'I came home to strangers sleeping in my bed': College student forced to move out after entitled roommates refuse to stop going into her bedroom, despite her putting a lock on the door

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Sep 16, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

When I used to live with roommates (and thank goodness I don't anymore), I could have gone on for days talking about all my roommates' annoying habits that made living with them a miserable experience. They constantly ate my food, never washed the dishes, invited their friends over to stay until the middle of the night, and not once did they throw out the trash. I hated every minute I was forced to share a home with them, and I am not ashamed to admit that.

Even after experiencing that, I still think I lucked out in the roommates department, because it was nowhere close to what the roommate in the story below was forced to deal with. 

What started out as a wholesome roommates experience, with movie nights and shared dinners, ended with one of the roommates being forced to move out after the others refused to stop crossing boundaries. Not only did they eat all her food and take her belongings, but they let their friends sleep in her bed, and even broke into her bedroom after she decided to lock it.

Some crossed lines call for an action, and this roommate's action was to move out. Was that the right call? Keep scrolling to read the full story and find out.

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    Roommates talking at campus apartment
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    My roommates went from “friendly movie nights” to breaking into my locked room for makeup. I’m over it.

    When I first moved into my off- campus apartment with three other girls, things were fine.
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    We weren't best friends, but we were friendly watched movies, cooked together, had a decent vibe.
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    Then the boundary issues started. First it was little things: snacks disappearing, shampoo running out twice as fast, laundry detergent mysteriously gone.
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    When I brought it up, they'd laugh, deny it, or promise to replace it (never happened).
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    Then it got bigger. I saw one roommate wearing my wristwatch on Snapchat without asking.
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    Another time, I came home to strangers sleeping in my bed.
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    They also loved to use my special cooking tools (that I bought myself) and leave them greasy or slightly damaged.
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    That's when I finally locked everything down bought a lockbox, a mini fridge, and started locking my bedroom door.
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    They called me "paranoid" and "dramatic," but honestly, it was the only way to have peace of mind.
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    At first, it seemed to work. Things were tense, but they eventually apologized, and I thought maybe we'd turned a corner.
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    Then, two days later, one roommate literally broke into my locked room to grab makeup because she "really needed it."
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    I wish I was exaggerating, but nope.
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    Angry girl scolding her messy roommate
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    That was the final straw. My family's coming to help me pack up, and I'm leaving.
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    I don't care if the lease overlap is a headache I'm not living with people who think breaking into my room is acceptable behavior.
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    cheesekurgers I wouldn't even pay anymore rent. Let them learn about consequences
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    OP Most_Cycle_8338 I think that's what I'll workout with the landlord and them for not suing
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    ttopsrock You should file a police report for theft and lost goods. They'll continue this behavior and need to understand its not okay. There has to be REAL consequences.
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    curiousity60 Please report the breaking and entering and theft to the police. A police report can be very helpful in breaking your lease. It will do no harm to your landlord. It can help if landlord starts thinking about "money on the table" from you down the road.
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    Jurassic Park-fan-190 Check your credit.. they could have taken this a lot further since they had access to your things
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    impostershop Is there damage from the "break- in" like did she simply unlock the door (most bedroom locks aren't hard to defeat) or did she break something? Take pics and the only reason to make a police report is to hold her partially accountable for the hit you're about to take on unpaid rent.
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    dangerkido report to a police, breaking in to somone's room, and steal things, that's a crime
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    CaregiverBrilliant60 Yes. i have known issues like this. My sister moved in to a dorm with her high school friend. Then things went toxic. In your next life, be an a hole from the start. Kindness is weakness.
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    Educational_Gas_92 Op, I'm furious for you, glad that you are moving, breaking into your room is beyond unhinged, on top of all the previous disrespect. Do they behave in such an uncivilized way with each other, or do they just target you? Speak with the landlord and explain the situation, for your own safety, you need to move, thankfully you have the means to do so (please throw out the makeup your wacko ex roommate used).
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