Top Roommate Stories of the Week (June 29, 2023)

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 28, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

They say having a bad roommate experience builds character. They say it's the ultimate adulting experience, one that teaches you what true boundaries look like. Whatever it is they say, let's all just be honest with each other and admit that no one out there is thankful to have had their bad roommate experience. I am not grateful for mine; in fact, I am still experiencing anxiety from that whole friendship fallout. Word of advice to all: don't believe what anyone says to you. if you're able to avoid having an experience like these ones which have been listed below, keep on avoiding it!

 

These roommate stories include a wide range of dramatic tales, from people who clean too little to people who complain too much to people whose friends and significant others keep showing up uninvited. Sometimes, you don't know exactly what you're in for when you're signing a new lease with someone. However, we recommend establishing specific ground rules from the start and getting those rules written down ASAP. Make it like a contract… because that's exactly what it is!

 

Keep scrolling below for these top roommate stories of the week. For more lists like this, here are some top Karens!

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  • 01

    #1: Elderly Karen roommate who complains too much about kitchen cleanliness

    Font - Guest elderly roommate doesn't want me to eat or exist in the common kitchen Two weeks ago we got a new roommate that has her own room and we share the kitchen. The landlord said he had to sanitize all the kitchen because it was in bad conditions (and trust me, it wasn't. We throw out trash every two days and always clean after ourselves when we leave stains)
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  • 02
    Font - So anyways the new Roommate doesn't want me to use the aspiration when I cook because she says it's too loud and disturbs her in her room. She also complains about my cooking to the point every time she hears me turning on the aspirator (that is always when I cook because that's how the landlord demanded) she teleports in the kitchen, telling me how my food stinks and if I'm stir frying every day because she can't stand the smell of onions and garlic. She also complain we leave fingerprin
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  • 03
    Font - reall1 6 days ago "Please stop bothering me. I will maintain the kitchen that I pay to use respectfully, but I'm going to use the kitchen how I see fit. If you would like a private kitchen, or would like a perfectly undisturbed living space, you can rent a private apartment, or find yourself a room in another house that is further from the kitchen. While you are staying here, stop getting in the way and leave me alone." 275 Reply Share ...
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  • 04

    #2: This roommate bought hanging lights out of nowhere and expected everyone to pay her back for them

    Font - My Roommate Locked Lights Because I Didn't Split on Them With Her My Roommate bulls is honestly comical at this point. I'm the lease holder of this house and have lived there for two years. My roommates were friends of mine that moved in about 10 months ago. Almost all of the furniture in the house is mine and I let my roommates use them freely. All I ask is for them to respect them and use coaters and fluff up couch cushions so they don't get flat. They don't do anything I ask but expect
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  • 05
    Font - Since they moved in, one of them, I will call Bob, has always been trying to convince everyone to split on things with her. I've split on a few things that are actually practical for all of us but I told her when I didn't want to split on something. I would explain to her why I don't think it's necessary and If she wants it she can buy it but it doesn't make sense to split on it since we wont be living together forever. She doesn't even bring it up anymore, two months ago she bought a BBQ
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  • 06
    Font - Then it was hanging lights in the backyard. This time she asked but after they were purchased and I said I don't think its necessary since how would we do this when we all move out. She said I can't use them then. I told her that If she's brining something into the common space expect for it to be used by everyone. All my furniture is used by everyone and you didn't split on that. I wouldn't buy a painting for the living room and ask everyone to split on it and if you don't you aren't alo
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  • 07
    Font - Anyway, I was in the garden the other and I saw that she literally put a lock on it so you can't plug it in, and I honestly think all of this is just stupid and ridiculous. Now for the topping on the cake, they are using my extension cord that they didn't split on to plug in their lights. Should I be as petty as them and take it away?
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  • 08
    Rectangle - InternMost6612. 4 days ago Yeah at this point I'd definitely take away the extension cord and wouldn't let her use the furniture 392 Reply Share
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  • 09

    #3: This roommate left all these dishes for OP to clean after they returned from vacation...

    Cabinetry - It was clean before I left for a week... menty b inducing
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  • 10
    Font - Did YouSetItTo-Wumbo 2 days ago ....is that carpet in the kitchen? Reply Share 140
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  • 11
    Font - CodWaste 7016 OP 2 days ago no it's dirty vinyl ahahahah 74 Reply Share
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  • 12
    Font - thegan32n 2 days ago They were waiting for you to do it. Don't do it. 56 Reply Share
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  • 13
    Font - bagelcrisp 2 days ago Honestly, wash whatever dishes are yours and store them in your room and take everything else that's dirty and throw it into a trash bag. Then throw that bag into their room. 53 Reply Share
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  • 14

    #4: That moment when your sick roommate infects the common area

    Font - Roommate using living room while sick. Am I over reacting or do other people agree that while you are sick in a shared house you should spend most of your day in your room. I have a roommate who is ill enough to not want to attend family gathers or work. IMO my roommate is being inconsiderate by spending majority of their time in the living room. I wouldn't mind if they were in there for a short while but it seems they have nested up. It's been a day and a half of them watching movies and
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  • 15
    Font - The conflict is that I don't want to make someone who's feeling sick feel worse or create unnecessary tension in the house but I also want to set a realistic boundary for common spaces. Am I being too demanding? Is this a fair request? Thoughts?
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  • 16
    Font - NeighborAtTheGates. 3 days ago Nahhh man they need to go to their room & heal. Being sick in a shared space is risking your health as well and being totally inconsiderate. Yeah it may make them upset but oh well that's part of life you can't make everyone happy but your boundaries are sacred to your well being and should be treated as such. 118 Reply Share
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  • 17

    #5: Shelly, her evil cat, and her creepy boyfriend!

    Font - Nightmare roommate I (24f) have a nightmare roommate. Let's call her Shelly. She (22f) has a victim complex and makes it feel as though we have to walk on eggshells around her any time we are home at the same time. Shelly also has a creepy boyfriend (26m) who she has over 5-6 nights a week, sometimes he shows up completely unannounced and on one occasion she was asleep when he got here,
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  • 18
    Font - so he came aROUND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO MY WINDOW AND YELLED UP AT ME TO TRY AND GET ME TO LET HIM IN. When we confronted Shelly about this behavior and asked her if she could talk to him about communicating before he comes over and maybe not have him over literally every night she threw a tantrum, left the apartment for an entire week to "be around reliable people," and they have both been hostile towards us (myself and our other roommate 23f) ever since.
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  • 19
    Font - Shelly also has a kitten who is aggressive and destructive, she has broken things of mine before and Shelly has never apologized or offered to replace. She never supervises this cat and neglects it to the point that one night she accidentally locked it out on the porch overnight. Shelly also regularly comes home after 2am on weeknights, which is fine, she's an adult, but she doesn't tell anyone she's going out and then when we lock the door (as most people do before they go to bed)
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  • 20
    Font - she SCREAMS AND CRIES as through we locked her out as a personal attack. She also smokes oui'd in the house, invited her friend to stay for an entire week and then tried to extend her stay without asking/giving us a heads up, among many other things but somehow any time we bring up a problem with her she makes herself out to be the victim and claims we "don't care about her mental health." She never cleans up after herself or helps when we are doing household chores yet also complains tha
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  • 21
    Font - she accused me of stealing "her" bowls (our lease ends next week so I am currently packing to move out) and then when I proved that the bowls I had packed were mine she cried. She had also packed the lid to a pan of mine in her stuff so it was especially rich of her to accuse me of taking her stuff when she literally did take mine. Anyway, I don't really need any advice I just needed to scream into the void. Thanks to anyone who actually read this far.
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  • 22
    Font - Opening_Dingo2357. 7 days ago Dude.... I have known someone just like Shelly. Karma was not good to her because she was not good to her friends. Check in on Shelly in six months. Im 100% sure her karma will come around.
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