House sharing: It's all fun and games until things turn sour
Let's face it, moving into a place on your own is no easy task, so many people opt to share a place. Things might be blissful, but for some, sharing turns into a nightmare situation.
After I finished school, I lived in a few digs-type scenarios and for the most part, it was such fun. There were, however, squabbles about the state of the kitchen, who ate the last piece of bread, and 'could you please leave the bathroom as you found it'. It is not always easy.
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When I first moved to Cape Town, I shared a flat (two bedrooms) with a guy who was my polar opposite. When he woke up I went to bed and he was one of those super academic types who had a display cabinet of different type of bugs and beetles in his bedroom. In all due respect, he probably thought I was as weird as I thought he was.
I found an article on Mashable that makes my stories look like a fairytale!
This was in college, but my roommate hid a 4ft bald python under our bunk bed for 4 days before I found it.
— Corbyjane✌🏻 (@somuchbetter88) February 22, 2018
Our very first conversation involved my snake phobia so needless to say we were not off to a great start.
I had a roommate that would tell me i could eat anything in the fridge and borrow any of her clothes, but left notes on clothes saying “i wouldn’t wear this if i had YOUR figure,” or “don’t eat this, it’ll go straight to your big hips,” on the food.
— MJ (@mccaelaaaa) February 22, 2018
Mine was a landlady who also lived in the house: she wouldn’t let me use the washer/dryer because “people are dirty” (direct quote) and, several times, woke me up at 3am to ask me if I’d been cooking.
— Mallory Yu (@mallory_yu) February 21, 2018
She also stole all my mom’s care packages...and my passport...
i had this roommate who would binge eat all my nutella and bread. and then get really apologetic and buy me another nutella and loaf of bread. and then binge that again. and then apologize. i would hide it in my room but he'd sneak in and ate it again. and then apologize, again.
— ahmed ali akbar (@radbrowndads) February 21, 2018
My roommate hired a DJ for a party in our suite and barricaded my bedroom door shut, with me inside, using our living room furniture. https://t.co/dQvSBGfsMG
— Dawn Summers (@realdawnsummers) February 21, 2018
WOW... these people are... special.
Now I know you have your own stories and you just have to get them off your chest. Go on, leave your comments below.