Roommate Horror Stories

MrsLeyva11

Moved into a college apartment complex, where they 'interview' you and throw you into an apartment where they think you'll fit in.. So I didn't know either of my roommates.

First night I was there, walked out into the kitchen to find my roommate drunkenly hanging over the sink with her boobs hanging over the top of her dress, a mug of coffee in her hand, and some mystery pan of something smoking on the stove. To this day, we still can't figure out what she was doing.

clydethecat

i moved in with a friend of mine and his mother. everything was all good when he was there. unfortunately he moved in with his girlfriend so i moved into the master bedroom, something his mother wanted to do but could not afford to. we got a roommate soon after and things went down from there. his mom and the new roommate were both devout Christians, and i am a heathen as far as they were concerned. i stuck mostly to my room, but did go out with friends often. being a heathen when i went out i did heathen like activities. they did not approve, and were annoyed that i just really didnt care what they thought. they were both at least 20 years older than me. so they hated me, i didnt care for them, but we were civil.

we all shared the bills three ways. this was in Sacramento ca in the middle of summer. it was 110* every day. i put on the ac once, just for an hour to cool things down and the mom went freaking berserk. she called me every name, said i was a sinner, that i didnt respect god, that i was going to hell.. blah blah blah. so that laid out the boundaries. i stayed in my room or out and they left me alone. come Christmas i was planning on moving out with in the month. i get a Christmas card from the mom saying: "erin, merry Christmas. i no longer want deal with you and the bills, please go thru nole (the son), kathleen"

oh and after she went off on me for turning on the ac, i found her tv had been on for over 8 hrs while she was at work. she was a trip. glad to be rid of them!

ncotanche

I have two stories. Made me furious at the time, but now they are kinda funny.

My Junior year 7 friends rented a house together. Things were rocky but ok. Well summer came, only two of us stay and the other rooms became subletted. The upper floor had three guys from a frat. The lower floor had three girls. One of the girls was having a birthday party and we made it a big deal. That night of the party, also happened to be the night that our house became the summer off campus house for the frat. The party turned into a disaster. They mad a mess playing beer pong, ate all the cake (with their hands), and trashed the house. We left to get away from the disaster and when we came back no guys to be found but their left their mess for us to clean up.

Last year I transferred to a University closer to home and moved in with two guys whom a close friend recommend. The bathroom situation was a little awkward. There were three bedrooms and one bathroom. However, the bathroom was located between two bedrooms and there was no access to it from a common room. Weird, but what made it horrible was that the roommate who didn't live in an joining bedroom to the bathroom had horrible stomach issues that made he need to use the bathroom all the time. He would just run into my room all the time. Studying, sleeping, changing... didn't matter. He would supposedly knock, but never waited for me to respond. He also kicked me out of the bathroom several times. Pretty frequently when I was in the shower. Awkward. He also could only eat meat, eggs, and some veggies. So our tiny kitchen was constantly over run with dirty dishes from his cooking. Ok, guys will be guys. However I get sick to my stomach when I smell meat cooking and the kitchen constantly had that smell. By the end, I was only eating microwavable meals, changing in my 2 foot by 1 foot closet, and using a shampoo that was also a conditioner and body wash...

seamonkey789

Before my boyfriend moved in, I would rent my second bedroom out, usually to friends, but I rented it out to an exchange student because it was only supposed to be for a year.

I was vegetarian and this guy literally lived off rotiseree chicken for like 8 months. I couldn't figure out why the bathroom was stinking or why the tub had this grime on it and the drain was always clogged despite me cleaning it all the time.

I went in the right after him and the bathroom REEKED of chicken, so I ask about it and he's washing his chicken plates IN MY BATHTUB and I had to threaten eviction to get him to use the kitchen sink

smantha32

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deadbeatsummer

I went to university and my mum was very sick at home.
i moved into a house in my second year with a friend from home who was on the same course as me - we'd been friends since childhood.

i stupidly thought she would 'be there for me' in the difficult time of my mother's illness. instead, she made the other girls in the house make fun of me and wouldn't let me eat in the kitchen with them. she stole a cat from a house nearby and made it live in our kitchen (im very allergic to fur).

On my birthday she dumped a pair of muddy trainers that I had ran with and left out in the porch, onto the back of a brand new leopard print (fake) fur coat my boyfriend had bought me for my birthday that I had loved for ages. We don't talk anymore.

Zylahe

I went in the right after him and the bathroom REEKED of chicken, so I ask about it and he's washing his chicken plates IN MY BATHTUB and I had to threaten eviction to get him to use the kitchen sink

Wtf?
Why on earth would someone wash dishes in a bathtub?
Was there no kitchen sink?

I honestly can't understand this.

splashangel

So, I had been traveling and hustling my art for a few years. I decided to come back to Florida for a while. So, I moved in with this girl I knew. Things seemed to be going o.k. She didn't work much. She had a 3 day a week job at Waffle House and didn't have much money. Her Dad was helping her some and she got a lttle money from her ex here and there... (So she said) I was still working for my self and doing fair enough. I would give her my share of the bills and often more. I never ate there but I would give her money for groceries etc. I would give her money sometimes for random stuff. Getting her hair done or her dogs food. I didn't really mind that much. Anyways, 4-5 monthes rock on and she has gotten really emotional.I was single and partied alot and dated pretty regular. She got to where she would start crying and saying how nobody ever ask her out and they did me. How she was overweight. She told me she was jealous of me and was sorry about it. I felt really bad for her. I tried to make her feel better. She in turn, started asking for more and more. She even ask me for pot money. ( Yes, I did ) But it was just getting really uncomfortable for me. So, I went on the road again for two weeks. Made great money. I called home and she tells me she wants money to buy her kid Christmas. She said he had nothing from her and Christmas was a week away. I got mad and told her she should have worried about her kids Christmas before now. Well, A few days later I got home and was not feeling right. I stayed in the bed for several days. Next memory I have was standing in the yard with the Land lady telling me that I had to move. She was telling me that I spent all my money on drinking and doing drugs. That the girl I lived with couldn't pay our bills alone. Chick had not been paying rent and blaming it on me. I remember saying," You think she's been paying these bills on 3 day's Waffle House? at some point I called friends and I moved into a hotel. Oh yea, I had picked up West Nile Virus. Twas a very Merry Christmas.

musicstardust67

We weren't living together yet, but the process up to getting a place was a nightmare.

I had been searching for someone reliable to move in with and went through different sources to find a roommate. I was standing up in a wedding and the maid of honor overheard me talking about needing to find someone to live with. She recommended her sister. We were setting up for the bridal shower, so the sister came to the banquet hall. We talked for a while and were getting along really well. We each addressed some of our concerns to each other but decided that this would work out for the best.

We tried getting a duplex, which we were denied for. No problem. We kept looking and corresponding with each other daily about places to look at or listings available. I wound up finding this amazing historic apartment in the downtown area. It had all original woodwork, the bedrooms were on opposite sides of the apartment, and it had a 4 seasons room. This thing was AH-MAZ-ING. And downtown?! What more could you ask for.

I told her about it and she was a bit disinterested. Her big concern was that it didn't have a dishwasher. (Come on, really? You can't be a big girl and wash your bowl and spoon?) But nevertheless, time was coming to and end on her lease and she really wanted to move away from her live-in boyfriend. I talked her into this apartment. It's DOWNTOWN and it's in our price range. We each filled out our application and submitted the fee. I even went out of my way to drive the 20 miles back and forth to drop her application off.

Because our credit was not so good, the landlord wanted 3x the security up front, coming to $2400. I had my half of the money, so I figured she would as well. We'd been talking for 2 months straight, every single day, constantly about living together. And even though $2400 is a bit high, when you break it down, you've already paid your first and last and you'll get $800 back, so realistically, you're not putting anything down.

Well, when I told her about what the landlord needed up front, she said "Oh, I only have $200." Excuse me? $200? How the hell did you think you were going to move? A hotel will put a $200 hold on your credit card just to rent a room for the night! Come on, man. $200? She says "Oh I was going to borrow the rest." Ok, if you have to borrow $1000 to move in, you are NOT ready to move out. At all. I was so furious and she couldn't understand why. I told her I was out money because of her and she wasted my time for 2 months straight. She said "Oh well I didn't want the place anyway. It doesn't have a dishwasher."

So... I got my own place.

Wow she sounds like a lazy *****. Good riddance to her. She knew how much money she'd have to chip in and she only had 200? Wow. Good thing you got your own place.

dinoskycm

Okay, so I have a few roommate stories that drove me crazy. My first year in college, I had a four bed, two bath apartment, so obviously, I had to share a bathroom with another girl. This girl was GROSS. She showered once a week (I kid you not! I knew when she showered because she left the shower curtain open and pushed to one side. That causes mold because the curtain cant dry properly so I always close the shower curtain when I get out.) So her hair was always greasy, and she smelled! The bathroom was in between our rooms, so each of us had a door, and the smell from her room seeped into the bathroom! I kept a can of Oust right by the door because I knew it was going to smell bad. Not only that, but she never cleaned! The bathtub accumulated dark brown hair and dirt every time she showered (I'm blonde and i don't shed hair like that), and the sink was always caked with toothpaste and dried up makeup that she didn't bother to rinse out. Not only was she gross, but she and the other three roommates partied ALL THE TIME! They constantly smoked pot! One morning, I heard the fire alarm go off, and the reason is because my "smart" roommate decided to try and clean her bowl by boiling it in water. She left it alone, and the water completely evaporated. Omg. They would wake me up all the time because they would hook up the stereo right by my door, and the gross one would drink 11 beers at one time causing her to vomit all night long! (I also have a vomit phobia.) The gross one was so bad that somehow, I got MRSA from that bathroom....twice! I got it in November, and started treating it and it went away in December, the month that i was home for break. In January, as soon as I got back to school, I freakin got it again!!!

The gross one's best friend got really drunk one night and confessed to me that she was transferring schools because she knew the gross one would want to be roommates with her and she knew she couldnt do it, and she also knew she couldnt say no. So she transferred schools!! It was THAT BAD!

Then, I had another roommate who spoke Hmong, and she had this boyfriend who she would hide in her room because none of us liked him (they spoke Hmong in front of us all the time. very awkward). They were the type of couple that made out in front of you, and they were so loud! This apartment was a four bed, four bath, so thank GOD I didnt have the bathroom horrors anymore! But this roommate was so dramatic! She would play a taylor swift song OVER and OVER again for like 7 hours! And she would sing from the top of her lungs! Also, she and her boyfriend would fight in the middle of the night. One night, she started screaming and said, "Dont leave! If you leave, I'll kill myself!" So what did her boyfriend do? HE LEFT! HAHA Then she came running out of her room (the three of us woke up and were sitting in the living room looking at each other like wtf?) She ran out the door, in a little neglige, after him screaming "Baby, dont leave!" Twenty minutes later, they both came into the apartment, hand in hand, smiling, and said that everything was okay and they went back to bed. We then had to endure her bed squeaking and hitting the wall before we could all go back to sleep peacefully. Stuff like that happened on a weekly basis, but that was more funny than anything! We got a kick out of it because she was so ridiculous!

smantha32

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nyteyz82

I've only ever had one bad room mate. I answered an add for a roommate from a couple, everything was going well, bills split evenly, food split evenly, had my own bathroom, it was a sweet deal, After about 5 months the GF told me her BF had done a runner. anyway long story short a few days after her telling me he'd done a runner the cops busted down the door and arrested her. she murdered him and had dumped him in the lake that was behind the house

Crazibaker

I've only ever had one bad room mate. I answered an add for a roommate from a couple, everything was going well, bills split evenly, food split evenly, had my own bathroom, it was a sweet deal, After about 5 months the GF told me her BF had done a runner. anyway long story short a few days after her telling me he'd done a runner the cops busted down the door and arrested her. she murdered him and had dumped him in the lake that was behind the house

OMFG!!!!!!

louisemc_86

I have been living in a share house for two and a half years and boy do i have some good stories.

1. We had a couple move in which was going great for about a year til they started breaking up. He moved out and then would come round and start arguments in the middle of the night, right in front of my bedroom door. She ended up moving out about six months later.

2. We had another girl move in. it was her first time out of home and she bought her dog with her, who destroyed the back yard. she was very young and didn't know how to cook so we offered to teach her but she never took us up on the offer. i actually had to show her how to get something out of the oven. She moved out after about 3 months.

3. This is one of my current housemates and the worst. She is older then us so we thought she would be alot more mature then the last one. After a few days she tells us she is Bi Polar, which is fine, i don't judge. She started complaining to my other housemate that i am immature, lazy and inconsiderate and even called me annoying to my face. We take it in turns to clean the house, in the three months she's lived here i have seen her do it once while i have done it several times. she has even complained to our real estate agent about me, and even wanted to move out after a month which they were going to let her but then decided to stay. she complians to my housemate that she needs to get away from me but then invites me to go with her. She was hitting on my other guy housemate every 5 minutes for a while. she was also trying to convince me to move back to my parents or with family on the other side of the country. There is so much more that I don't even want to think about right now. and we still have 3 months left with her.

i am just so glad that i get along with the guy i live with. We have been here for two and a half years.

SoDamnHungry

My college roommate (previously my best friend) was a really passive aggressive jerk with no manners. She always treated her mom like crap, and when we moved in together, she started treating me that way. I pulled a stunt (yeah, I participated because she was so rude to me), and we didn't speak for seven months. While living together. It was awful. The absolute most stressful period in my life.

ktbug1186

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pain_is_weakness

First place on my "own" was a college house. Started off with 5 guys and 2 girls including me. We lived in a 6 bedroom home and it was huge1 Home gmy and everything.

My and my girlfriend decided to move in to the house together. Rent was only 500/mo and we ha2 pools, a hot tub, home gym, and a tennis court. What could go wrong right?


So here is where the 5 guys come into play.
Every date we had was crashed horribly!
The bathrooms always smelled like piss!
One of my roomates had a litteral peanut butter and toes fettish, yes woke up to the man spreading peanut butter on my toes and sucking it off! HORRIBLE!
3 of the guys there litterally had a tally board of who could get the most women in bed in a month, so my and my girlfriend were always finding strange panties, used condoms, ect. it was disgusting!

I met my husbadn while I was living there, the first night I brought him home to meet the "family" one guy asked in I finished my perscription for Climidea (ps?) it was a joke, but really not funny!


so many more stories, I don't regret it there was never a dull moment, it was fun too, but yes some horrible things happened, to this day peanut butter feels like a dirty word

amrita0286

I let my roomie borrow my curling iron and when I came back to our apt. I needed it myself to go out and she told me that she had put it back in my room..
I couldn't find it anywhere and then she avoided me after that and said I must have misplaced it..
Then one day while she was out, I couldn't resist and peaked in her room and I saw it under her bed!!
I was horrified because I didn't actually expect to find it there but I wasn't the type to start a fight over it either.. I simply picked it up and hid it in my own room and never ever brought it up. I think she knew though because she never asked about it either.. luckily she moved out with a bf she'd made and my friend moved in.