Sharing a home with someone can be a great way to save money on rent and utilities, but it can also push you to the very edge of your limits.
The subreddit 'Choosing Beggars', a place where people shame those who are being way too picky when asking for things, has plenty of types of recurring characters. There's the shameless parent who uses their child's birthday as leverage for negotiation, the art "critic" who lowballs every piece they get their eyes on, and many, many more.
But among these infamous personas, roommates are arguably one of the most frustrating. Whether it's disagreements over household chores, personal space, or guest policies, they have the ability to quickly become a painful source of stress.
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Roomates Response To Me Asking About The Electricity Bill She Hasn't Paid In Months (That's In My Name, Leaving Me With The Debt)
Chances are that if we do not become kinder to one another, there will be many more similar screenshots. American adults are increasingly sharing a home with other adults with whom they are not romantically involved.
This arrangement, known as “doubling up” or shared living, gained notice in the wake of the Great Recession, and the prevalence of shared living has continued to grow since.
Roommate Doesn't Buy Own Groceries, Complains About What I Buy
Why do people even endure these leeches for so long? I'd pull out all of my feathers long before that 😅
Looking For A Roommate: I'm Quite Easy-Going
Facebook Cb Wants Roommate To Pay More Rent Because She Makes More
Sarah has turned into HUBERT MCGONAGLE!!! 😱
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That’s how my SPOUSE and I split costs. Gtfo with this level of entitlement to a mere roommate’s resources.
I said the same. Basically they're the person eating their roommate's food and demanding non-diet soda, in the previous post.
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I did this with my last roommate. I made more money, so i paid more rent. I also took the big room. I didn't pay twice as much, but i didn't make twice as much either.
It was fair for you to pay more because you got more (the big room), not because you earned more
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1st off, yes or no can you roomate pay their agreed apon share. Any more details on your roomate's finances beyound a yes or no answer is none of your businesses. 2nd your basically saying its fair for you to leach of your roomate because she make more than you. Surprise! Its not fair.
I side with the room mate, I think most people would. If you were a couple it would be different but they aren't. Further more how presumptive and ride to think just because they earn more. If they had a bigger room, fine but that is worked out when you first occupy the property. OP is the arsenal's here. They are the person in the previous post, the one demanding non-diet soda, when their roommate was having to cough up for their food. This is the same with rent.
Nope honey. U can only afford the apartment clearly by sharing. Go look at a cockroach infested tiny box no windows horrible landlord ect in your price range. Youll change your tune real quick.
Are you serious? What color is the sky on your planet?
It makes sense, if both roommates agree. If rent is, let's say $1000. One roommate makes $1000 a month, the other makes $2000. Roommate A could pay $400 and the other could pay $600. BUT, thats only if both agree and its declared in writing before move in. If you want to change it after they move in because you found out they make more? Sorry. YTA (wrong sub. I know. But still).
Nope you pay your part and she pays hers. Wow the sense of entitlement is crazy
Dude, you post the rent, that's what the rent is. Unless your sublease says "May or may not change at will" and they signed up for it, their rent stays the same. Lol
This is actually part of the marriage contract, but not roommate contract.
It might be more justifiable she pays a bit more if she has a bigger room.
Well, I guess you can ask your roommate and see how that goes for you…
I think your nuts.. maybe you should get a better job, with a mental health support package.
Then the other person should get the biggest room, more of the refrigerator, more guests over... something to make it worth it.
Idk we do this with our roommate but we've been friends for years and talked it out first
This is a great idea. If you are friends or partners and you share a house and one of you earns more and the higher earner pays a larger portion, they you both have a more even amount to go out and do things together instead of one of you being broke all the time. Sometimes splitting 50 50 is the best way. Sometimes splitting that's wage fair is the best, it depends on what is right for the household.
Is income difference as a gauge of rent share a real thing? Never heard of it. Someone help me out here.
While the rise in shared living during and immediately after the recession was attributed in large part to a growing number of Millennials moving back in with their parents, the longer-term increase has been partially explained by a different phenomenon: parents moving in with their adult children.
In 2017, for example, nearly 79 million American adults (31.9% of the entire adult population) lived in a shared household. For comparison, in 1995, the earliest year with comparable data, the number stood at just 55 million (28.8%), and in 2004, at the peak of homeownership and before the onset of the home foreclosure crisis, 27.4% of adults shared a household.
The Gag Is...she Had Already Eaten All My Hash Browns The Night Before, This Text Was Just An Attempt To Cover Her Ass!
My Old Roommate Wanted Money To Buy Cat Food, But Not Actual Cat Food
Seeking Female Roommate: Rent Will Be On A Sliding Scale Depending On Your Looks
My Ex-Roommate, After 2 Months Of Leaving Piles Of Stuff At My Place, Finally Returns To Pick It Up
The nearly 79 million adults living in a shared household include about 25 million who own or rent the household. An additional 10 million are the spouse or unmarried partner of the head of the household.
Another 40 million, or 16% of all adults, are the “extra adult” in the shared household. This share of living in someone else's household is up from 14% in 1995.
Roommate Wanted Free Coffee
Had To Text My Roommates This Because Of What They Did. Came Home To My Cat Trapped In The Bathroom Yowling
Seems like they mighta "forgot" cat in bathrm on purpose. I wouldnt trust them then alone in apartment again with said cat to move out and not be spiteful .
College Girl Is Looking For A Roommate But Is Homophobic/Transphobic, Rude, Wants Silence Almost 24/7 And Overall Has Unrealistic Expectations. (I Wonder Who Her Roommate Ended Up Being... And If She’s Still Sane)
"As a young intellectual, I prefer to only tolerate the presence of people who mimic my values and opinions because I find those who challenge my ways of thinking terribly offensive."
In 2017, just 18% of extra adults lived in a household in which the head was unrelated (typically a housemate or roommate).
Interestingly, living with nonrelatives has become less prevalent since 1995, when 22% of extra adults were doing it.
Room Mate Refuses To Take Any Less Than 1 Hour + In The Shower With 5 Of Us Living Here
oh i would out-petty this crazy bîťch the MOMENT she said she doesn't care about her roommate's well-being
My Freeloading “Roommate” When I Asked That He Fill The Amount Of Gas Back Up In My Car That He Used To Go See His Boyfriend
No Loud Music, But My Music Will Be Loud
That’s what you see just before you are blindfolded and stuck in a basement.
Roommate Invited A Random Girl Who Doesn’t Pay Rent And Isn’t On The Lease To Live At Our House. He Demanded That She Would Have The Only Parking Spot In The Unit. After Telling Him I’d Share The Spot With Her He Responded With This:
With so many adults living together, Apartment Guide conducted a survey of over 1,000 Americans to learn what determines a good and bad match.
According to the findings, people who had more than one roomie were less satisfied with their living situations than those with just one. Also:
- People living with their friends, family (32%), and co-workers were the most likely to be happy with their roommates;
- People living with an acquaintance were the least satisfied with their living situation;
- Living with one other roommate who happens to be related to you is the most satisfying roommate situation.
He Used To Be My Best Friend. But We Had A Falling Out, And He's Recently Decided He Didn't Need To Pay Half Of Utilities Anymore
*Asks Roommate To Pay Utilities Bill That Is 9 Days Past Due*
World's Worst Roommate
Dirty dishes, sitting in the sink for days and slowly putting on mold... yeah, the bin it is.
Roommate Cancelled Netflix. Time To Move!
Followed the Reddit rabbit hole/paper trail and OP said that they're pretty sure the person is referring to THEMSELVES with the term "little one" and NOT their child... ew.
41% percent of people identified keeping shared spaces clean as the top source of tension between roommates.
The topic of cleanliness was highest among people living with friends (47%), followed by strangers (43%), acquaintances (42%), and family (32%).
Paying rent (9%), communication (7%), and violating boundaries (7%) were the next biggest issues between roommates.
Looking For A Girlfriend, Iq Under 130 Need Not Apply. Roommate Too
This Girl Took Her Roommate's Mercedes On An 86+ Hour Roadtrip
I Guess My Latino Culture Triggered My Roommate 😔
Gross. Disgusting human. Leave your ridiculousness behind and go take manners and etiquette classes.
Roommate Sent Me A Video Of Herself And Our Other Roommate Going Through My Room And Things While Sh**talking How It Looks (I’ve Been Staying With Family But Emphasized My Room Is Still A Private, Personal Space I Don’t Want Others In) — Love Them :)
Nearly 47% of people surveyed were friends with their roommates before moving in together, but only 32% were satisfied with their current living arrangements. So just because you get along with someone doesn't mean you'll be compatible.
I Want A Naked Female Roommate And A Room At Half The Market Rate For My City
Free Non Working Roommate. What A Deal
Cb Gets So Mad About Roommate Buying Store Brand Garbage Bags That She Felt The Need To Come To A Fb Group For Advice
We are literally talking about an item whose only use is to be thrown out. But it should have a brand label?
Looking For Roommate To Pay Rent And Not Be In Apartment
My Roommate Spent Her Paycheck Too Fast Again, So I Offered To Get Us Liquor. It Devolved Into This
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Some creepy-a$$ people on here wanting VERY specific control over other people. Hopefully, they didn't get any roommates to impose their creepiness on. Especially the guys who wanted female roommates with extremely specific body types. Buffalo Bill vibes from those dudes
My roommate is my brother. But it's a good arrangement we each pay half the rent and bills and always pay on time, he never steals from me. Hes a bit messy but if I tell him to clean up something he'll do it.
Sometimes siblings truly make the best roommates. You already know if you'll get along way before you get a place together, you already know their bad habits, and you already how to talk out any issues.
Load More Replies... I'm old now but, back in the day, I lived very frugally ( poor) to not have a roommate.
I had a room mate in 2000 who rang all the numbers on the phone bill to check if they were numbers I'd called so he could make sure I paid for them
Had a roommate that would like, blow his nose in the shower? Like boogers all over the wall somehow and he'd just leave it there. Disgusting. I pointed it out told him to clean the shower and he told me not to talk to him like he's a child. Okay then maybe don't act like one? Dude also stunk up the apartment and used my brand new carpet cleaner I hadn't even used yet to clean up some barf in his floor, he prob got too drunk to try to aim for the trash, honestly no telling, and didn't empty it out. So it had been sitting in my machine up until I used it for the first time. No idea how long it was there.
I’m curious how she was supposed to help you if you wouldn’t help yourself? If you wouldn’t leave him, how was she supposed to get you away from him??
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I had a roommate in the military who set out to make my life hell the moment I moved in. She stole from me, threw parties until 3am on weeknights, and even tampered with my hygiene products. The only thing worse than having a roommate is having an assigned roommate.
Agree with that. I had a random assigned roommate first semester dorm. I don't think he showered the whole semester.
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I am eternally grateful that the only people I've ever had to live with were family, even if we were sometines at loggerheads. Omg. These are horror stories.
I'm currently dealing with a roommate from hell. Mfer got a 70k inheritance and decided to quit his job and live on that for a year. Now the money's all gone, refuses to get a new job, stays drunk somehow but stopped paying rent. He killed my kitten, stole my sons piggybank with all of his tooth fairy money he ever got and then some,, recently stole my car while driving drunk to go get more booze. Then the night after steals my husband's car at 1:30 in the morning for the same reason. We're getting evicted now since we can't kick him out (thank you California) and can't pay the rent on our own. And that's not even half of it. I could go on for days. I can't f*****g stand him and can't wait to never see his loser a*s again!
Call the police and report him for theft and animal abuse.
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I was in a dorm by myself freshman yr. First roommate had some sort of crisis. So, I was sleeping and all of a sudden someone comes in and tells me they are my new roommate. College never informed me. Email or regular mail. Ok...so I help her move ALL her stuff in. (She was being kicked out of her apartment by her roommates). The fridge/freezer I had in my room, I purchased (not rented). Told her she can use half of it until she gets her own. Next time I opened it, I saw it packed with all of her stuff. She took all of my diet cokes out! Ya...called my dad. A week later she was gone. Wake me up...ok. I'll help move, give you space. One rule: Don't touch my Diet Cokes.
My Junior year in college, I was in on-campus housing with other Sophomores, Juniors, a Senior, and the RA (I think there were 8 of us). The dorm was also gender-mixed, which was totally fine and we got along well. But on to the bad roommate. The girl who shared my room had to switch housing because of a disability, and the guy who came a week later was a 25 yo Freshman. 1st bad sign, he came back that night drunk, which he did quite a few times. 2nd, he was a loud snorer. The 3rd and worst was at our house rules meeting. He comes in late, I think after drinking again, and adamantly refuses to sign a housing agreement that wasn't typed up. But worst of all, even though the rest of us were a higher grade than him, we were also younger than him and he'd refer to us several times as children. I was visibly shaking after that meeting with the prospect of having to share a room with this guy and had to talk to the RA about it, plus visit the college therapist a couple times later on.
My current roommates are my former best friend C, his brother B and his gf G, and my partner T. Me, T and G do 99% of cleaning around the house we rent. B expects to be taken care of to the point where it's affecting his relationship with G. C is somewhat autistic and will only do things like emptying the dishwasher/trash when it's convenient for him. We also get onto C about not helping out enough and he does whatever we asked of him once and stops after that. Could be a lot worse but we're so ready to move out.
Stuff like this makes me so glad I got an apartment with my sister instead of a friend. We grew up together and prefer most everything the same way. Only thing we disagree on her her trashy self centered self obsessed bf. But we have a compromise on that. I keep my mouth shut and she keeps HIS mouth shut. So all in all, no real complaints.
I never had a roommate until my husband and I got serious my Senior year in college. Before that, I'd let people stay there when I did my internships across the country to have someone take care of my fish. Lol. Until my kids, my husband was the worst roomie...
I had a roommate that would blow his nose in the shower and just like. Leave it on the wall. Like idk there were boogers everywhere I don't understand
Some creepy-a$$ people on here wanting VERY specific control over other people. Hopefully, they didn't get any roommates to impose their creepiness on. Especially the guys who wanted female roommates with extremely specific body types. Buffalo Bill vibes from those dudes
My roommate is my brother. But it's a good arrangement we each pay half the rent and bills and always pay on time, he never steals from me. Hes a bit messy but if I tell him to clean up something he'll do it.
Sometimes siblings truly make the best roommates. You already know if you'll get along way before you get a place together, you already know their bad habits, and you already how to talk out any issues.
Load More Replies... I'm old now but, back in the day, I lived very frugally ( poor) to not have a roommate.
I had a room mate in 2000 who rang all the numbers on the phone bill to check if they were numbers I'd called so he could make sure I paid for them
Had a roommate that would like, blow his nose in the shower? Like boogers all over the wall somehow and he'd just leave it there. Disgusting. I pointed it out told him to clean the shower and he told me not to talk to him like he's a child. Okay then maybe don't act like one? Dude also stunk up the apartment and used my brand new carpet cleaner I hadn't even used yet to clean up some barf in his floor, he prob got too drunk to try to aim for the trash, honestly no telling, and didn't empty it out. So it had been sitting in my machine up until I used it for the first time. No idea how long it was there.
I’m curious how she was supposed to help you if you wouldn’t help yourself? If you wouldn’t leave him, how was she supposed to get you away from him??
Load More Replies... I had a roommate in the military who set out to make my life hell the moment I moved in. She stole from me, threw parties until 3am on weeknights, and even tampered with my hygiene products. The only thing worse than having a roommate is having an assigned roommate.
Agree with that. I had a random assigned roommate first semester dorm. I don't think he showered the whole semester.
Load More Replies... I am eternally grateful that the only people I've ever had to live with were family, even if we were sometines at loggerheads. Omg. These are horror stories.
I'm currently dealing with a roommate from hell. Mfer got a 70k inheritance and decided to quit his job and live on that for a year. Now the money's all gone, refuses to get a new job, stays drunk somehow but stopped paying rent. He killed my kitten, stole my sons piggybank with all of his tooth fairy money he ever got and then some,, recently stole my car while driving drunk to go get more booze. Then the night after steals my husband's car at 1:30 in the morning for the same reason. We're getting evicted now since we can't kick him out (thank you California) and can't pay the rent on our own. And that's not even half of it. I could go on for days. I can't f*****g stand him and can't wait to never see his loser a*s again!
Call the police and report him for theft and animal abuse.
Load More Replies... I was in a dorm by myself freshman yr. First roommate had some sort of crisis. So, I was sleeping and all of a sudden someone comes in and tells me they are my new roommate. College never informed me. Email or regular mail. Ok...so I help her move ALL her stuff in. (She was being kicked out of her apartment by her roommates). The fridge/freezer I had in my room, I purchased (not rented). Told her she can use half of it until she gets her own. Next time I opened it, I saw it packed with all of her stuff. She took all of my diet cokes out! Ya...called my dad. A week later she was gone. Wake me up...ok. I'll help move, give you space. One rule: Don't touch my Diet Cokes.
My Junior year in college, I was in on-campus housing with other Sophomores, Juniors, a Senior, and the RA (I think there were 8 of us). The dorm was also gender-mixed, which was totally fine and we got along well. But on to the bad roommate. The girl who shared my room had to switch housing because of a disability, and the guy who came a week later was a 25 yo Freshman. 1st bad sign, he came back that night drunk, which he did quite a few times. 2nd, he was a loud snorer. The 3rd and worst was at our house rules meeting. He comes in late, I think after drinking again, and adamantly refuses to sign a housing agreement that wasn't typed up. But worst of all, even though the rest of us were a higher grade than him, we were also younger than him and he'd refer to us several times as children. I was visibly shaking after that meeting with the prospect of having to share a room with this guy and had to talk to the RA about it, plus visit the college therapist a couple times later on.
My current roommates are my former best friend C, his brother B and his gf G, and my partner T. Me, T and G do 99% of cleaning around the house we rent. B expects to be taken care of to the point where it's affecting his relationship with G. C is somewhat autistic and will only do things like emptying the dishwasher/trash when it's convenient for him. We also get onto C about not helping out enough and he does whatever we asked of him once and stops after that. Could be a lot worse but we're so ready to move out.
Stuff like this makes me so glad I got an apartment with my sister instead of a friend. We grew up together and prefer most everything the same way. Only thing we disagree on her her trashy self centered self obsessed bf. But we have a compromise on that. I keep my mouth shut and she keeps HIS mouth shut. So all in all, no real complaints.
I never had a roommate until my husband and I got serious my Senior year in college. Before that, I'd let people stay there when I did my internships across the country to have someone take care of my fish. Lol. Until my kids, my husband was the worst roomie...
I had a roommate that would blow his nose in the shower and just like. Leave it on the wall. Like idk there were boogers everywhere I don't understand
