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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!

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.

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My Wife Hung A Nice Picture And A Small Shelf While I Was On Duty. Now My Eye Is Twitching

My Wife Hung A Nice Picture And A Small Shelf While I Was On Duty. Now My Eye Is Twitching

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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.

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Why I Keep A Secret Tube Of Toothpaste From My Wife And Children

Why I Keep A Secret Tube Of Toothpaste From My Wife And Children

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Tamicka
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister does the same so I also have to keep a secret one (otherwise she'll just use mine)

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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.

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I Lost A Loved One Today. I'm Not Sure Which One Yet, But Whoever Cuts Cheese Cake Like This Is Dead To Me

I Lost A Loved One Today. I'm Not Sure Which One Yet, But Whoever Cuts Cheese Cake Like This Is Dead To Me

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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.

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My Housemate Still Hasn’t Got Rid Of His Pumpkin From Halloween

My Housemate Still Hasn’t Got Rid Of His Pumpkin From Halloween

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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.

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My Wife Never Finishes A Bottle Of Shampoo Or Body Wash Before Buying A New Kind And Leaving The Old Ones

My Wife Never Finishes A Bottle Of Shampoo Or Body Wash Before Buying A New Kind And Leaving The Old Ones

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"Flatmate Made Pasta, Then Left For A Vacation." (I Sort Of Want To Cuddle It)

"Flatmate Made Pasta, Then Left For A Vacation." (I Sort Of Want To Cuddle It)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My flatmate was doing the same, with everything she cooked. We started putting it into her room while she was away. Sometimes even put lid of so her whole room smells like the spoiled food she left in kitchen for us, to suffer...

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I'm Starting A Fight With My Wife

I'm Starting A Fight With My Wife

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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

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

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My Side Of The Room vs. My Roommate's Side

My Side Of The Room vs. My Roommate's Side

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My Wife Never Fully Screws The Lids Back Onto Anything

My Wife Never Fully Screws The Lids Back Onto Anything

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Nikki D
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have to have a totally separate fridge with all separate things. This is not OK!

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My Flatmate Isn’t The Biggest Fan Of Hygiene. This Festive Potato Managed To Grow In His Cupboard

My Flatmate Isn’t The Biggest Fan Of Hygiene. This Festive Potato Managed To Grow In His Cupboard

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Holiday With New Boyfriend - He Opens Bread Like This

Holiday With New Boyfriend - He Opens Bread Like This

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The Way My Housemate Tidied These Shoes

The Way My Housemate Tidied These Shoes

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My Wife Likes To Put Her Food And Drinks On Electronics

My Wife Likes To Put Her Food And Drinks On Electronics

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol thats actually soooo germ ridden...but I'm guilty of doing that sometimes lol

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#20

My Roommate Leaves Her Cat's Litter Box Scoop In Our Kitchen Sink

My Roommate Leaves Her Cat's Litter Box Scoop In Our Kitchen Sink

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My Wife Thinks It Is OK To Mix M&M's With Skittles

My Wife Thinks It Is OK To Mix M&M's With Skittles

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#24

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

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

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My Wife’s Nightstand

My Wife’s Nightstand

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#27

My Wife Bought Toilet Paper For The First Time. One Ply. I Live With A Monster

My Wife Bought Toilet Paper For The First Time. One Ply. I Live With A Monster

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#28

My Roommates Seem To Forget This Exists

My Roommates Seem To Forget This Exists

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Nikki D
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not only is this terribly lazy, it is unbelievably dangerous. Can't believe there wasn't a fire.

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I Live With A Monster. This Happens Every Single Time I Get Back Home After Being Away With Work For 2 Weeks

I Live With A Monster. This Happens Every Single Time I Get Back Home After Being Away With Work For 2 Weeks

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My Boyfriend Doesn't Throw Away Empty Toilet Paper Rolls

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.

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Valerie Gibson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This goes into the paper recycling bin. Do only Canadians recycle?

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Tambot
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree... everyone is saying "toss them out, in the trash". They go in the recycling bin peeps!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe he's got a Pinterest project in mind. Lots of ideas for toilet paper rolls :)

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Jennifer Erdossy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they are recyclable. he's just saving them until there are enough to make a trip to the recycling bin worthwhile.

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LessaltEDM
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Misterscooter
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He doesn't have time to take them out. Too busy using a lot of toilet paper.

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Rama Llama
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lot of men seem to be living in an irrational fear of toilet trash cans.

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Anne Mitchell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

About 6 weeks' worth of empty rolls in my house. Of course there is only two of us.

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John Schick
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You need a pet mouse or gerbil etc who would love these cardboard tubes!

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Sarah Isburgh
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he goes on Pinterest he could find some awesome things to do with those. Like recycle them.

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Josh Coker
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my mom used to keep some around to hold extension cords in, a nice life hack for certain things :)

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somnomania
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

tbh i'm guilty of this too, but i'm the only one who uses my bathroom and i DO deal with it eventually

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back atya
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It could be another way for him to have you leave him instead of coming out and just saying it's over lol

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back atya
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is he going to make a model of them?

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Maggie Collins
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is he planning on making something? Or just trying to drive you crazy?

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Celtic Pirate Queen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he's going through that much toilet paper in 2 weeks he really needs to see a doctor.

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Free Scotland
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Either he helps clean or replace him. Never agree to live w someone who won’t share cleaning duties.

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Doreen Pinkham
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Either you are buying crappy toilet paper (no pun intended) with the least number of sheets ever or someone needs to see a doctor, stat.

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Jonny Chevalier
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

use them for planting seeds.. then when they sprout transfer them to planters as is, or to the garden area.

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Catffirmations
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People ask me what the secret to my marriage is and I usually say, "Separate bathrooms!" My husband does this too, and even after buying him an expensive slim trash can that fits right next to the toilet he will still drop them on the floor...right next to the trash can. There will be an empty roll on the dispenser with a full roll sitting on top. I try to avoid his bathroom completely, but I have been in there and there have been as many as two dozen empty rolls; how many months does it take to accumulate that much trash? We use the Mega Rolls that are at least double the size of a standard roll. Seriously?!?!?

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Stan Chung
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

use a bum gun, cleaner, less tp and good for the septic tank.

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Scott Lucas
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like my wife and sons. The bin is just around the corner in the bathroom, or in the ensuite, you can literally reach the bin from the toilet.

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Beth McFadden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Take a tip from the woman above...put them all in his bed, under the covers.

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Becca
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

12 rolls in 2 weeks! What the hell is he eating?! I go through 1 roll every 2 weeks!

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Susanne Van Erp
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Say WHAT? In my house (2 ppl, one with stomach issues) we go through at least one roll a day.

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Michelle Line
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then throw them away! Don't leave them there to make a point. it's empty toilet-paper rolls, for dog's sake. Just toss them out.

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Jo Choto
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's nearly one full toilet roll a day between two of you. Not throwing away the empty roll is NOT the problem here.

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My Wife Is A Monster

My Wife Is A Monster

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She obviously wants to get straight to the toy at the bottom of the cereal package.

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My Roommate Puts The Empty Milk Containers Back Into The Fridge

My Roommate Puts The Empty Milk Containers Back Into The Fridge

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, at least it is on one single spot, mine will left them around the house.

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The Way My Wife Leaves The Egg Shells In The Carton Instead Of Throwing Them Into The Trash

The Way My Wife Leaves The Egg Shells In The Carton Instead Of Throwing Them Into The Trash

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do that (while cooking. When I'm done, I put them in the trash and the remaining eggs back in the fridge)

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#34

So My Roommate Used My Tin Foil

So My Roommate Used My Tin Foil

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When My Roommates Take Out The Trash, They Don’t Put A New Lining, And Throw Trash In The Can Anyway

When My Roommates Take Out The Trash, They Don’t Put A New Lining, And Throw Trash In The Can Anyway

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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'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

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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

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

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#38

How My Parents Store Their DVDs

How My Parents Store Their DVDs

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s what my daughter does and she gets told every damn time not too.

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#39

My Girlfriend Opens New Water Bottles Without Finishing The Others First. Send Help, Please

My Girlfriend Opens New Water Bottles Without Finishing The Others First. Send Help, Please

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I Live With Monsters

I Live With Monsters

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