‘No takesies backsies’: College roommate installs a stripper pole in the living room, refuses to move it for normal furniture

Dealing with a roommate can sometimes be the most difficult part of navigating college life. On top of that, you're constantly battling internal struggles like taking the right classes for your major, eating enough dinner before hitting the bars, and the tried and true favorite– grappling with the daily pressures of putting a stripper pole in your living room.

Like all college kids, when you're young and dumb and finally able to make autonomous home decor decisions for yourself, the stripper pole installation is almost always on the top of your list. For some reason, the s3xually charged, rebellious nature of the pole is what draws people in, but it's seldom considered as a flamboyant burden to the rest of the house. One college girl living with her two best friends found out the hard way exactly how inconvenient a vertical pole in your living space really is.

u/lavenderloverr, a third year in college, had just moved in with her closest friends. They had a house with a living room and were excited to remodel it to their liking. Before having any furniture in place, Lavender asked her roomies if she could install a stripper pole in the middle as a new exercise/hobby piece and they heartily agreed. Like any 20 year old would, they agreed before really understanding the consequences.

After a short couple of weeks, the girls started wishing they had a real living room with actual furniture– ie: a couch, a TV, and maybe a coffee table– like real adults. Lavender wasn't about to let their initial support of her stripper pole go to waste, so when they asked her to move it to another corner, she refused. When OP stood her ground and threatened the others, her roommates called her bluff and went straight to the landlord, ratting her out for installing a pole in the room and now the girls friendship is on the rocks.

There are definitely going to be some passive aggressive Post-it notes left on the fridge this semester…

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer