. I admit sometimes it gets a little loud. I'll inch it up a little bit, and keep doing it, thinking it's still an acceptable level when actually, it's kinda loud. So when they've texted me/messaged me in the past to turn it down, I have done.
At night they sit in the kitchen together, and drink. They play loud music on the TV/Ipods, and scream, laugh quite loudly, as you would do when drunk. It's loud enough that with earplugs in, I can still hear them. I've only told them to be quieter once, and that was because they'd been telling me to turn my music down during the day, and I felt spiteful. But in response, they opened the kitchen door, turned the TV up, and started singing extremely loudly. I then played my music super loud to annoy them, and that's kinda when the arguments started.
Now, they're asking me to listen to my music in earphones during the day because they're trying to work. To them this is fine. But when I say, well then you'll have to drink elsewhere at night, or be quiet because I'm trying to sleep, that's not okay, and they say I'm being a dick for suggesting they do that. They're also really drunk when I ask them to turn it down, so they ignore me, or get angry and start arguments with me about my music. I've tried drinking with them and I do occasionally, but they like to go out 3/4 times a week, whereas I rarely do go out.
My thoughts are, they can do work at the library if they really want to do work. If I want to listen to music through speakers, so be it. I try keep it down, but if it gets too loud they can tell me to turn it down, it's fine. But I obviously can't go elsewhere to sleep, and they're much more aggressive towards me when they've had a few drinks.
Any suggestions on how to handle the situation? I really doubt we'll reach a compromise because they refuse to accept any wrongdoings and think it's perfectly fine to disrupt my sleep...It's a pretty horrible living environment if I'm honest.. Thanks for any support/help