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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!
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#1
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.
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#2
My Wife Hung A Nice Picture And A Small Shelf While I Was On Duty. Now My Eye Is Twitching
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.
#3
Why I Keep A Secret Tube Of Toothpaste From My Wife And Children
Tamicka 6 years ago
My sister does the same so I also have to keep a secret one (otherwise she'll just use mine)
Waxier Cereal Ai 6 years ago
Same! My twin sister never puts the cap back or makes any attempt to keep it clean. Drives me insane!
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KarmaQueen 6 years ago
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.
Louise Brigance 6 years ago
Few things are as disgusting as trying to use a toothpaste tube that is messy with toothpaste. Nasty! That means you get to kill the transgressioner or buy your own tube.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Once we have our adult teeth, there’s actually no need for toothpaste. Toothpaste was invented at a time when toothbrushes were made of much harsher material and its job was to help the brush glide more readily over the teeth. I haven’t used toothpaste for the last 50 years.
mlarocque87 6 years ago
I have my own tube for years - and in would never go back! Even with a new tube my wife manages to ruin in a matter of days 🙄
Maria Alexandra 6 years ago
Omg, same! My best friend does that! Every time she visits me, I get super annoyed at what she's done to the toothpaste tube :P But we're friends, so I let it go :P
Kara Vandine 6 years ago
I have a separate tube of toothpaste from my husband for this reason. And I don’t keep it a secret. He’s a slob but he’s not mean, he wouldn’t touch mine. He just gets a new one for himself from the cupboard when he needs it :)
Lunar Panda88 6 years ago
One of my old roommates kept her toothpaste like this. I was constantly cleaning it off. The cap would somehow ALWAYS get lost or break off.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Me and the wife have our own toothpaste because i am the rogue squeezer and it drives her bonkers.
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.
#4
I Lost A Loved One Today. I'm Not Sure Which One Yet, But Whoever Cuts Cheese Cake Like This Is Dead To Me
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.
#5
My Housemate Still Hasn’t Got Rid Of His Pumpkin From Halloween
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.
#7
My Wife Never Finishes A Bottle Of Shampoo Or Body Wash Before Buying A New Kind And Leaving The Old Ones
#8
My Roommate's Toothbrush
#9
What Kind Of Person Leaves This In The Freezer
#10
"Flatmate Made Pasta, Then Left For A Vacation." (I Sort Of Want To Cuddle It)
#11
I'm Starting A Fight With My Wife
#12
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
#13
My Side Of The Room vs. My Roommate's Side
#14
My Wife Never Fully Screws The Lids Back Onto Anything
#15
My Flatmate Isn’t The Biggest Fan Of Hygiene. This Festive Potato Managed To Grow In His Cupboard
#16
Holiday With New Boyfriend - He Opens Bread Like This
#17
My Wife Is A Monster
#18
The Way My Housemate Tidied These Shoes
#19
My Wife Likes To Put Her Food And Drinks On Electronics
ZombieGirl5591 6 years ago
lol thats actually soooo germ ridden...but I'm guilty of doing that sometimes lol
#20
My Roommate Leaves Her Cat's Litter Box Scoop In Our Kitchen Sink
#21
My Wife Leaves Hair Stuck To The Shower Wall
#22
How My Boyfriend Stores His Cords
#23
My Wife Thinks It Is OK To Mix M&M's With Skittles
#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
#25
My Girlfriend’s Kitchen, Everyone
#26
My Wife’s Nightstand
#27
My Wife Bought Toilet Paper For The First Time. One Ply. I Live With A Monster
#28
My Roommates Seem To Forget This Exists
#29
I Live With A Monster. This Happens Every Single Time I Get Back Home After Being Away With Work For 2 Weeks
#30
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.
#31
My Wife Is A Monster
Alan Wilkening 6 years ago (edited)
She obviously wants to get straight to the toy at the bottom of the cereal package.
#32
My Roommate Puts The Empty Milk Containers Back Into The Fridge
#33
The Way My Wife Leaves The Egg Shells In The Carton Instead Of Throwing Them Into The Trash
#34
So My Roommate Used My Tin Foil
#35
When My Roommates Take Out The Trash, They Don’t Put A New Lining, And Throw Trash In The Can Anyway
#36
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
Mama Panda 6 years ago
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
#37
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
#38
How My Parents Store Their DVDs
#39
My Girlfriend Opens New Water Bottles Without Finishing The Others First. Send Help, Please
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
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.
#40
I Live With Monsters
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What do you think ?
Tahani 6 years ago
A lot of these people are more health hazards above anything else... Have they never been taught basic hygiene???
Neal Evans 6 years ago
Spot on. Most of these people are nothing short of pigs
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Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
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.
Hans 6 years ago
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.
David Glover 6 years ago
So apparently I am married to a Monster because she does about 3/4 of the things on here.
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
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.
Susan Gardner 6 years ago
I would never put up with most of these 'habits' and I would certainly know about them way before I made any kind of commitment, so it would not be difficult to say bye-bye lol
Elisabeth Bergbom 6 years ago
I only have one thing to say: face your problems instead of Facebooking them
KC Barman 6 years ago
I’ve had more than my fair share of nasty roommates, but this story was by far the worst.. We had two bathrooms in the apartment; one was mine, one was hers. For the first several months she would always use my shower because she said hers was “too gross”. After over six months, I decided enough was enough (I have very short hair and OCD, she had a freaking lion’s mane and was hippie dirty) so I went to bleach her shower so she would stop using mine. I pull back the curtain and was absolutely shocked at what I found.. there were bags of garbage piled 5’ high in her tub!!! Literally dozens of full garbage bags!!! Needless to say, we had quite the “talk” when she got home and was never allowed to use my bathroom again.
Mary McConnell 6 years ago
Hubby does several of these. I keep telling myself that after he's "gone" I will miss all this. But.... will I?
Bengu Taskesen 6 years ago
It's amazing that people choose such irresponsible and thoughtless spouses.
Karin Morris 6 years ago
Do you know what's wrong with every single one of these people? Pure Laziness.
Keya Sommerville 6 years ago
About 38 of these are my boyfriends habits...no exxageration. I am so over it n him!!
Melissa Napolitano 6 years ago
Holy c**p, who raised these people?! Monsters raising monsters... must break the cycle!
JC Müñoz McQueen 6 years ago
That’s why I live alone. If I get married This issue would be on the prenups!
Marigold 6 years ago
I am not sure about this. You call these people monsters and then you show messy rooms of people struggling with depression. Where is consistency?
Ohio Hands 6 years ago
Did someone say these people are depressed or are you assuming that ANY super messy person is depressed? Believe it or not some people are just lazy and disgusting...
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Sansa Blacktyde 6 years ago
Two takeaways from this. 1) there are some seriously f*****g gross people about. 2) too many people are ignorant about OCD. It is not about needing things tidy/neat/clean. It is a serious mental health condition that traps sufferers into ritualised behaviours in an attempt to escape obsessive/distressing thoughts. It can be so bad it can drive people to suicide. Please stop trivialising this serious illness!
Vicky Stardust 6 years ago
It is just shocking that some women do the things above. How can a woman be so messy and ignorant?
Ohio Hands 6 years ago
Are women held to a different cleanliness standard than men? Your comment is weirdly sexist.
Load More Replies... Tahani 6 years ago
A lot of these people are more health hazards above anything else... Have they never been taught basic hygiene???
Neal Evans 6 years ago
Spot on. Most of these people are nothing short of pigs
Load More Replies... Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
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.
Hans 6 years ago
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.
David Glover 6 years ago
So apparently I am married to a Monster because she does about 3/4 of the things on here.
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
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.
Susan Gardner 6 years ago
I would never put up with most of these 'habits' and I would certainly know about them way before I made any kind of commitment, so it would not be difficult to say bye-bye lol
Elisabeth Bergbom 6 years ago
I only have one thing to say: face your problems instead of Facebooking them
KC Barman 6 years ago
I’ve had more than my fair share of nasty roommates, but this story was by far the worst.. We had two bathrooms in the apartment; one was mine, one was hers. For the first several months she would always use my shower because she said hers was “too gross”. After over six months, I decided enough was enough (I have very short hair and OCD, she had a freaking lion’s mane and was hippie dirty) so I went to bleach her shower so she would stop using mine. I pull back the curtain and was absolutely shocked at what I found.. there were bags of garbage piled 5’ high in her tub!!! Literally dozens of full garbage bags!!! Needless to say, we had quite the “talk” when she got home and was never allowed to use my bathroom again.
Mary McConnell 6 years ago
Hubby does several of these. I keep telling myself that after he's "gone" I will miss all this. But.... will I?
Bengu Taskesen 6 years ago
It's amazing that people choose such irresponsible and thoughtless spouses.
Karin Morris 6 years ago
Do you know what's wrong with every single one of these people? Pure Laziness.
Keya Sommerville 6 years ago
About 38 of these are my boyfriends habits...no exxageration. I am so over it n him!!
Melissa Napolitano 6 years ago
Holy c**p, who raised these people?! Monsters raising monsters... must break the cycle!
JC Müñoz McQueen 6 years ago
That’s why I live alone. If I get married This issue would be on the prenups!
Marigold 6 years ago
I am not sure about this. You call these people monsters and then you show messy rooms of people struggling with depression. Where is consistency?
Ohio Hands 6 years ago
Did someone say these people are depressed or are you assuming that ANY super messy person is depressed? Believe it or not some people are just lazy and disgusting...
Load More Replies... Sansa Blacktyde 6 years ago
Two takeaways from this. 1) there are some seriously f*****g gross people about. 2) too many people are ignorant about OCD. It is not about needing things tidy/neat/clean. It is a serious mental health condition that traps sufferers into ritualised behaviours in an attempt to escape obsessive/distressing thoughts. It can be so bad it can drive people to suicide. Please stop trivialising this serious illness!
Vicky Stardust 6 years ago
It is just shocking that some women do the things above. How can a woman be so messy and ignorant?
Ohio Hands 6 years ago
Are women held to a different cleanliness standard than men? Your comment is weirdly sexist.
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