Having roommates who use your things without permission is always frustrating, especially when there's a complete lack of appreciation, reciprocation, consideration, or at least acknowledgment of the fact that they're doing so.
Still, sharing is an important way to build relationships, as mutual trust and reciprocation are key components. So, while people using your things is annoying, being overly zealous about people not touching your things is never going to fly either, and getting overly pedantic about it is just going to start a battle that is going to result in everyone losing. Cohabitation shouldn't be purely transactional, and those who bring in roommates expecting it to be as such will make themselves and their unfortunate roommates miserable.
This roommate felt that no one should touch anything she owned, including her salt and pepper on the table. Well, two could play at that game… If salt and pepper were "off the table," then the roommate was never going to use anything that wasn't hers ever again…
Talk about a nightmare roommate situation.
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