Living with others can be trickier than it sounds. Even the closest friendships are put to the test when people share a living space.
Passive aggressive notes, inconsiderate noise levels, and piles of dirty dishes can lead to frustration and arguments.
To show you the lengths these things can go to, we introduce the subreddit 'Bad Roommates: Tales of Irritation.'
Sharing what they call "the gross, the annoying, [and] the psychotic," the members of this online community aim to remind us of the importance of basic decency.
#1 Wish I Was Making This Up. She Lays Around The House 24/7, Never Pays Rent, Always Begs Me For Free Food, Expects Me To Clean Up After Her, And Just Hides When I Try To Confront Her About It
#2 Roommates Illegally Practice Medicine On Me, And Leave Their Equipment Everywhere
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A survey by RENTCafé polled over 1,500 adults in the U.S. to learn what specifically defines a bad roommate, and what we can do to avoid ending up with one in the future.
According to the results, the biggest offense was not paying rent, with 20.4 percent of respondents grading this delinquency an "F."
Considering that part of the whole point of having a roommate is to cut costs, it makes sense that this would top the list.
#3 Maybe I Should Try This
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#4 Before And After. My Roommates Were So Bad That I Finally Said, “Screw It” And Got My Own Place. My Wallet Is Hurting But My Sanity Is Intact
#5 My Roommate Constantly Steals My Chapstick…
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Coming in just a hair behind at second and third place were mean or insulting behavior (20.3 percent rated this the biggest offense), and disinterest in being friends (20 percent).
"You'd think other issues would be larger," Amalia Otet, a spokesperson for RENTCafé, said. Like perhaps being late on utility bills, which was deemed the worst offense by 19.6 percent of respondents; or being unclean, the top F-rated offense by 12.1 percent.
#6 Why Is This So Accurate?
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#7 My Roommate Refused To Clean So I Planted Chia Seeds In His Shower
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#8 Too Many Of You Post And Complain About Such Trivial Issues. Some Of Us Live With Real Monsters
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#9 The Least Hygenic Person I've Ever Met Just Moved Out And Left This. It Is Exactly What You'd Hope It's Not
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RENTCafé's survey also discovered that your relationship with a person doesn't automatically guarantee you're going to be good roommates, too.
For example, 35.4 percent of women who gave their last roommate an "A" noted that the roommate was someone who already lived in the home when they moved in, while 35.2 percent found their dream dweller through an online service or social media.
#10 Caught My Roommate Stealing From My Room, He Moved Out That Night Without Telling Anyone Once He Realized He Was Caught
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#11 My Brother In Law Is Living With Us, This Is His Room
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#12 You Thought Yours Was Bad? Think Again!
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#13 This Is Getting Infuriating
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When it comes to compatibility, it appears that a coed arrangement works best.
Over 70% of men shared that they would award A’s or B’s to their female roommates, with just below 60% giving the same grades to males.
Men also gave below-average grades, D’s or F’s, to a larger percentage of their male roommates at over 15% compared to their female counterparts at just under 10%.
#14 Roommate’s BF Moved In And The Hallway Is Becoming An Extension Of Their Bedroom
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#15 Roommate Mad I Accidentally Overcharged By Six Dollars !!
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#16 Keep Finding These Bugs In A Room I Just Rented What Are They And Should I Be Concerned?
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#17 I Can’t Do This Anymore
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Interestingly, over 40% of women surveyed gave their male roommates an A grade too while just over 20% of them awarded their same-sex roommates with the top mark.
But, according to the survey, even though perfect roommates — with that cushy A rating — were the least likely to commit bad behaviors multiple times (at under 5%), they still showed a propensity for the annoyances.
So the occasional slip-ups like forgetting to fold your laundry or leaving a sock on the floor don't cast a shadow over your reputation. It's the overall rapport that matters.
#18 How Some R/Badroommates Posts Sound Like
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#19 Don’t Live With Your “Best Friend”
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#20 Just Got Back From Holiday Break To Find Out My Roommates Never Left And Didn’t Tell Me
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#21 Roommate/Landlord Lets Her F**k Buddy Into My Room When Im Not Home
i’ve been staying with my parents during the holidays and started getting notifications on my security camera in my bedroom. i was shocked when i saw a half naked man, going into my room, into my bathroom, using my toilet, looking in my closet before he left. when i reached out to my roommate/landlord about it, she lied to me (see screenshot #2). Gabe is her f**k buddy and i found it unsettling to know that he has free roam of my bedroom and she can’t even keep track of when he is in my room. how would you react to this? i haven’t even approached her yet about him being in my room and how upset i am over this breach of privacy. am i overreacting?
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#22 Thought This Would Fit Well Here. Any Brooklyn Roommate Stories Like This?
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#23 This Is How My Roommate Left The Counter And Sink For Months
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#24 Getting Woken By The Cops Because Your Roommates Refused To Pay A Taxi
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#25 This Is Why I Keep My Stuff In My Room
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#26 Came Across This Online And I Feel Like It Would Solve A Lot Of The Problems In This Sub
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#27 Being Asked To Start Doing The Bare Minimum Pushed Him “Over The Edge”
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#28 Got Roommate To Leave, He Left Behind Some Stuff
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#29 Roomate/Landlord Has Been Pissing Me Off
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#30 Just Found This Sub, Figured You Guys Might Like This
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#31 My Housemate Still Hasn’t Got Rid Of His Pumpkin From Halloween
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#32 I Made Dinner For Us And Then See This Note When I Went For A Midnight Snack. She Expects Me To Do Dishes Within The Hour Even Tho She Never Even Cooks Anything
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#33 Here We Go Final Update
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#34 Roommates Left Without Notice
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#35 I Ran A Beach Share House For Years But Could Never Get Them To Clean Or Act Right So I Started Giving Out Gold Stars And Yuck Stickers Each Weekend
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#36 The Gag Is...she Had Already Eaten All My Hash Browns The Night Before, This Text Was Just An Attempt To Cover Her Ass!
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#37 Squater In My Room
Came home after a few weeks to a person sleeping in my office. Boxes, and a blanket and also another person in the living room. So not only did my roommates almost get us evicted last month but they have people using my personal bathroom & office w/o my permission
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#38 My Roommate Is Crazy!
She is constantly doing things to try and make me miserable enough that I'll move out. Especially the week after I pay rent. She has been doing it to people for years but I didn't know until after I moved in. Now she has a camera facing my bedroom door so I can't even go to the bathroom without her watching me. I had to put a camera in my room before she steals and she kept going in my room while I was at work. Now she has figured out if she turns off the wifi I can't see when she's going in there. I could go on and on about the things she does but we'd be here all night.
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#39 I Had Bought Two Bottles Of Liquor, And Told My Roomates I Didn’t Mind If They Had Some. This Is What Is Left Of The Second. I Knew She Went Through The First One, I Didn’t Know She Drank So Much Of This One
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#40 Throwback To My Worst Roommate In College
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#41 My Roommate Got Drunk And Broke Down My Door
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#42 So Glad I Only Have One Semester
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#43 “I’m Just Inviting A Couple Friends Over For A Little Bit” - 5 Hours Ago
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#44 New House Mate Did This To My Counter
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#45 My Roommate Dumped An Entire Salad Down My Sink, So I Pulled As Much As I Could Out, Put It In Her Sink Since I'm Not Cleaning Up Her Mess
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#46 I’ve Told Them Countless Times To Take Them To The Bin. They Expect Me To Do It When I Don’t Even Eat Pizza
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#47 The Condition My Ex Best Friend/Roommate Left Her Area Of The Apartment In After Moving Out
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#48 My Male Roommate Who I Barely Speak To Asked Me For Sex
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#49 Living With A Hoarder Is Crushing My Mental Health
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#50 So Tired Of My Roommate Not Cleaning His Room
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