If you like things tidy, living with other people is hard. You have to maneuver through their dirty clothes, go on a scavenger hunt every time you need a clean plate, and work part-time as a garbage collector. But if you're unlucky enough, you might move in with an individual that's impossible to live with. No matter if you're high-maintenance or chill as a goldfish. The Internet calls these creatures 'monsters'. And rightfully so. Who else could keep a potato in their cupboard so long that it starts sprouting? Or leave so much hair on the wall of a shower that you could make a wig out of it? Bored Panda has compiled a list of pictures that show what it's like to live with a monster so scroll down, check out their insane living habits, and upvote your (least) favorite ones!
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The Way My Wife Opens Things
While cheesy sitcoms may have convinced you that living with roommates is the best, truth is, there's much more to it. When you are sharing your space with someone else, everyday life is full of conflicts, compromises, and setting boundaries. There are, however, things you can do to make it easier for everyone involved.
My Wife Hung A Nice Picture And A Small Shelf While I Was On Duty. Now My Eye Is Twitching
Tall thin, possibly dark vase on the far left of the shelf should neaten that up
I was thinking the same thing. add some dead-twigs to it to make it even taller. of course, I'm sure there's still some people who'd be like 'worst idea ever' but, then again, I know a guy who said that about white walls (and specifically, trying to sell the house).
Load More Replies...Clear Communication from the get-go. Even though this is one of the most important tips for any relationship, it's vital for all roommates. You'll be spending a lot of time with each other, and you'll need to respect each other's needs and preferences. Ask yourself what you know about yourself already and what you expect from the person that's living with you. Maybe you like to blast music while you study, maybe you need some peace and quiet before you go to sleep, it doesn't matter, just figure it out and communicate these needs and expectations as soon as possible.
Why I Keep A Secret Tube Of Toothpaste From My Wife And Children
My sister does the same so I also have to keep a secret one (otherwise she'll just use mine)
Same! My twin sister never puts the cap back or makes any attempt to keep it clean. Drives me insane!
Load More Replies...I am the same way, I had two tubes in my bathroom. One for me, which was clean and squeezed from the bottom and the other-case in point.
Solve problems immediately. The best way to go about it is to tackle them while they're still small. Is your roommate borrowing your stuff without asking? Or maybe they're constantly leaving a mess behind them? Address issues as soon as you notice them and it will be easier to talk about them in a calm and friendly manner.
I Lost A Loved One Today. I'm Not Sure Which One Yet, But Whoever Cuts Cheese Cake Like This Is Dead To Me
FFS: Play along and slice yourself a piece however you like. IT'S CHEESECAKE!
You do know that you cannot just leave it like that, right? You need to bite the bullet, and cut it until it is back to normal, than dispose of the ruins in your stomach.
There's no coming back from that, you’d just have to just dispose of it all. Or attempt to even it out, one forkful at a time!!
Load More Replies...At least they dont bite into a full KitKat. That would ground for a divorce.
This is the kind of the thing that I do on purpose to annoy others.
You are evil and fated to die alone and afraid!!!
Load More Replies...There ain't greater pleasure than eat cake in morsels from the very plate, or have stew from the pot. Sorry for tidy consumers. They miss a lot of non-guilty pleasure!
Yeah, this wouldn't happen in my house. The cheesecake wouldn't last long enough to get cut secondary to the opening of it.
Be respectful when you're thinking about inviting people over. Even if you're an extroverted socialite who thrives among other people, your roommate prefers spending time alone. Bringing a group of friends to your home may be disrupting, considering it's their home as well. Talk to your roommate again, inform them about your socialization needs and make sure you don't overstep any boundaries.
My Housemate Still Hasn’t Got Rid Of His Pumpkin From Halloween
Why dont you just clean it up ?....then put it in a bag and stuff it into his pillow case.
Exactly! Why did whomever posted this even let that happen? I think there’s bigger problems going on there.
Load More Replies...It's okay if you and your roommate aren't best friends. Try to be pleasant and friendly to your roommate, but respect each other's personal space. There's no need to force a close relationship, doing so might cause strain and discomfort for the both of you. Go on with your life and if you connect, you connect, and if you don't, at least you get along.
Damn 3-Year-Olds
Just in case you don't know, that 3 year old is not coming back to finish those.
I did this with a box of after eight chocolates and put them back in their wrappers - mum was mortified when she passed them round at a dinner party! I was 6 btw 🤣
This is the crime of the youngest child. There is little redemption for this child soul. Pray for a successful exorcistism.
My Wife Never Finishes A Bottle Of Shampoo Or Body Wash Before Buying A New Kind And Leaving The Old Ones
Why do you assume the wife is the one that cleans the bathtub?
Load More Replies...My Roommate's Toothbrush
I’d be that person who’d replace the damn thing and when they ask what happened to their old toothbrush I’d tell em im not sure
What Kind Of Person Leaves This In The Freezer
My husband is soooooooooooo guilty of doin this c**p! Claims taking the rest is “too much” and makes him feel like a glutton, however will not buy another carton of ice cream cuz “we have some at home” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ And men wonder why their woman is so moody and “irrational”
My husband manages to leave just a little of everything in it's container, juice, milk, butter, ice cream, a pickle, etc. I don't think I've ever seen him eat the last bit of anything and throw out a jar or container. I feel like the food police.
"Flatmate Made Pasta, Then Left For A Vacation." (I Sort Of Want To Cuddle It)
Don't! This "flatmate" just created a whole world. The creatures living there may already have invented the wheel! Imagine the potential of this new civilisation! and yeah, burn it before they discover how to use bacteriological weapons...
Load More Replies...Just imagine all the mould spores flying around and getting into your lungs. Yak.
I'm Starting A Fight With My Wife
I taught my rabbit, Patches, to read... granted I was eight at the time, and I'm pretty sure he was just obliging me for that nibble of a carrot.
Load More Replies...Making your wife eat and drink out of dog bowls would start a fight. Seems kinda rude
Why do two identical bowls even have stupid labels on them like that? Geez...
The dog could drown seen a video of a dog submersing his face trying to get the bone.
most excellent... now, can I recommend a very nicely sadistic divorce lawyer...???
My Roommate And I Own Only Two Pots. When He Cooks, He Stores The Leftovers In The Fridge In The Pots, Instead Of Putting Them In Containers
Crime scene investigator: appears to be blunt force trauma with two pots.
Buy a pot or two for yourself, and let your roomy clean his own pots.
I do this but only one pot goes in at a time. There's always a spare clean one.
I do it too but I have like a thousand other pots.
Load More Replies...I do this, but it lasts two meals: the one cooked and the dinner. I save soap, water and time doing this.
I asked my husband if he would put the leftovers in the fridge one night and woke up to this same situation the next morning.
We do this all the time. Saves cleaning out plastic containers where the oils stick to the sides with a passion. Wash too hard and they start to disintegrate. Never had that happen with a pot.
Load More Replies...My Side Of The Room vs. My Roommate's Side
Precisely. I thought (knew) that right from the start.
Load More Replies...He just left two freaking mellophones on the floor. As someone who plays two instruments, you always want yours in a case so it doesn't get damaged. Yeesh.
My phone is pretty chill does that make it a mello phone
Load More Replies...But what about the smell. I nearly killed my roommate because he stank bad
Load More Replies...My Wife Never Fully Screws The Lids Back Onto Anything
I would have to have a totally separate fridge with all separate things. This is not OK!
Especially not OK to do that with dairy products!
Load More Replies...my mother did this on mineral water bottles...and my father picked them always up by the lids, so I let you imagine.....
Ugh. My husband either. About the second year into our marriage I finally learned not to shake anything until I checked the lid. Any idea how hard it is to get A-1 sauce off the ceiling?!?!
my grandmother does that, but it's more because her arthritis makes it hard to screw/unscrew things so we encouraged her to cover things in plastic wrap instead.
Most problematic when it's something that needs to be shaken before using, like oj.
My wife does the same thing. She also never fully closes doors or any kind of container lids.
My Flatmate Isn’t The Biggest Fan Of Hygiene. This Festive Potato Managed To Grow In His Cupboard
Not in this case, the potato is very much alive! But yeah, that kind of chaos is bound to cause nasty odors sooner or later...
Load More Replies...Looks like the potato was fed by the jar of marmite. Super potato now
People can live like this!? I have major OCD so this whole page triggers me.
Holiday With New Boyfriend - He Opens Bread Like This
But is it? Wouldn't it be easier to just take the tie off the bag?
Load More Replies...For god's sake, why? I would think it's harder to tear it open than it is to simply open it at the end like normal. Anger management issues? Was he dumped by a loaf of bread in his past?
He wants to be abnormal. Typical Apple user. Thinks he's different and better than others.
Load More Replies...A definite sign of character flaws, i.e., impatience, lack of respect for others' things, wasteful. Warning. Warning.
My Wife Is A Monster
It actually tastes more "chocolatey". Try it once before dissing it. Free yourself from living by everyone else's rules.
This is a violation of the rules that I can get behind. If you aren’t sharing it, eating it this way adds to the mouth feel. Like Didi said, try it. Come to the dark side.
Load More Replies...The Way My Housemate Tidied These Shoes
My OCD already found a pattern to comfort me from this unsightly arrangement..
My Wife Likes To Put Her Food And Drinks On Electronics
lol thats actually soooo germ ridden...but I'm guilty of doing that sometimes lol
Yes, especially phone and keyboard on computer.
Load More Replies...she is not good with electronics from what I can tell drinks would destroy them with precipitation
I do this. I use whatever as a plate, and I'm still not sick very often.
My Roommate Leaves Her Cat's Litter Box Scoop In Our Kitchen Sink
Hey, I had a roommate that actually used the spatula!!!! I about died when she told me.
Empty the litterbox in her bed. Place scoop on pillow. She'll get the message.
My Wife Leaves Hair Stuck To The Shower Wall
I do this too but I clean it up afterwards. You don't want that going down the drain!
She should come back and pick it up, but I do this so it doesn't go down the drain
now see I do this and after the shower I collect it for the trash can-- not clogging a drain
How My Boyfriend Stores His Cords
Yeh, pour meatballs and bolognese on it, stick a fork into it, he should get the message
Load More Replies...My Wife Thinks It Is OK To Mix M&M's With Skittles
I like to throw in Reese's Pieces as well, just for variety.
Load More Replies...This would mess with my mind and taste-buds, thinking I am getting a skittle and I bite into chocolate, my mind is totally blown.
I Thought I Was The Only One Whose Flatmates Were Growing Potato Monsters. This One Was Growing For A Year And I Discovered It The Weekend I Moved In
plant it. i did that onve and it grew so many potatoes! i had a feast of mashed potatoes!
My Girlfriend’s Kitchen, Everyone
When ONE of our ketchups looked like that, my grandmother would make meatloaf; she would pour a little milk in the bottle, shake it all up, the squeeze it into the 'loaf mix. Depression-era baby!
do you have to wash containers to recycle? I never heard of that
Load More Replies...Marry her! Be grateful that she doesn’t throw it out before it’s all used up! Not someone that’s going to go out and blow money endlessly! She should consolidate however.
Buy her a bottle-to-bottle funnel; they're great. At least she's not wasteful.
My Wife’s Nightstand
Get her a reusable water bottle. Wtf who uses one way plastic anymore when it's avoidable.
I want to leave something for future generations to know I was here
Load More Replies...She could have used re usable water bottles. This is so bad for the environment
Absolutely no need to use this kind of plastic anymore, no excuse for it.
Buy her a nice reusable water cup for her birthday. Save the planet and hydrate your wife at the same time.
Plastic bottles can take 10 lifetimes or more to decompose. Perhaps use a glass ???
My Wife Bought Toilet Paper For The First Time. One Ply. I Live With A Monster
If you do not have a good sewer, but a septic tank etc, this is easier on the system - so less failure/backed up sewer.
Load More Replies...What is with all the american bashing? I'm a brit so not personally offended but every country has its share of flipping morons.
Ever since I bought a house, I buy one-ply. I'm not filling up my plumbing with two-ply.
Use wipes and a pressure toliet to blast it down the street
Load More Replies...My Roommates Seem To Forget This Exists
Not only is this terribly lazy, it is unbelievably dangerous. Can't believe there wasn't a fire.
Said Smokey the Bear: Only You Can Prevent Laundry Fires!
Load More Replies...Each year, uncleaned dryer screens are responsible for 11,000 house fires. Your roommates are going to kill themselves or someone else when it goes up in flames. Take it from someone who lost their pets and home in a fire, you don't want that (wasn't from a dryer fire). It's been 17 years and I still relive it everyday. Show this comment to your cavalier and lazy roommates.
Because, if you don't stop them, they'll become Cadaver and Daisy roommates.
Load More Replies...Dryer vent absolutely filled with lint. Massive fire hazard.
Load More Replies...I lived in an apartment in a college town that had a lint trap that was clogged just as badly, had to peel the layers off and scrub it in the kitchen sink, you'd think the make ready crew would know to check for things like that...
I Live With A Monster. This Happens Every Single Time I Get Back Home After Being Away With Work For 2 Weeks
I'm so sorry to say that I really don't understand why some people don't have the common sense to apply toothpaste neatly or at least not as messy as this.... I'll understand if it's a disability or some condition but laziness? nope......
Anyone using this extremely blue toothpaste and suffers with mouth ulcers... the colouring can cause them. Switch to a white toothpaste.
My Boyfriend Doesn't Throw Away Empty Toilet Paper Rolls
Instead, the top of the toilet becomes his garbage display area. I take out the garbage regularly, but I wanted to see how long this would go on for - it's been 2 weeks.
If it's cheap 1 ply paper, you'll need 12 rolls in 2 weeks.
Load More Replies...I agree... everyone is saying "toss them out, in the trash". They go in the recycling bin peeps!
Load More Replies...they are recyclable. he's just saving them until there are enough to make a trip to the recycling bin worthwhile.
stop buying cheap toilet paper.. He clearly goes thru it too quick
Looks like he's saving these for the recycling bin instead of putting them in the garbage. Had the same problem until I decided to keep a small recycling bin in the bathroom as well as in the kitchen.
My Wife Is A Monster
She obviously wants to get straight to the toy at the bottom of the cereal package.
Cereals don't do this anymore. On the rare occasion they do though, it's now wrapped and on top of the unopened pack.
Load More Replies...Lucky charms are the best cereal ever, no count! Golden Grahams don't even make top 100.
Load More Replies...worse is when someone takes most of the marshmallows or does not clip the bag so it goes stale
My Roommate Puts The Empty Milk Containers Back Into The Fridge
You know why this people do this right? Cuz they want YOU to throw it away!
Limits passed, for that i can forget myself and end up in jail! At least these are see-thru .. here they come in cartboard (coz we don´t kill the planet on purpose) so u would not see its empty...
Save them instead of throwing them out. When you have a sufficient number, fill the roommates car with them.
The Way My Wife Leaves The Egg Shells In The Carton Instead Of Throwing Them Into The Trash
I do that (while cooking. When I'm done, I put them in the trash and the remaining eggs back in the fridge)
I leave the shells in the biodegradable carton and when all 18 eggs have been used the shells and carton go into my compost pile. It's a waste of good fertilizer to throw them away.
It keeps them cold and prevents them from rotting. I do the same thing with eggs.
So My Roommate Used My Tin Foil
No, it isn't. Use the notches on the box ends to hold the roll in the box.
Load More Replies...Buy higher end thicker tinfoil - I can't stand cheap roommates who buy this cheap 1 ply TP and thin tinfoil! Get a Clue, Dude!
Hey - tin foil, plastic wrap ....not so easy. I don’t think I would have left it like that, but he might have exceeded his tolerance level !
So my roommate would be replacing my roll and keeping this one for their own use.
When My Roommates Take Out The Trash, They Don’t Put A New Lining, And Throw Trash In The Can Anyway
I've Been Stuck In My Room Sick For 4 Days Trying To Not Give My Roommate And His Girlfriend What I Have. They've Just Been Letting The Dishes Build Up This Whole Time
I used to have a roommate like this. Every damn night I would clean the kitchen spotless and he and his friends would come in drunk and make messy food late at night and leave the mess!! So, I finally decided to take all of the dirty dishes and put them in his bed in the morning after he left and would remake his bed like nothing happened. A few times of this and he finally stopped! We still laugh about it now haha
and it did work? we put dirty dishes to our housemate room and the only result was he was pretty angry and refused to help with any housework since then.
Load More Replies...I had a roomie who did this, I quit washing her dishes and she couldn't be bothered until her mom was coming to visit. I got woken by a bloodcurdling scream...she'd left them so long that there was a black widow in the sink. I laughed so hard I cried.
I had a friend move into a spare room when he was going through a tough time. Needless to say, he stayed much longer than he was supposed to, but that's another story. He'd do the exact same thing. The kitchen would be spotless when I went to bed, but when I got up, it'd be full of his dirty dishes. I got tired of it and tired of asking him to clean his dishes before going to bed (which was usually 3 in the morning), so I began putting them in his room just as he left them -- whatever liquid or food was in them. Sadly it really didn't work. He'd clean his mess for a day or two then go right back to this c**p. Needless to say, his 2-month temporary stay which turned into nearly a 2-year stay was eventually put to an end by me kicking him out.
Honestly, it's probably why you are sick if they're not clean-friendly roommates!
My Wife Always Opens The Microwave Before It Ends And Leaves It Like This, So I Always Have To Cancel Before Setting My Heating Time
I hate the beebing sound our microwawe makes when the time is up, that's why i always stop it on the last second and then cancel the time
we bought a microwave that doesn't beep... at all! life changer!
Load More Replies...I once almost opened the microwave before it was done, and my husband (who is an expert when it comes to technology, a holder of Phd. in robotics), stopped me, saying how it's dangerous to do that. Naturally, home appliances have protective features, but if something goes wrong, you may get struck by the electricity. So, instead of just opening the microwave like this, just have it cancel first, if you hate the beeping sound, then open it. Seriously, it's safer this way.
leaving it open actually helps it air out so the moisture doesn't cause mold. I am perfectly okay with this. stop being so a**l.
Wastes electricity if it is the type with a light that goes on when the door is open.
Load More Replies...At least if it's finished and off at the wall, it lets the steam out, but this - no.
How My Parents Store Their DVDs
My son AND my husband do this. They wonder why the DVDs stop or skip sometimes.
Load More Replies...THIS IS KILLING MEEEEEEE! NOOOOO! WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS???? TOTAL DISREAGARD FOR HUMANITY!
My Girlfriend Opens New Water Bottles Without Finishing The Others First. Send Help, Please
I solved the problem by putting 1 euro in a box every time my wife did this. At the end of one year I had enough to buy some nice stuff for my self. She asked me where I got the money, and I explained that I saved the money that she wasted. She kicked the habit.
We had a friend in college that did this with beer! It pissed us off so much that we named the phenomena after him - "'Peter"'ing a Beer." We would then pour all of his leftover beers into a full cup for him to drink the next party.
No, no, no! She should be using a reusable water bottle...ESPECIALLY if she’s not going to finish it!
Well, if you are paying for the water, that's money down the drain !!!
I Live With Monsters
I am highly suspicious of this collection of pictures. They seem say that it is wife or the girlfriend that does this. I am in my 70s and from my long experiences I woud find that most of these things would be committed by men not by women!
A lot of these people are more health hazards above anything else... Have they never been taught basic hygiene???
Spot on. Most of these people are nothing short of pigs
Load More Replies...I really don't get why people put up with some of these nasty habits of wasting and creating unhealthy situations. Speak to your roommate, friend , husband or wife and tell them to change their ways.
Wow, these are outraging. So little considerate, so little environmental-conscious, so selfish, so egoistic...in a partnersip you ought to tolerate the smaller and larger idiosyncracies, but many of the examples here display something deeper: a questionable overall attitude towards things.
So apparently I am married to a Monster because she does about 3/4 of the things on here.
I seriously can't get my head around why anyone would be like this. Yet there are thousands of these people. It would be interesting to find out what, psychologically, leads to this. I know sometimes people with depression get like this but in other cases, the mind boggles as to what it is.
A lot of these people are more health hazards above anything else... Have they never been taught basic hygiene???
Spot on. Most of these people are nothing short of pigs
Load More Replies...I really don't get why people put up with some of these nasty habits of wasting and creating unhealthy situations. Speak to your roommate, friend , husband or wife and tell them to change their ways.
Wow, these are outraging. So little considerate, so little environmental-conscious, so selfish, so egoistic...in a partnersip you ought to tolerate the smaller and larger idiosyncracies, but many of the examples here display something deeper: a questionable overall attitude towards things.
So apparently I am married to a Monster because she does about 3/4 of the things on here.
I seriously can't get my head around why anyone would be like this. Yet there are thousands of these people. It would be interesting to find out what, psychologically, leads to this. I know sometimes people with depression get like this but in other cases, the mind boggles as to what it is.
