'Overstay your welcome?': Roommate's boyfriend keeps hogging the bathroom in the morning, cue petty revenge

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    Product - 5 "Overstay your welcome? I will make it unpleasant for you."
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    Font - Overstay your welcome? I will make it unpleasant for you. So I (25F) live with two roommates (24F, 25F) and we all have boyfriends. It's not uncommon for our significant others to spend time at our apartment. We live in a pretty nice place and it's on the larger side, so there's more room to host. One of my roommates, we'll call her Carly, has a boyfriend who no one can stand. He used to talk to my roommate (his gf) in a condescending and rude manner until she "taught" him how to treat so
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    Font - None of these things are worth genuinely being upset about, but as a guest in someone else's home he should have more respect. My roommate Carly works a job that sometimes requires her to wake up early (around 5am) and go to work. Now it's important to note that these two spend every single night together. If they aren't working, they are hanging out at his apartment or ours.
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    Font - But, without fail, they sleep together every single night. On nights when Carly has to work early the next morning, they will sleep here. Every time this happens, her boyfriend wakes up leisurely after she has left the apartment, usually between 8-9am, and proceeds to take a 30 minute shower while blasting his music, then goes back to his own apartment. Now this bathroom is a shared bathroom, and my other roommate needs to get up and ready for her job every day. When we first mentioned to
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    Font - The conversation didn't change anything, he still gets ready here once she has left the apartment. I just stopped battling it and instead moved my toothbrush and makeup to the half bath in upstairs in the kitchen. Here is where I get my revenge. Tomorrow she is leaving early again and her boyfriend is spending the night. Once we all go to bed tonight I'm going to turn the hot water off. When her boyfriend goes to get ready tomorrow he will be met with a nice cold morning shower! I don't c
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    Font - kiwimuz - 17 hr. ago If he is a problem then he is only allowed to visit when his girlfriend is home. He leaves if she is not there. He does not pay for your utilities so has no right to use them. 2.6k Reply Share
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    Font - pinksterpoo 15 hr. ago Yeah, it seems he's not the only one who is arrogant. He has his own place and for Carly to expect you all to pay for her bf's showers that put you out of your own bathroom is, at the very least, inconsiderate of her. 931 Reply Share
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    Font - WhichRisk6472 - 16 hr. ago Start charging her extra for rent. Explain he's using the water, he's staying there more than half the week, he can start paying extra rent too. Watch how fast he stops. In the mornings, inform him he has to shower at his place or pay for the extra water. It's going to cause chaos, but you'll get one of two things. He either stops or they both leave 766 Reply Share
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    Font - EzAwnDown +1 - 17 hr. ago 1. Great idea and do it EVERY time. 2. This guy sucks..so does your roommate (his girlfriend). 3. IF you don't do #1 above (you should) you and your other roommate should talk to him. Once he is getting ready to leave, just stop in and say "Hey Buddy (dont use his name). That's the last shower you take here in the morning. It's too disruptive for our schedules. Thanks for understanding."
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    Font - DON"T give him a chance to reply - no discussion. Just go back in your room. Oh how I wish I could deliver #3 news to this jabronie. 724 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - CoderJoe1 17 hr. ago Turn off the circuit breaker for the bathroom as well. 423 Reply Share
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    Font - CatJesus Mew 16 hr. ago I once had a roommate who without fail, would always let his insane gf pretend like she ran the house..so I started buttering the doorknob to his room while he was away offshore for a week at a time. Do you know what's worse than grabbing a 7 day old buttered doorknob with confidence? Not much. 210 Reply Share
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    Font - emveetu 15 hr. ago There should be a rule. No guests allowed if the person they're the guest of is not there. Roommate leaves, guest leaves. PERIOD. 174 Reply Share
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    Font - Cathene70 16 hr. ago You should tell her that when you leave the apartment for the day, he needs to leave with you. He is no longer allowed to remain behind anylonger. If he wants to shower here, he can pay rent of the shower of $150 for each shower he does. If he doesn't like that, well, he can go shower at home then.
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    Font - Tell her he needs to leave with you as he does not pay rent here so he doesn't get to act like he owns the apartment and puts us out of our own bathroom because he wants to use it for thirty minute long showers. I hope he enjoys his cold shower in the morning. 163 Reply Share
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    Font - Doge Got_Me_Hooked 17 hr. ago What you should do is wake up before him and get in the shower blasting your music when he's still sleeping. The cold shower will unfortunately carry over to your other Roomate's when they don't have hot water either. 132 Reply Share
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    Font - PwntUpRage 15 hr. ago. edited 15 hr. ago . Hi plumber here. If you have a tank type heater there will be lots of hot water for him in the morning. If you shut it off and then have a shower the night before, then it will be cold for him in the morning. A turned off modern hot water tank unused will hold its heat for several days. You could just shut off the water supply to the tank.... 113 Reply Share
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    Font - painteddpiixi 15 hr. ago He doesn't pay rent, so his right to exist there ends when his gf who does isn't home. If he's staying over on nights when she works early, he needs to be up and leave the house at the same time she does. Period. If they really want to live together that bad, they can get a lease instead of making it your problem.

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