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

Why dont you just clean it up ?....then put it in a bag and stuff it into his pillow case.

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

Exactly! Why did whomever posted this even let that happen? I think there’s bigger problems going on there.

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

That is friggin disgusting, time to get a new housemate.

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

He's studying the decomposing process of pumpkins.... or he's a **** housemate.

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

make him scrape it with his bare hands, that would teach him to throw it away next time. if there's a next time, that is.

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

Even the pumpkin got so sick of that messie´s negletance, he vomited himself to the ground, haahaa :) Will the mate still eat it ?

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

Ewwww, why not throw it away yourself? I wouldn't want to live with that.

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

The person taking the picture is just as disgusting. Just because you didn't put it there, you've left it there just as long as your roommate has, which makes you gross and hypocritical.

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

Oh come on! You lived with that for how long? I would just toss it myself before this point.

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

i have heard of these pumpkins... They will try to coalesce with your cupboard or windowsill if you give them a chance....

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

This is just plain a*s NASTY. I would've thrown it out by now for him.

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

I'm guilty of this...but never when the pumpkin was inside...

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

perhaps rotten fruit doesn't stink in their universe?

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Kim McMahon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

45's presidential portrait really captured his likeness, kudos to the artist!

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

Oh, that's even past the fruit fly stage... Yuck. That would be 'former' housemate to me.

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

This would 100% be me. I once left an apple core to rot on a dining room chair. There is still a mouldy mark there today.

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

That would 100% be me. I left an apple core to rot on a dining chair.

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

I get that it is theirs to take care of, but how do you accept and wait for them to do it and let it get like this?? At a sign of rotting pumpkin in the home, even if it is not mine to deal with, i'd throw it away and explain to them later that it is unacceptable. like... really?

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

There is no way I would allow anything to rot inside my home; but once I did become aware of such a situation, the roommate would be reminded on a repeated 10-minute basis (at ever-increasing volume) to either clean up his mess or start packing. As Popeye would say "that's disgustipatin'".

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

My extended family left one of those beautys on the old kitchen table on my front porch. In Florida. When I realized nobody was going to clean it up, I took a garbage bag outside to scrape it into. It was one of the most disgusting things I have ever cleaned up. (And we had a big stupid dog so I have cleared up alot of nasty.)

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

You cannot possibly clean this now. You have to see how it all ends!

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

Slide that nasty piece of work under their bed and shut the door!!

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

Gross. How can you stand the smell?I live next to a pumpkin patch, and when they are not picked, and get old, they reek!

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

The longer you leave it there, the harder it will be to clean up.... get off your lazy a*s and do it yourself.

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

I hope your roomie is willing to help pay to repaint and repair that hardwood floor damage.

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

That's just plain out gross. Wonder how many ants, roaches or flies you've got in his room.

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

So, why didn't you say something as you were throwing it away?

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

I had a roommate in my first apartment. He left stuff all over the apartment and in the sink. I put it in his bed.

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

I let one sit on my patio for 2+ years until it basically turned to dust

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

A while back, my mom left old pumpkins out for so long that the seeds sprouted

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

Should have opened the window and pushed it out way earlier.

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

Um...you could have thrown it out. Unless it's in his bedroom, I guess.

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

There was a point at which this must have been stinking out the whole place as the pumpkin rotted, and still they just left it...

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

Ohhhh uhhhh so there’s no awful smell roaming through the apartment or house 😐

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glowworm2
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brother's pumpkin always lasts a really long time after Halloween--up to January or February without rotting, but I always worry it's going to that at some point if we aren't too careful. That and my brother always insists on wanting it to stay longer.

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

As it should be! Keep it there till next Halloween, and hope for a bolt of lightening to rejuvenate it, Jason-style!

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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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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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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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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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My Roommates Seem To Forget This Exists

My Roommates Seem To Forget This Exists

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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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My Wife Is A Monster

My Wife Is A Monster

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Alan Wilkening
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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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Kai
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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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Anne
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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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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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