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50 Times People Realized They’re Living With A ‘Monster’ And Just Had To Share The Evidence
If you never lived in a flat-share, were you even a student for realz? The question doesn’t really have an answer, but it shows one thing. Living with another person under one roof is a one-of-a-kind experience.
And it’s not only about leaving dirty socks in plain sight, bringing in a bunch of friends at 2 am, or borrowing chocolate biscuits with 0.001% intention to return them. Whichever side you were, or currently are, standing on, you probably feel right and the other person is most likely wrong.
But in the land of flat- and house-sharing, there are no right or wrong people, there’s only a nasty-meter that goes up every single time you put an empty pack of ice cream back to rest in the freezer. Call it an exaggeration, but god is in the details when it comes to flat-sharing.
Pssst! More 'I live with a monster' pics can be found in a previous compilation by Bored Panda right here.
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Thesis Due In A Few Days And I Don’t Need This Extra Stress Of People Stealing My Stuff From The Communal Fridge
The Way My Dad Puts Things Away In The Fridge. This Is A Piece Of Steak
Living with someone is never easy. Whether you’re partners, friends, or random students who met by pure chance and equal need to share a flat, the truth is, a big part of the deal comes down to not-so-sweet moments. Like, noticing your biscuit bag rapidly shrinking in size, or drinking the chamomile tea and shoving in the ear plugs since your roommate is a night owl with a passion for techno.
Sometimes, though, it gets more awful than that. And when you realize your relationship has become somewhat passive-aggressive and your sticky note battle is getting out of hand, it may be too late to save your (and your roommate's, for that matter) sanity.
My Husband Bought Memory Foam For “His Side Of The Bed”
My Dad Who Takes Bites Out Of Butter. Disgusting
Fortunately, there are some things everyone can do to make sure sharing a flat is not a one-way ride to hell. First, make sure you’re compatible from the very beginning. I know, nobody is going to marry their roommate, but being sure you have similar lifestyles, hobbies, and at least, are not immediately averse to one another is a good start.
However, many people who have experienced a flat share can assure you that living with your best friend is not a good idea either. Even though it sounds like a dream come true, living with your BFF may reveal less savory aspects of people’s personalities (And personal hygiene.) After all, it’s not worth putting your friendship on trial just so you two can spend even more time under one roof.
The truth is, when you start living with someone you know, little things that you were not particularly keen on about their personalities often snowball into giant arguments.
My Wife Putting This Peanut Butter In The Trash Because It’s Empty
My Husband Is Technologically Challenged
When Your Housemate Uses The Living Room As His Bedroom
I Married A Monster
"Its Always So Cold In Our House. Our Furnace Sucks." -Wife Jan2020 -32C
Even though there are no existing rules governing how roommates should live with one another, psychologist Fredric Neuman suggests a couple of things to have in mind. First, it’s mutual respect. “By respect, I mean certain specific things: Do not eat the other person’s food unless you ask first. Do not borrow clothes, or pick up money lying around, or take up any other possession of the other person without asking first.”
The Way My GF "Puts Away The Groceries" Still In The Bag
Wife Doesn’t Pay Attention To What We Already Have When Buying Groceries
It looks like she made one, and has always been using the same one ever since.
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I'm less bothered by her stocking the house and much more bothered by whoever opens a new item without finishing the old one.
Legit was going to comment this. You may buy multiple of one item, we all do sometimes and it's okay to have an extra on the side. But it doesn't mean that you "have" to use it without finishing up the other one!
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look, we all sometimes do this, but if you have 4 boxes of crackers or tubes of toothpaste you either need to make a list or see a Dr about some possible memory issues.
I try so hard not to do this. If I'm making a meal and need groceries. I check first before running to the store. It does happen but not like this.
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I'm pretty sure she has a condition not to remember things after two items are left ... Why would she think "I need cinnamon!" if she doesn't remember finishing one box and having bought one for nothing the last time?!
maybe she likes a tooth paste cinnimon soy sauce sandwich on saltines for a late night snack ?
This is me grocery shopping. But we open a new one when the first is empty.
The Penzey's cinnamons are different types. There's Chinese, Ceylon, and Saigon, all with different flavor profiles.
This is my dad! On the upside, when everyone was panic hoarding this time last year, we were already fully stocked.
Oh God, my mom does this! And if I'm with her while shopping and DARE to say "Oh, we already have ...", she gets furious. "I'm not a child! Don't treat me like a baby, it's my money I can buy what I want!..." So I grit my teeth and let her do what she wants and prefer to be the one to go shopping ;-)
What an overreaction. I really don't understand why people just don't write it down when they're near to running out. We have a little screen we write our shopping on as we order online but my sister has a little board with a paper roll that you add to as you go and then rip off and take with you. So easy.
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To be fair on the cinnamon, that's at least 4 different types of cinnamon. You've got Ceylon, Saigon, Tung Hing and then two unspecified jars. Different types of cinnamon have different flavor profiles (and spiciness). I personally have the three listed types of cinnamon as well as four different types of paprika (hungarian hot, hungarian sweet, mexican, and smoked.)
It will get used eventually. And is something goes bad the world will keep spinning.
This is my dad. We will have our refrigerator and pantry stuffed and he will still say that we are out of something. The end result is it was there, he just didn't look for it.
Oh man, my stepmom did this. We had 28 bottles of salad dressing when we cleaned out her pantry. Some that was 5-6 years old
That was nice if you to help her clean and organize. Unless it was because she passed away. In that case I am sorry.
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Not paying attention is one thing, but partially using all of them is a whole different level of atrocious.
Tried this with my wife. It didn't work. I will only get things on the list and if it isn't on the list, we go without. My wife is the opposite, the list is a baseline and she will buy anything that takes her fancy on top. Thing is she doesn't cook so she doesn't actually know what we already have. We ended up with 4 bottles of vinegar at one stage.
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Once my mom bought three things of mouthwash. No one uses mouthwash in my house.
Easy fix. Make inventory lists...one on the freezer door, one on the fridge door, and one on the pantry door. If you slip a master list inside a page protector, you can write on it with a dry erase marker. Always know what you have.
Do you find having to note down each ingredient you've used to be a hassle?
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I make a list, but sometimes while at the store I forget how much of something we have left and end up getting extra.
The toothpaste tubes aren’t too bad, especially if kids and more than one bathroom. We also stock up on it.
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After getting into minimalism I even go a couple of days without some items just to prove I don't need to have everything at once... even toothpaste, if I run out I just use baking soda until I go grocery shopping... Also wtf does she have a bakery there's no other way to use up a single cinnamon container.
i have this habit of never wanting to need anything- i always buy at least 2 of *everything* so when the 1st one runs out and i open the 2nd one, i go to buy a new one.. we have x2 of everything in the house ( at least 2!) XD
Wait! I live on the Outer Banks and we do this to last out hurricanes!
Why are so many used? I can understand buying more by mistake but who opens the new before the old is gone?
You all must have lots more money than I do. I comb my pantry and refrigerator to see what I need (i.e., am out of or almost out of) and then (checking the sales), deciding on what I can afford to to get now and what just has to wait (maybe forever).
Wife must not use a SHOPPING LIST. Teadh her to make a list using the note function in her CELL PHONE. Then she'll always have it. Take surplus food to a food bank.
Or you can make a list together, or you can do the grocery buying and she can do another chore. It's called "teamwork":)
I love going in to Penzey's. It always smells so good in there!
the counterpoint to this is my dad, who buys stuff because it's on sale, and then brings it home like "do you guys eat this?"
I live on a dirt road in the pines and hey, I stock up at certain times of the year but this is madness. Inventory! Take it!
When you run out of something or are low, Take a picture of it on your Cell Phone and store it in a folder called "Shopping List". If you don't have the item to photograph, then search for it on GOOGLE and do a SAVE AS to the same Folder as above.
It seems logical to me, as long as the 5 cinnamon are from different countries... maybe each has a different taste...l.o.l.
I did this when adding cheese to the list for DH to get. We ended up with about 6 blocks in the fridge
My mum did this, (although it was probably the early signs of her vascular dementia) We helped her move house and found 18 boxes of washing tabs, 12 pairs of washing up gloves, loads of cling film, rubbish bags, jars of coffee, cup a soups going back 10 years. It got quite hilarious!
This happens from time to time when I start running out of shampoo. The moment I get out of the shower, I forget I have to buy some but at some point in time I keep remembering to buy shampoo, resulting in an ungodly shampoo stash. Then, when the last bottle runs out, the cycle repeats.
Might I recommend a whiteboard, or shared list app? :) my boyfriend and I use that. It helps.
I have done this when I forget that I already have one or two in the cupboard
had a husband who did this then blamed me for hiding stuff. note... had.
I can even understand forgetting what's in your pantry (if it's massive) but then why open the new ones until the old ones are finished?
Yay! Another fan. What are your favorites from Penzeys?
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I have a lot more of the same things in my pantry. You know normal way of keeping a stock of things you use often. ( ok all the opend thoothpaste is strange )
But how much soy-sauce and cinnamon do you need? I can get behind the crackers, but the rest?
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My boyfriend sometimes does that. “I got you ice cream!” And there’s like three ice creams I still didn’t eat or want.
My mom always does this, but with my birthday presents. I get the same things each year lol
a lifetime supply of cinnamon and soy sauce crackers anyone?
I'm guessing you're living from "paycheck to paycheck?" I have a suggestion that will save you a ton of money ...
My Brother Has A Habit
I Married The Person Who Does This
My Mom Always Eats The Chocolate And Puts It Back In The Freezer Like That
My Roommate Has Difficulties In Finding The Right Hole
Second, it’s following through financial commitments so that none of the roommates feel pressured. Also, chores should be done without reminding one another, so make sure to set up a schedule in the communal zone.
How My Wife Loads The Dishwasher
My boyfriend AFTER I SHOWED HIM EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT A MILLION TIMES. I go to check the next time and he still hasn't figured it out
The Way My Family Leaves The Toothpaste
My Wife Ate Every Single Marshmallow In A Family Sized Box Of Count Chocula. Every Single One
This Is How My Mom Puts The Knives Away In The Drying Rack
According to Fredric Neuman, it’s best not to keep close track of everything you do for your roommate. “Weighing every action on a scale leads invariably to someone feeling disadvantaged,” he argues, so it’s best not to set your expectations too high.
I Live With Monsters
Less Than 2 Days After Moving In, One Of My Roommates Scratched My New, Non-Stick Pan With Metal Utensils
Live With A Girl They Said, Things Will Be Clean They Said
This Is How My Boyfriend Leaves The Sink After He Shaves
My Husband Doesn't Want The Case To Get Scratched And Cause An "Eyesore"
I Went To The Fridge To Get Milk For My Cereal But Someone Put The Milk Back With This Much
This should be common sense, but you’d be surprised how many roommates actually don't comply with not going into your roommate’s bedroom unless they are present. Setting boundaries before starting to live together is a great way to make sure everyone is one the same page.
For some people, common sense may vary, and letting everyone know you’re not comfortable with anyone visiting your room without you present is a simple way to avoid miscommunication.
Day 6 Of Living With A Roommate For The First Time. I’m Looking For A New Place
My Roommate Can’t Read
I can imagine how annoying it must be living with bad roommates. My aunt had one in college and the roommate was so lazy. My aunt then got tired and she said she would not cook for anyone anymore.(And yes, she also did that for the roomate). So, my aunt was a hardworking person and she would make dinner early and go off to work. Then, the roommate would eat her dinner and she would e hungry. Also, she wasn't very rich back then and the roommate was a monster, in my opinion.
How My Girlfriend Takes The First Piece Of Freshly Baked Brownies
We Are A Family Of Four
We Love Awful Roommates
My Damn Family
The Way My Roommate Gives Me Rent
This Is How I Cut My Pizza To Avoid Cutting Pepperoni. My Girlfriend Said To Post It To The Internet
My Sister Opens Them Up To Check The Flavor And Puts It Back If She Doesn't Want It. The Flavor Is Also Printed At The Bottom Of The Wrapper
How My Family Uses A Tapeline
I Love My Wife Dearly, But This Is How She Leaves The Ice Cream After Getting Some For Herself
How My Girlfriend’s Mum Stores The Washing Liquid
The Husband Used My Favorite Knife As A Garden Tool
My Stuff Is Circled. The Other Stuff Is My Sister's
This is how I am. I need to change before I go off to college or it will be embarrassing for me
My Roommate Left A Surprise In The Kitchen, While I Was Outside
The Cord For My Wife’s Vacuum
How My Son Left My Socket Set
My Girlfriend Doesn't Zip The Resealable Bag Closed And Puts The Bag In Upside Down
That's my bf but will swear he doesn't know who did it. I know my kid's didn't do it, I can bet my life that my kid's wouldn't do it
My Kids Are Trying To Give Me A Stroke
At least they are brushing their teeth. Get scared when it’s not maliciously warped and they promise to have clean teeth
How My Step Dad Decided To Close A Box Of Cereal After Eating Edibles Last Night
My Roommate Has Hit New Peaks Of Laziness
Savages
How My Wife Throws Away Boxes
Things You Find The Morning After Your Australian Housemate Got Hammered
My Girlfriend Opens Cereal Like A Neanderthal
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Dafuk is wrong with people? How are there so many disgusting people out there doing this stuff?
Some are weird others are straight up lazy. It'a mostly laziness.
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For the past few weeks, I've been ashamed of the mess in my home. After these photos I am proud of my neat home.
My tip is to focus on one area at a time and tidy it up. It's a lot more manageable to do like this and it'll make you feel better. :)
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I'm baffled by all these posts where people buy a, how do I call it, a set of products (cereal with marshmallows or yoghurt with chocolate chips, or that snack box with ham pieces) and then only eat one part of it. Why won't you just buy a bag of marshmallows?
They didn't buy it with their own money, on the whole. Mostly it was bought by parents, otherwise their housemate or SO bought it for the house.
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I got to #20 and it triggered me so badly that I got an anxiety attack. F**k these people who do these things, man.
I got further, but it .... yeah. No. I couldn't bear it. I start flinching physically.
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After seeing this (some are not that bad) i am truly just so happy that my bf is not so messy after all! It's good to see it can be way, way worse!
My thoughts exactly:) really grateful for the tiny annoying things my hubby does:)
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I'm not the cleanest person in the whole wide world but I don't understand how these people are still in a relationship and/or still have roommates
I briefly had a roommate who 1. scorched the nonstick off my best skillet, 2. broke my wooden paper towel holder, 3. left a pen in his pocket, which exploded in my dryer, and 4. let a candle drip wax all over the floor. I *gently* encouraged him to move in with his girlfriend.
And this is why I love living alone. My house it in TOP shape. I am not sure I could compromise again after experiencing how nice it is not to have stress over this.
All the crap I give my husband for the way he loads the dishwasher, I now realize he's a keeper after looking at this behavior. He knew he wasn't going anywhere anyway, I've put up with it for 30 years already.
I've lived with a lot of people and heard stories from friends. My conclusion is most people are arseholes and this page confirms it for me.
I hope these people realize the BF or GF is going to be doing that for the rest of their lives. If you don’t like it now, imagine how you’ll feel after 10 years.
These people are just uneducated morons. BTW, those who put up with their crap are even bigger morons, though. My sister did that "leaving a spoonfool of whatever and put it back in the fridge" crap. I told her it was the first and last time I'd tolerate it. Never did it again.
You have to wonder if some of these people do it on purpose ... Out of spite, or to make sure they aren't asked or expected to do a chore in the future. Seriously some of these are so bad that if they were really that stupid and unaware they wouldn't be able to get pants on by themselves in the morning.
i'd say that 60% of these people are not monsters, they just dont notice. which is even more gross, imagine that folk living alone
Most of these pics severely triggered or worsened emotional conditions I didn't know I had.
These are all just plain selfish and don't deserve the good people in their life
These people are the people that leave a mess in the restroom and break room at work.
I honestly don't do any of these things. And I will not marry someone who does any of these things (I'll let it slide for the under the influence people)
When moving into a place you need to make an agreement on sharing household duties before hand. If a person can't uphold their side then don't move in with them. Also, if you are living with a slob you need to communicate with them clearly if they are doing something wrong. If they can't fix that behavior, move out or throw them out, since they clearly don't appreciate the fact they are "sharing" a space and can't just rely on you or anyone else to clean their messes up.
Toxic narcissism. No one exists but them. Some of this is beyond slovenly and veers into filthy and unsanitary. It's a sure sign of stupidity as well.
Some people disgust me...no courtesy or brains. Just extremely lazy and selfish
This post made my eye twitch, my skin crawl and gave me a migraine. Can't put it in my head how people can do stuff like that. I would disown them, cut them out of my life and avoid at all costs. Monsters.
All of these people are evil - the Spawn of Satan. Or teenagers. Not sure which.
The majority of these can be solved easily. Why keeping going through this over and over. Change how it is. People were raised in several different ways, different habits. In your house, with roommates, or the family you are raising, state why this or that is a better way (if they disagree, hear them out), then implement...soon they will fall in line. (unrelated room mates may be harder to deal with...but if you are clever, you can guide them as well) Really it is not that hard. For instance, that toothpaste thing (if it gets to that point you are just as much to blame, unless everyone has a separate tube) I have a slide mechanism thingy (cost maybe 2 dollars) on my tube. You just slide it up to push the toothpaste near the opening, no squeezing or excess squeezing needed. If excess, unused, toothpaste oozes out, and you see someone has let it...hold it under the hot water tap to remove build up each time...same with ketchup squeeze bottles. I say, think of solutions to make YOU happy, instead of complaining how others do NOT make you happy.
So I have to raise adults who should know better?
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Any time I get a notification which says someone replied to my comment, and this comment has already disappeared so I will never know what they said, it is mildly infuriating.
This post gave me anxiety! I thought my OH was bad but he is now so forgiven......
Omg! We have the laziest roommate. And it got worse when his aspiring chef of a girlfriend moved in
As a born neat freak, and frugal to boot, so this whole thing... I had to stop. I was starting to get the eye-twitchy urge to find a power hose and some strong soap and just blast all of it.... EW!
I think I was most triggered by wasted food/product in some of these, and by putting recyclables into trash.
Other than being young, broke, and having to share with random people due to budgetary restrictions.... if you chose to marry idiots who piss you off this much... you can also choose to divorce them (or just accept them as they are without bitching about them)
Dafuk is wrong with people? How are there so many disgusting people out there doing this stuff?
Some are weird others are straight up lazy. It'a mostly laziness.
Load More Replies... For the past few weeks, I've been ashamed of the mess in my home. After these photos I am proud of my neat home.
My tip is to focus on one area at a time and tidy it up. It's a lot more manageable to do like this and it'll make you feel better. :)
Load More Replies... I'm baffled by all these posts where people buy a, how do I call it, a set of products (cereal with marshmallows or yoghurt with chocolate chips, or that snack box with ham pieces) and then only eat one part of it. Why won't you just buy a bag of marshmallows?
They didn't buy it with their own money, on the whole. Mostly it was bought by parents, otherwise their housemate or SO bought it for the house.
Load More Replies... I got to #20 and it triggered me so badly that I got an anxiety attack. F**k these people who do these things, man.
I got further, but it .... yeah. No. I couldn't bear it. I start flinching physically.
Load More Replies... After seeing this (some are not that bad) i am truly just so happy that my bf is not so messy after all! It's good to see it can be way, way worse!
My thoughts exactly:) really grateful for the tiny annoying things my hubby does:)
Load More Replies... I'm not the cleanest person in the whole wide world but I don't understand how these people are still in a relationship and/or still have roommates
I briefly had a roommate who 1. scorched the nonstick off my best skillet, 2. broke my wooden paper towel holder, 3. left a pen in his pocket, which exploded in my dryer, and 4. let a candle drip wax all over the floor. I *gently* encouraged him to move in with his girlfriend.
And this is why I love living alone. My house it in TOP shape. I am not sure I could compromise again after experiencing how nice it is not to have stress over this.
All the crap I give my husband for the way he loads the dishwasher, I now realize he's a keeper after looking at this behavior. He knew he wasn't going anywhere anyway, I've put up with it for 30 years already.
I've lived with a lot of people and heard stories from friends. My conclusion is most people are arseholes and this page confirms it for me.
I hope these people realize the BF or GF is going to be doing that for the rest of their lives. If you don’t like it now, imagine how you’ll feel after 10 years.
These people are just uneducated morons. BTW, those who put up with their crap are even bigger morons, though. My sister did that "leaving a spoonfool of whatever and put it back in the fridge" crap. I told her it was the first and last time I'd tolerate it. Never did it again.
You have to wonder if some of these people do it on purpose ... Out of spite, or to make sure they aren't asked or expected to do a chore in the future. Seriously some of these are so bad that if they were really that stupid and unaware they wouldn't be able to get pants on by themselves in the morning.
i'd say that 60% of these people are not monsters, they just dont notice. which is even more gross, imagine that folk living alone
Most of these pics severely triggered or worsened emotional conditions I didn't know I had.
These are all just plain selfish and don't deserve the good people in their life
These people are the people that leave a mess in the restroom and break room at work.
I honestly don't do any of these things. And I will not marry someone who does any of these things (I'll let it slide for the under the influence people)
When moving into a place you need to make an agreement on sharing household duties before hand. If a person can't uphold their side then don't move in with them. Also, if you are living with a slob you need to communicate with them clearly if they are doing something wrong. If they can't fix that behavior, move out or throw them out, since they clearly don't appreciate the fact they are "sharing" a space and can't just rely on you or anyone else to clean their messes up.
Toxic narcissism. No one exists but them. Some of this is beyond slovenly and veers into filthy and unsanitary. It's a sure sign of stupidity as well.
Some people disgust me...no courtesy or brains. Just extremely lazy and selfish
This post made my eye twitch, my skin crawl and gave me a migraine. Can't put it in my head how people can do stuff like that. I would disown them, cut them out of my life and avoid at all costs. Monsters.
All of these people are evil - the Spawn of Satan. Or teenagers. Not sure which.
The majority of these can be solved easily. Why keeping going through this over and over. Change how it is. People were raised in several different ways, different habits. In your house, with roommates, or the family you are raising, state why this or that is a better way (if they disagree, hear them out), then implement...soon they will fall in line. (unrelated room mates may be harder to deal with...but if you are clever, you can guide them as well) Really it is not that hard. For instance, that toothpaste thing (if it gets to that point you are just as much to blame, unless everyone has a separate tube) I have a slide mechanism thingy (cost maybe 2 dollars) on my tube. You just slide it up to push the toothpaste near the opening, no squeezing or excess squeezing needed. If excess, unused, toothpaste oozes out, and you see someone has let it...hold it under the hot water tap to remove build up each time...same with ketchup squeeze bottles. I say, think of solutions to make YOU happy, instead of complaining how others do NOT make you happy.
So I have to raise adults who should know better?
Load More Replies... Any time I get a notification which says someone replied to my comment, and this comment has already disappeared so I will never know what they said, it is mildly infuriating.
This post gave me anxiety! I thought my OH was bad but he is now so forgiven......
Omg! We have the laziest roommate. And it got worse when his aspiring chef of a girlfriend moved in
As a born neat freak, and frugal to boot, so this whole thing... I had to stop. I was starting to get the eye-twitchy urge to find a power hose and some strong soap and just blast all of it.... EW!
I think I was most triggered by wasted food/product in some of these, and by putting recyclables into trash.
Other than being young, broke, and having to share with random people due to budgetary restrictions.... if you chose to marry idiots who piss you off this much... you can also choose to divorce them (or just accept them as they are without bitching about them)
