Have you ever kept doing something....

I can be really bad at doing this sort of thing. If someone gets on my nerves and I know that there is something that I can do to annoy them, then I'll probably do everything under the sun I can to annoy them. Sometimes however, I just like annoying people for fun. I know that sounds bad and probably will make you think I'm a terrible person, but I never really take it that far. I know when enough is enough.

I'm not necessarily proud of myself for it, but I would have to answer yes. When I read your post, I immediately thought of my college roommate. We were good friends and usually got along great, but there was something that always bothered me about her. I usually went to bed earlier than she did because she invariably signed up for classes that took place in the afternoon - she was a night owl :) Anyway, I'm a more quiet person than she is to begin with, but I like to think of myself as a considerate person also. I was usually up first in the morning and always made an effort to be quiet as I gathered my clothes and showering supplies, packed my bag for class, etc. I also always closed our dorm room door very gently - it was the kind that slammed really loudly if you just let it go. Well, for some reason, and despite the fact that I asked her nicely a few times to please be more quiet, she would consistently wake me up at night coming in and out of the room for things or talking on the phone. She always let the door slam and didn't even keep her voice down when on the phone! Well, this really started to drive me crazy! Especially since I talked to her about it and she would act like she understood where I was coming from. Was she secretly upset that I said something about it? I have no idea! Anyway, it got to the point that I started intentionally making noise in the morning and going about my business at full volume as if I wasn't even aware that she was sleeping. I stopped closing the door softly and slammed books around when I felt like it, which was usually after she had been especially loud the night before. Annoyingly enough, she always seemed to sleep through whatever I was doing, so I guess it was pointless, but it somehow made me feel better. I know it's kind of silly and childish though and it seems even more so now looking back on it. What is interesting is that all this took place freshman year. We continued to be pretty good friends and ended up living together sophomore year too. Well, by the end of that year, I had had enough! The same kinds of things continued to happen but on a larger scale despite my repeated requests that be a little more thoughtful. When it came time to look for housing for junior year, I ended up living with some of our other friends because I just couldn't face the thought of another year of the same thing. Just to clarify, during those first two years, it slowly became apparent that she was kind of a selfish person. Now and then things would happen that would indicate that she wasn't as good of a friend as I thought she was and that she wasn't willing to put the effort into the friendship that I was. We slowly drifted apart over our last two years at school and now we occasionally email each other updates about our lives but I haven't seen her in several years. So, to answer your question with a very long response, yes I know exactly what you mean!