She stopped coming to my room, and whenever we crossed paths, she would tighten her face in a scowl.
I guess I would prefer this than to have an entitled locust and cankerworm eating up my things with funny attitudes.
One thing I do in a new environment or with a new person is to use the first weeks to sturdy them while maintaining my lain. If the person is good enough to mix up with, eventually we'll start getting along but it otherwise, I'll maintain my lain till thy kingdom come
I think trying this your method is important for me. I will try this in any environment I find myself. Is not about rushing to make friends or mingle with so many people but what matters is where the relationship leads to other ends.
It is easy to maintain one's lain without attraction unnecessarily attitude if he has not mixed up with people before, but it is difficult to set boundaries when there is families already