aaahhhh soooooo

its 12:30am right now and my room mates just came back disgustingly drunk from a party
and now one of them barely has any clothes and is erm snuggling with her boyfriend

ah

and i was so tired and wanted to crash


so lets shhhaaaarre

the good, the bad, the ugly dish about our beloved room mates

i mean usually they're pretty cool

hahaha wow roommate talk...

um...had a stupid argument 3 days ago but i think now we're good. at least we are talking again -___-

my roommate is annoying. she's selfish and only thinks of herself. but she's not cocky or nuthin, which makes it worse because i can't bluntly say "YO i can't read. LAY OFF" haha.... what a pain

One roommate is easy to talk to, but sometimes she can change the subject out of the blue to where I have no idea where to go from there besides walk away and pee. The other roommate is so shy that sometimes I can't start up a conversation because it never goes anywhere. It is like a busted lighter; every time I try to light the lighter, it just dies out before the flame ever rises.

And wow, two weeks ago, I spent my entire Saturday cleaning the apartment, and I've been the only one cleaning since then. I understand we are all busy, but so am I. We have responsibilities.

Other than that, my roommates are pretty cool.

yeah i clean too cuz everyone else is dirtydirty

buuut once one of my roomies went on this pyscho ocd cleaning spree
that was kinda scary

Wow...I'm really lucky. I'm rooming with my friend so I'm not experiencing all the troubles you guys are -- though, there are some certain people on the same dorm hall as us that enjoy screaming, yelling and throwing a bit too much. ^^

oy my roomates here LOLOL..lets see I won't say the name xD


She's ok..but she talks REALLY LOUD..and sometimes it gets annoying..like when I'm sleeping she's on the phone yapping away REALLY LOUDLY..it can be annoying T_T hahahaa..and lets see...she's pretty loud when I'm trying to sleep and she's doing other things..

hmm..oh ya she told me all about her problems o_O like first day I met her..I was like RIIGHT..hahahaa..very interesting..

OMG.. i have 4 roommates..


Roommate number one: She's so quiet. locks herself in her own corner and studies, or whatever. She's white-washed, and doesn't like Asian Music. SHE SAYS THAT ASIANS SHOULDN"T RAP AND DO HIPHOP! ERR.. I LOVE BIG BANG!

Roommate number two: She's annoying! Her phone rarely rings, and when it does she makes some stupid squirmish sounds and runs to her cell, and when she talks on the phone is SOO LOUD! Like if you're studying in front of her face, she doens't realize you are, and just keep Yapping her Vietnamese away.. SO ANNOYING.. and she can't cook, but she always does... i'm forced to eat, NOOO!!

roommate number three: she so ERR.. I don't like her much anymore.. She demands so much. Plus she was born pampered, so she gets what she wants.. She's annoying, she always wants something this way and that way. Today she said, "Girls, we need to clean out the frig. I have so much junk in there" I mean, C'mon. I clean out my stuff by myself, she should learn to do it by herself!

Roommate number four: she's ok. Very Nice, but always asks to use my laptop. Ahh! even though she has her own. She and her brother are real close, a bit TOO CLOSE, it's SCARY. yesterday she fed him.. *shivers* Aniways, she's one of those poor kids who likes to dress RICH.. so yeah.. and she's lazy. hasn't done anything productive ever since we moved in together


OMG, these girls don't know how to clean after themselves..

Finally a place where I can complain and take off the load (it's been bottling up inside me =____=)

So I live in a single apartment with 4 other apartmentmates. So there's 3 bedrooms in the apartment and the other four are roommates (doubles) while I'm the only single.

1. She's latina and is from Mexico. It's weird because all the other girls (including me) are all asians so she probably might feel left out sometimes. This one time it was really nasty because her feet were really smelly to the point where our whole apartment stunk because of her and I tried to have an apartment meeting and stuff and told her that I think it was her feet and she got super pissed off at me and was like "it's not my FEET. it's my SHOES." and I was like O_O Anyway she put the shoes out on the veranda and then the sun was warming it all up and made it super stinky but she put them away (in her room or the trash or something) and it doesn't smell like feet in our apartment anymore =//////=

2. She does not care about other people's belongings and will just use whatever is lying around. She is such a freeloader. She didn't get her own computer for the first two weeks or so because her dad hadn't brought it over yet (it's a desktop) and she was using her roommate's laptop (girl #1) but she was being really rude about it. She would install crap on her computer without asking and be on her computer acting like it's hers and if she was doing that to me I would never have let it go that way. Finally the roommate who let her use her laptop got tired of her using her computer all the time so she hid the computer charger to make a point. Guess what this girl did? She went looking through the roommate's stuff to find the cord! RUUUUDE.

3. She is almost never around since she plays sports and works and everything. She can't clean up after herself and leaves stuff lying around everywhere which can become a pain after a while. Her room is sooo messy and her roommate's not happy about it. She is super chill about everything which is cool but since she's so chill she never does anything about anything. Like for example her friends brought a chocolate fountain on her birthday and they made chocolate covered strawberries and stuff which is all good. But no one cleaned up the mess and the chocolate fountain's still sitting there in the kitchen with the chocolate all hardened and crumbling and gross. Plus I don't like how she always brings friends over at any time without asking any of us.

4. She is the nicest out of all the other apartmentmates and we hang out a lot. However she gets a little needy and stuff. Her boyfriend came over for the weekend and he's sleeping with her. Just a little uncomfortable in an all girls apartment. She got mad at me when I refused to leave with my room unlocked so she could watch my TV (I didn't want to leave it unlocked because then anyone could come in and take all my stuff for all I know).

my roommate drives me insane. it takes major self-control NOT to smack her --;;

i`m not big on skinship unless i know the person pretty well, she was overly touchy from day one. cleaning the bathroom is her job [i clean the rest of our room], but since the beginning of the school year, she`s just wiped the sink down -- once. she criticizes my music while she blares her own. she takes immense pleasure at throwing things at my head while i try to study. she pouts when i refuse to "play" with her and then tries to draw on my face. she goes thru my things and uses whatever she wants, and never puts any of it back. she mangled my laptop. when her friends stop by, they sit on MY bed. she eats my food, uses my chopsticks, steal my water bottles. she keeps the a/c on full blast 24/7, forcing me to wear at least five layers at all times. she can`t sleep with the light on at night, so i study with one measly desk light on -- BUT she can`t sleep without something playing on her laptop. she snores + sleeptalks.

simply put: she`s a child while i`ve aged about sixty years since the beginning of the school year from being her "mommy"

GOD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO PUT UP WITH THIS FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!

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it bothers me how my roommate never studies for a class she's not doing really well in (i'm taking the class too, i'm better at it than she is yet i also study more than she does)

i hate how my roommate sometimes plays her music when im trying to sleep (seriously wtf?) - and i usually sleep around 12:30 or 1.... my roommates sleep at like..... 2 or 3... so they just have the lights on and junk and i'm like "WTF!!!"

and i sometimes hear them have conversations when i'm sleeping too... ive learned to be a heavy sleeper so a lot of things dont wake me up but they were having a CONVERSATION. and it freaking woke unwakable me up!

i hate it how when im obviously studying or reading something - she's like tlaking outloud to herself... and i have to keep turning my music up louder and louder to block her out. (id go outside but there are even more people in the lounge)

ohh!!! i love my roomatess......

i started talking to them over the summer and they're all relaly nice people..

we always joke around and f@#$ around alot.. it's so funnyyy

most of the time they are out while im in the room so i can study very quietly... they are out almost 80 percent of the time.. it's sooo great


i mainly love my roomates because they are never in the room.. i can have the room to myself to do whatever i want. and also they are SOO funny and fun to be around with when they are in the room..

ah this makes me feel so much better about my room mates
cuz unless theyre drunk theyre pretty cool

my roommates cool.
we do our own thing, but at the same time we get along..like sharing food, using each other's things, having conversations late at night..
sall goooood

i love my roommate she is my bff lololol ^^ but rly

i like my roommate. he's usually sleeping at his girlfriend's dorm. so i have my own room to myself. ^^.

my other two roommates in my apartment are pretty cool too. although one has been lurking in the living room playing diablo 2 with the lights off. lol.

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Oh.. i hope i can bear all this misery with them for the rest of the year
ACTUALLY, yes it's a year.. Our private personal apartment is leased
for a whole YEAR.. we're like a month in..

Aniways, they need to learn to change a bit..
or i'll go CHAOTIC on them!

My roommate is the cutest/nicest person most people have ever met.



....that is a blessing and a curse. I end up as the mean one. hahaha
She chews a bit loudly sometimes but that's probably the only thing that's wrong with her. v___v;;

3 roommates in a 4 bedroom townhome. i knew them all before moving in with them. 2 of them are active and aren't that lazy, while the other (who was my roommate my freshman year) sits in his room all day and plays World of Warcraft. freshman year we were in the same dorm together and one night he was messing around with his girl while i was "sleeping." i got pissed so i told them to stfu and it never happened again. haha, that was fun.

i'd say i clean and cook the most, but it's not like i do all the work. everyone does their part except the one WoW nerd. it's kinda sad how everyone that knows him associates him with WoW..

baaaoooii!
leave them and go to UBC next year! I'll make you an LSE room

I live at home so, I don't have roommate problems. I do share the basement with my sisters though but we get along quite well. I do get annoyed when they force me out of my room when I'm trying to study just to show me something like how well an Ok-Go song synchs so well with a North Korean PE video () and they want to show me

I actually love my roommate; I think I got pretty lucky. She's a little messy but it doesn't bother me. she also has visitors over a lot, so that sucks when I'm trying to study. In fact I totally bitched at the visitors last night when I was studying for my midterm.

I have 3 roommates, my parents own the place and they pay rent.

NO ONE DOES ANY CLEANING. EVER. The carpet in the hallway and living room has only been vacuumed twice this whole school year. And who did it? ME. Both times.

No one cleans the kitchen [even during their week] unless I REMIND them after a week and a half.

I share a bathroom with one of my friends [she lives with me] and she NEVER cleans it. She doesn't take out the trash OR replace the bag even. I cleaned it once and she thanked me. I assumed she'd do it the next time.

I took out the trash twice and replaced the bag once. Was rushing to class the 2nd time and didn't have time. She noticed there wasn't a bag and said that we need to put a bag in there. I thought she would do it. WENT 2 WEEKS without a bag put in there. So I finally did it.

I also FINALLY cleaned the entire bathroom yesterday. She never even offered. AND...the best part. I was cleaning the shower like scrubbing it down and stuff and she shouts from her room if she can take a shower. I say "no you can't." And then she keeps on asking. "can i take a shower can i take a shower yet can i take a whoer yet." SERIOUSLY. GL:KJSDLRKJD;lf

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i have 3 apartment mates (i'm a freshmen) 2 are seniors and 2 is a soph and i pretty much love them lol yea and i met them on myspace too so basically we all share food and EVERYTHING lol and we all have weird sleeping habits so i'll be listening to my music at 3 in the morning 2 will be sleeping and 1 will be watching korean dramas ^^ no problems though and we're getting a new apartment mate to come that gonna share a room and bathroom with me yay :] purdie much love college

uh lets see both my roomates turn on their tv kind of loud which is annoying. The last one always talks on the phone in the living room. I guess shes unaware of how thin the walls are. But i guess i'm annoying to them too wen i shower at 2am lol

didnt wanna link such a large post so i cut it down, I kinda feel sorry for you. One thing is that students dont clean and would rather be sleeping in dog poo then cleaning it up first. I fell sorry for you because like its your parents house so its painful when you see it soo dirty and feels like housemates dont give any respect to you at all.

Anyways, my new hall mates are kool theyre all very clean, or if they arnt they dont use my stuff. theres always space in the sink to wash our own stuff, everybody kinda keeps themselves to themselves i guess. Kinda a bit booring cause the guys on our floor dont hang out together at all, there is one guy he owns like the chip fryer, george former grill, kettle, toaster, toasty maker and rice cooker >.< need to ask if i can use it. But i dont eVER talk to him!

yeah im probably those hall mates that come home stinking drunk >.< fresher! why shudnt I? oh there was a very funny story on the first week on fresher my mate, came home a bit early still a bit drunk came out to greet us and locked himself out on the opposite hall. So we had to walk about 10 mins back to the middle of campus to get someone to open the door, was sooo funny considering he was in a pair of sandals, boxers and a baseball cap and basically our campus has like a bar and ngiht club so lots of people saw him.

Haha, you're so funny! My roommates are not TERRRRRIBLE,
but they can be a bit annoying sometimes.. haha..

Thanks for the idea... i will be thinking about transfers soon..
Maybe i'll go abroad to Canada.. Bad thing is, i speak one world of french.
and one word isn't gonna help much..

Where is UBC anyways?? Vancouver? Toronto?

It's in Vancouver =)
Haha there's only two official bilingual provinces in the country Even then, those two pronvinces will have areas that don't speak French.

I pay $900 extra each year for a single room... So, I don't have any roommates. I guess it's a waste of money, but I think it's worth it. The dorm rooms are so small anyway... it's just ONE tiny room. I can't imagine having to share it. But I'm thinking of rooming in an apartment next year.

haha my roomate switched to another room XD so all by myself now! yES!

At first, when I found out about my roommate assignment, I was shocked. I mean, one look at the last name permanently destroyed any hopes of sharing a room with an Asian. I even thought of switching out, but THANK GOD I didn't.

She is SO cool. I mean, it's disgustingly weird how well we get along with each other. We talk a lot to the point where we hinder each other from doing work. We have a quote wall to keep track of funny things we say, etc. Her food smells. My food smells. We all smell happily. HAHA.

She likes to dance, but she doesn't drink, so that's good. She's very active, and I'm not really... but we help each other with Math homework since we have the same class. She helps me with writing essays and I kinda help her with her architecture projects.

All in all, this was a God-inspired match.

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I love my floor, too. No one is REALLY the party person, but they're all funny and easy going, except one guy is never here because he's in a frat. He's gonna move out next semester. It makes me sad. ):

interesting...

i've swapped through a total of 3 sets of roommates which means i've had the opportunity of living with 11-12 different people.

interestingly enough... i haven't had any real problems with any of them. Sometimes some just keep to themself so it isn't really a nuisance. Noise wasn't really a problem cause they would wear headphones when i was studying in the room. There weren't really any kitchen problems, everyone washes their dishes (sooner or later), no one invites random party people over, everyone had mutual respect and consideration. No one stole each other's foods in the fridge or cabinets... we would ask each other if we wanted any.
Surprisingly 5 people shared the fridge and no one "labeled" anything or whatever and we could identify what item was whoms lol. Basically it was the unwritten rule that if you didn't put it in, don't consume it. therefore some stuff did rot and mold and we threw those out lol.

Anyways there weren't any MAJOR problems i had throughout college but of course there were little annoyances here and there. other roommate would tell me to wash my dishes even though i wash it right after i cook, even before i start eating. i just tell him and that solves that. none of my roommates were really "clean". they didn't trash the room/dorm/house or anything but they didn't clean. Slowly dust would pile up and whatever so i would vacuum once in a long while. didn't really mind that cause as long as there were ants crawling up and down the place or spider webs forming it was bearable.

guess i'm pretty lucky? or guys are just more laidback and nonchalant? or, dare i say, messy? lol...

well my room mate jsut got a cat. and i don't really like animals. well.. it goes everywhere and licks my feet a lot. ):

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I just moved in recently with my boyfriend. He got a house for his early BA present from his Father. Its a house 15 minutes away from campus! heheh...So far...it's a little weird. The house is really really empty. But what the heck...its really nice. ^^

i am korean....i dont think my roommate likes korean people...but she's korean...whaaaaaaa?
(but i kinda see where she's coming from)


she was adopted at the young age of 4 months and grew up in a SMALL town in TEXAS...so yeah she's kinda hick-ish...loves country music, drinks beer ya know..i think she has that my mom left me so i hate her mentality...which i can understand that BUT on the other hand maybe her mother couldnt handle a child at that time and put her up for adoption....but yeah...i try and get to know her but she doesnt want to get to know me...but i dont care anymore...she's graduating at the end of the semester anyhow~

i just heard my roomate having sex with her bf. Yuck

i have a double to myself right now but everyone else on my floor has a single .. and my FLOORMATES ARE FRIGGEN LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!! ROAR!!!!!
so like the entire weekend i hear loud music at like 3,4,5 am .. and i go out to the hallway and most of the music is coming from my R.A's room and shes throwing a party ...
i look at my door today and i find a note that says "It has come to my attention that our floor has been really loud. We have 24 hour courtesy hours and quiet hours from 10 pm -10 am .... Thank You.. Love your R.A."
i looked at that note and .. she can go kiss myyy behinddd
she should follow the rules!!!

country music is awesome!

I wish my roommates liked country.
my first roommate: was lazy, dirty, and mean... and now i don't live with him anymore

now i have two roommates and they're a lot better, but one's still kinda lazy with dishes. it annoys me!
does anyone here have doing dishes as a chore that can be given to a single person? I think that's gross. And he has his gf over all the time, but at least I don't hear them having sex! ...but I hear them taking showers together.

ewwwwwww..... Ihate being around drunk people they stink howwe cann you stand it geeezzz your amazing

Its good to blow off some steam about issues you are having with your room mates, thank god i dont have one.

But you also have to try and look at this from their side of the fence as well. Everyone has something to complain about and from what I've read so far seems as if you think of yourselves as the perfect roommate, but I'm sure that they probably have something against you as well. You know there are always two sides to a story. Anyway, if you guys want to make things pleasant for yourselves its best not to bring up any topics that you know will be an issue for them, not everyone likes to be told they're wrong.

To baoi,

the comment you made about Roommate # 4 who is poor but she likes to dress RICH, that comment is really offensive, and that right there gave me the impression that you might be a bit snobbish. That really didn't need to be said, it's as if you're talking down on her and seeing her as lower class, which really isn't a good mindset to have. You should try not to think like that. Take w/e I said anyway you want to, but by all means it was not meant to be taken as an insult. Just a suggestion.

Not saying I haven't TRIED to look at issues from their side of the fence, but what exactly would it be? They just don't like taking responsibility? They are busy? Aren't considerate of others?

And in no way am I [or possbly many other soompiers] saying that we're the ideal roommate. Of course we probably aren't. But this thread is for us to rant about others, not pick at our own issues right?

Although you may be right about the whole "making things pleasant" and not bringing stuff up, then is everyone supposed to be passive aggressive and let everything build up and then randomly explode one day? Or just be the sucker that cleans everything up/deals with the dirtiness/etc.?

Another thing about roommates that bugged me.

About 2 weeks ago, someone spilled pinkish milk looking stuff inside the microwave and didn't clean it up. Terrible surprise for anyone that was going to use the microwave. So I took out the glass plate and put it on the side while I microwaved something. Then, because I didn't want to be all accusatory and confrontational about this issue, I just stuck a post-it on the microwave saying "whoever made the mess inside the microwave, please clean it up! Thanks!"

Sadly, no one did anything about it for the whole day, and people even microwaved with the wet/pink milkish plate. Thus making it now hard and solid. So after the day was up I went to my roommates and asked if anyone made the mess. Of course, everyone denies it.

I figure they just don't want to be embarassed, so I leave the note up there, thinking that someone will clean it up and take responsibility secretly. A week passes, and nothing. So then finally I end up cleaning it and then clean the entire kitchen.

Why? Well first off, I am no one's maid, and they should not think that just because my parents own the condo that I should take care of all the cleaning that goes on in the condo. Second, they should learn to take responsibility of their own messes. Third, just be considerate. Is it really that hard? Take 2 seconds and wipe it with a paper towel. Granted if it's a couple crumbs that is not a big deal. But spilled pinkish milky liquid inside the microwave? Really?

I completely empathize with your situation about not wanting to be anyone's made and having to clean up after them. I have had to do that in the past and it was really unpleasant, had to clean up everything on my own. But that was my choice. Everyone else seemed to get along fine with it, but not me, so i took it upon myself to clean up whatever mess was lying around.

In your scenario where your parents own the condo, you should if not already have made it clear to them that they need to clean up after themselves and that it isn't just them living there. You need to establish some set of rules that need to be followed especially if it is your parents that own the condo.

Regarding the milk incident, you could have simply cleaned it up and then find the culprit ( A lot of people are like that) . This is more or less of a way to create a guilt feeling for them, they know they should clean it up and they know that you shouldn't be the one cleaning up. You don't have to argue with them about who does what, but if you make it clear to them that you aren't their maid, it is likely that they will empathize with you. This is what you really want. Once they feel that, they will be more willing to clean up. Its kind of like a psychological trick. Guilt is probably one of the biggest and toughest burdens that people will carry with them.

Lastly, have a group meeting and get w/e it is off your chest that you need. I'm sure everyone will have something to say. If everyone seems to be okay with way things are except for you of course, just flow with it. Keep your room or area clean and just let it get messed up until they have no other option other than to clean it up. It's like the saying "Sometimes you have to fall flat on your face before you realize what you're doing" or something along those lines. Keep the stuff that you need clean and try not to bothered by the mess. I have been there, done that, and so I have my own flat now. No mess, no roommates.

Oh My.. talking about mess, one of my roommates never..i mean NEVER CLEAN AFTER HERSELF... she'll always throw dishes in teh sink, and never clean it. she'll leave her notes on the desk.. it makes our place look sooo messy.. Not to mention when she seats her snacks.. She leaves crumbs and shhiet all over the place.. OMG, i want to KILL!!

Plus, she's so stupid.. her family lives in Quincy, and she rented our apartment with us in Roxbury.. WTF?!?
(Quincy is like a border city to boston, and Roxbury is a part of Boston, and the subway ride is like 45 minutes.. i mean, she can just commute from her house!!)....... she's wasting her money to make my life miserable.. what an idiot!

ANiways, i should go rant in the ranting thread now.. haha

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My stupid roommates are eating salad with a massive load of RANCH, and they are saying it's healthy..
One of them can't pronounce English very well, she called Ranch Wrench.. haha!!!
i can't imagine them eating a bowl of salad with wrench.. hahahahah!!

My last roommate was the same! He NEVER took out the trash. I even tied the bag and put it RIGHT outside of the door to his room and he just set it aside and promptly forgot about it. I don't get it!
Our dishes would be piled up to the faucet and he still wouldn't clean his (I always cleaned mine right after use). Our microwave would also have weird stuff in it, same with the stove (A LOT of oil splattered everywhere). He often put unfinished cooked food out for days AND THEN WOULD EAT IT SOMETIME LATER. Banana/orange peels, apple cores... chips, cookies.... ugh. I shudder to think about it.




Thank God I moved out!

problem to your solution??


this always helps lol..

you can always take this kind of matter as a opportunity
agree with them to clean their stuff up but he/she has to pay 7 dollars a day
if you clean up everyday till the end of the week you got 35 dollars on your hands!!

by 1 year you will have saved up 1820 $$$$$$$$$!!!!

One of my roomates is a vampire. He sleeps all day and stays up all night. He got up at 5PM today. Yesterday, he got up at 6PM!

BAOI, you really talk as if you're being condescending. The vibe thats like glowing from you is the vibe that I get from most snobbish and stuck up people.

1) Comment on someones financial issues and the way the dress because of it

2) Criticise their misuse of language

3) Criticise someones choice to move out and not commute that 45 minutes.

Youre right about saving money, but the experience for her to move out may be worth more than just material things such as money. You get to develop a sense of responsibility and what is like to live on your own. Experience > Money any day.

You might want to tone down the smugness a bit. I don't think you'd like if someone referred to you as "One of those snobbish rich kids."

And I do sleep weird times, yesterday I didnt even sleep. Other days I wake up at 5 or 6 and its really awkward.

The suggestion about them paying you to clean up is a good suggestion. You might want to give it a try.

You could also try just keeping your stuff clean and let everything just pile up till the culprits will call the meeting to clean up. If I'm not correct though, most students just sleep in their dorm and are rarely there. Between work and school there isnt much time for hanging around in your living space other than for sleep or a bit of studying. Just bare with it until the culprits decide to do something.Simple game of Chicken.