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Sharing a home with someone can be a great way to save money on rent and utilities, but it can also push you to the very edge of your limits.

The subreddit 'Choosing Beggars', a place where people shame those who are being way too picky when asking for things, has plenty of types of recurring characters. There's the shameless parent who uses their child's birthday as leverage for negotiation, the art "critic" who lowballs every piece they get their eyes on, and many, many more.

But among these infamous personas, roommates are arguably one of the most frustrating. Whether it's disagreements over household chores, personal space, or guest policies, they have the ability to quickly become a painful source of stress.

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Roomates Response To Me Asking About The Electricity Bill She Hasn't Paid In Months (That's In My Name, Leaving Me With The Debt)

Roomates Response To Me Asking About The Electricity Bill She Hasn't Paid In Months (That's In My Name, Leaving Me With The Debt)

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Chances are that if we do not become kinder to one another, there will be many more similar screenshots. American adults are increasingly sharing a home with other adults with whom they are not romantically involved.

This arrangement, known as “doubling up” or shared living, gained notice in the wake of the Great Recession, and the prevalence of shared living has continued to grow since.

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Roommate Doesn't Buy Own Groceries, Complains About What I Buy

Roommate Doesn't Buy Own Groceries, Complains About What I Buy

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Feathered Dinosaur
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do people even endure these leeches for so long? I'd pull out all of my feathers long before that 😅

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Looking For A Roommate: I'm Quite Easy-Going

Looking For A Roommate: I'm Quite Easy-Going

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𝓚𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tldr; basically this person is a controlling d**k who thinks they’re better than everyone else

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Facebook Cb Wants Roommate To Pay More Rent Because She Makes More

Facebook Cb Wants Roommate To Pay More Rent Because She Makes More

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While the rise in shared living during and immediately after the recession was attributed in large part to a growing number of Millennials moving back in with their parents, the longer-term increase has been partially explained by a different phenomenon: parents moving in with their adult children.

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In 2017, for example, nearly 79 million American adults (31.9% of the entire adult population) lived in a shared household. For comparison, in 1995, the earliest year with comparable data, the number stood at just 55 million (28.8%), and in 2004, at the peak of homeownership and before the onset of the home foreclosure crisis, 27.4% of adults shared a household.

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The Gag Is...she Had Already Eaten All My Hash Browns The Night Before, This Text Was Just An Attempt To Cover Her Ass!

The Gag Is...she Had Already Eaten All My Hash Browns The Night Before, This Text Was Just An Attempt To Cover Her Ass!

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Seeking Female Roommate: Rent Will Be On A Sliding Scale Depending On Your Looks

Seeking Female Roommate: Rent Will Be On A Sliding Scale Depending On Your Looks

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My Ex-Roommate, After 2 Months Of Leaving Piles Of Stuff At My Place, Finally Returns To Pick It Up

My Ex-Roommate, After 2 Months Of Leaving Piles Of Stuff At My Place, Finally Returns To Pick It Up

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The nearly 79 million adults living in a shared household include about 25 million who own or rent the household. An additional 10 million are the spouse or unmarried partner of the head of the household.

Another 40 million, or 16% of all adults, are the “extra adult” in the shared household. This share of living in someone else's household is up from 14% in 1995.

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Had To Text My Roommates This Because Of What They Did. Came Home To My Cat Trapped In The Bathroom Yowling

Had To Text My Roommates This Because Of What They Did. Came Home To My Cat Trapped In The Bathroom Yowling

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PrettyJoyBird
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like they mighta "forgot" cat in bathrm on purpose. I wouldnt trust them then alone in apartment again with said cat to move out and not be spiteful .

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#13

College Girl Is Looking For A Roommate But Is Homophobic/Transphobic, Rude, Wants Silence Almost 24/7 And Overall Has Unrealistic Expectations. (I Wonder Who Her Roommate Ended Up Being... And If She’s Still Sane)

College Girl Is Looking For A Roommate But Is Homophobic/Transphobic, Rude, Wants Silence Almost 24/7 And Overall Has Unrealistic Expectations. (I Wonder Who Her Roommate Ended Up Being... And If She’s Still Sane)

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Adira Bennett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"As a young intellectual, I prefer to only tolerate the presence of people who mimic my values and opinions because I find those who challenge my ways of thinking terribly offensive."

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In 2017, just 18% of extra adults lived in a household in which the head was unrelated (typically a housemate or roommate).

Interestingly, living with nonrelatives has become less prevalent since 1995, when 22% of extra adults were doing it.

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Room Mate Refuses To Take Any Less Than 1 Hour + In The Shower With 5 Of Us Living Here

Room Mate Refuses To Take Any Less Than 1 Hour + In The Shower With 5 Of Us Living Here

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Jessica Bertram
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh i would out-petty this crazy bîťch the MOMENT she said she doesn't care about her roommate's well-being

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#15

My Freeloading “Roommate” When I Asked That He Fill The Amount Of Gas Back Up In My Car That He Used To Go See His Boyfriend

My Freeloading “Roommate” When I Asked That He Fill The Amount Of Gas Back Up In My Car That He Used To Go See His Boyfriend

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#16

No Loud Music, But My Music Will Be Loud

No Loud Music, But My Music Will Be Loud

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LovingKnuckle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s what you see just before you are blindfolded and stuck in a basement.

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#17

Roommate Invited A Random Girl Who Doesn’t Pay Rent And Isn’t On The Lease To Live At Our House. He Demanded That She Would Have The Only Parking Spot In The Unit. After Telling Him I’d Share The Spot With Her He Responded With This:

Roommate Invited A Random Girl Who Doesn’t Pay Rent And Isn’t On The Lease To Live At Our House. He Demanded That She Would Have The Only Parking Spot In The Unit. After Telling Him I’d Share The Spot With Her He Responded With This:

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Lu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry if I sound aggressive. By the way you’re a little privilege biatch… who’s the bully in this scenario?

Daffydillz~
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, what an âsshat! I'd either ask them to leave or I'd try to have the lease changed to the roommate and his girlfriend. I wouldn't be able to live with someone trying to squash my boundaries or cussing and smack talking me. It doesn't sound like the roommate was respectful of any of OP's boundaries, if he had been OP may have been much more flexible about his new girlfriend moving in and giving up his only parking spot for the complex when considering her safety. These kinds of issues usually occur when one person feels like they're being treated like a doormat by the other.

Karen Philpott
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You pay rent you get priority. You don't pay rent find somewhere else and stop freeloading. I think this guy in blues fellow leasee is being so unreasonable. What's his real stake in this?

Asphalt Bubblegum
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this were me, "Julio" would have been booted out of my orbit permanently the second he started talking to me like that, much more, before demanding that his side piece gets more rights than I have to my own apartment and parking space.

John G
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe roommate was still trying to accommodate the guy. I would have noped out of that conversation and parked my car where in my space. Julio can meet her down the street.

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Id row
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you act like a doormat, you'll be treated like one. This person should not have been willing to give up their parking spot to a freeloading sponge. They shouldn't even be willing to let them live there at all.

LaVidaLala
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Woah. Needs a new roomie. I would've stopped chatting after the first WPB remark and told him to go hump himself.

BeaBea
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude who wants his gf to park for free is so effing entitled is terrifying

elfin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gee, imagine wanting the privilege of using the parking space for the rental unit that you pay for instead of yielding it to this guy's new girlfriend.

Kirk Hoare-Jones
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

😂😂😂. I'd just tell him to fk off and keep my phone ready on 999, he seems like the sort to kick off with violence and you can get rid of him and the girl with the police the second he does.

Moezzzz
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah, fair is fair. She's not even on the lease and we don't know if she's even sharing the lease load- did this guys rent go down? If not, screw her AND the guy he's talking to. I'm a female and equal rights can be s****y to someone who doesn't really want "equal" rights (meaning they say they want to be treated like any other man, but in reality when those options are laid out, it "unfair" that they have to walk farther to the flat some days bc they had to park down the road a few days a week).

Amanda Rose
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My car would never move... ad in I would ztRt Taki g the bus to keep my car right there... call me noes because I want to park where I live and your girlfriend who doesn't live here doesn't like it .. never will thT spit be empty again

Gwyn
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Report Julio and his new non-rent paying girlfriend to the landlord. Guarantee the landlord doesn't want a squatter in the apartment, they will be kicked out.

Deb Fou
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holy sh*t. I hope he can get these people out. Or can move himself.

michele mbennett1010@att.net
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Listen up a*****e, you and your gf pack your s**t and leave 😒. No negotiation, she's NOT on the lease and can't stay, let alone claim a parking privilege..get it?

Tracy Rieon Hall
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's no way in blue blazes that another person would be staying where I'm paying rent without paying their share of the rent as well if their not on the lease then they won't be staying there period! As far as parking goes who cares where she parks if it's my spot I will park there period. But this is why I don't have room mates

Germando Murphy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, white privilege, since when was this considered white privilege smh

Liam Lowenthal
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uh.. well f**k you and your girlfriend man, hope she doesn't get mugged cause you're unable to talk like a person who isn't a s**t eating all or nothing a*****e? Just being 100% honest here.

Morgan Carpenter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The female friend needs to pay towards rent or find her own living situation. "Misunderstanding my demand..." Honey you don't get to make demands of your roommates.

Beruthiel45
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Run out of the opposite of superlatives descriptive of complete arses. Just have to keep rolling my eyes and saying tsk tsk to myself.

A P
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, the guy paying rent and legally responsible for the lease is definitely the entitled one here.

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With so many adults living together, Apartment Guide conducted a survey of over 1,000 Americans to learn what determines a good and bad match.

According to the findings, people who had more than one roomie were less satisfied with their living situations than those with just one. Also:

  • People living with their friends, family (32%), and co-workers were the most likely to be happy with their roommates;
  • People living with an acquaintance were the least satisfied with their living situation;
  • Living with one other roommate who happens to be related to you is the most satisfying roommate situation.
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He Used To Be My Best Friend. But We Had A Falling Out, And He's Recently Decided He Didn't Need To Pay Half Of Utilities Anymore

He Used To Be My Best Friend. But We Had A Falling Out, And He's Recently Decided He Didn't Need To Pay Half Of Utilities Anymore

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*Asks Roommate To Pay Utilities Bill That Is 9 Days Past Due*

*Asks Roommate To Pay Utilities Bill That Is 9 Days Past Due*

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World's Worst Roommate

World's Worst Roommate

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Feathered Dinosaur
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dirty dishes, sitting in the sink for days and slowly putting on mold... yeah, the bin it is.

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Roommate Cancelled Netflix. Time To Move!

Roommate Cancelled Netflix. Time To Move!

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Lakota Wolf
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Followed the Reddit rabbit hole/paper trail and OP said that they're pretty sure the person is referring to THEMSELVES with the term "little one" and NOT their child... ew.

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41% percent of people identified keeping shared spaces clean as the top source of tension between roommates.

The topic of cleanliness was highest among people living with friends (47%), followed by strangers (43%), acquaintances (42%), and family (32%).

Paying rent (9%), communication (7%), and violating boundaries (7%) were the next biggest issues between roommates.

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Looking For A Girlfriend, Iq Under 130 Need Not Apply. Roommate Too

Looking For A Girlfriend, Iq Under 130 Need Not Apply. Roommate Too

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#24

I Guess My Latino Culture Triggered My Roommate 😔

I Guess My Latino Culture Triggered My Roommate 😔

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PrettyJoyBird
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gross. Disgusting human. Leave your ridiculousness behind and go take manners and etiquette classes.

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Roommate Sent Me A Video Of Herself And Our Other Roommate Going Through My Room And Things While Sh**talking How It Looks (I’ve Been Staying With Family But Emphasized My Room Is Still A Private, Personal Space I Don’t Want Others In) — Love Them :)

Roommate Sent Me A Video Of Herself And Our Other Roommate Going Through My Room And Things While Sh**talking How It Looks (I’ve Been Staying With Family But Emphasized My Room Is Still A Private, Personal Space I Don’t Want Others In) — Love Them :)

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Nearly 47% of people surveyed were friends with their roommates before moving in together, but only 32% were satisfied with their current living arrangements. So just because you get along with someone doesn't mean you'll be compatible.

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I Want A Naked Female Roommate And A Room At Half The Market Rate For My City

I Want A Naked Female Roommate And A Room At Half The Market Rate For My City

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Free Non Working Roommate. What A Deal

Free Non Working Roommate. What A Deal

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Cb Gets So Mad About Roommate Buying Store Brand Garbage Bags That She Felt The Need To Come To A Fb Group For Advice

Cb Gets So Mad About Roommate Buying Store Brand Garbage Bags That She Felt The Need To Come To A Fb Group For Advice

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pineapple87
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are literally talking about an item whose only use is to be thrown out. But it should have a brand label?

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#29

Looking For Roommate To Pay Rent And Not Be In Apartment

Looking For Roommate To Pay Rent And Not Be In Apartment

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Kitty 🥀
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tbh, this sounds like a concierge at the Ritz compared to most of these other douchcanoes.

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#30

My Roommate Spent Her Paycheck Too Fast Again, So I Offered To Get Us Liquor. It Devolved Into This

My Roommate Spent Her Paycheck Too Fast Again, So I Offered To Get Us Liquor. It Devolved Into This

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My Search For A Roommate Has Been An Exhausting One 🙄

My Search For A Roommate Has Been An Exhausting One 🙄

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Pink kitty
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think he should lead with the fact that he is in his 60's. He would sound less crazy then

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This 34 Year Old Op Who Doesn’t Have A Car, Refuses To Take The Bus, And Thinks He Can Take His Roommate’s Car Whenever He Wants Because She Was Nice Enough To Let Him Borrow It Sometimes. I Hate People Like This

This 34 Year Old Op Who Doesn’t Have A Car, Refuses To Take The Bus, And Thinks He Can Take His Roommate’s Car Whenever He Wants Because She Was Nice Enough To Let Him Borrow It Sometimes. I Hate People Like This

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Feathered Dinosaur
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What we learn from this: Don't be nice and let borrow people your stuff, they'll be expecting you to continue providing them with it.

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My Roommate Thinks I Should Pay For Things I Had No Idea They Were Buying

My Roommate Thinks I Should Pay For Things I Had No Idea They Were Buying

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My Boyfriend (22m) And I (21m) Live With A 23f And 28m. I'm Sick Of Constantly Playing Mommy To Them

My Boyfriend (22m) And I (21m) Live With A 23f And 28m. I'm Sick Of Constantly Playing Mommy To Them

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Daffydillz~
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh, I feel her pain. I've always had at least one person who refuses to dump the food off their plate or rinse it, leaving watery food in the sink or dishwasher constantly for me to double check for so this doesn't happen.

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Last Year, Our Flatmate Moved Out And Sold Us Her Friends' Fridge That She'd Been Using. This Year, She Wants It Back, And She's "Not Asking, But Telling"

Last Year, Our Flatmate Moved Out And Sold Us Her Friends' Fridge That She'd Been Using. This Year, She Wants It Back, And She's "Not Asking, But Telling"

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Feathered Dinosaur
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a new idea, selling stuff, then deciding on a whim I need the sold item back.

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#37

You Know, Just Be Attractive To Be This Guys Roommate

You Know, Just Be Attractive To Be This Guys Roommate

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pineapple87
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Semi private detached bathroom" - is this code for "I have a camera/peephole installed into your bathroom" ?

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My Landlord/ Roommate's Mood Swings, He Ate My Last Left Breads, Gave Me 20 Bucks And Apologized Next Day, Sent That Annoying Text Day After That

My Landlord/ Roommate's Mood Swings, He Ate My Last Left Breads, Gave Me 20 Bucks And Apologized Next Day, Sent That Annoying Text Day After That

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#39

They’re Not For A Snake, They’re Her Dead Pet Rats That She Kept In Our Fridge. Pet Semetary Maybe??

They’re Not For A Snake, They’re Her Dead Pet Rats That She Kept In Our Fridge. Pet Semetary Maybe??

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BarBeeGirl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a Canadian whose children’s pet hamster died in the winter, I know what it’s like to have a dead pet in the freezer (waiting for spring burial)

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#40

My Girlfriend's Male Roommate Jokingly Acts Like My Girlfriend Is His "Mommy" Because She Always Helps Him With Tasks That Were Normally Taken Care Of By Someone Else Back Home

My Girlfriend's Male Roommate Jokingly Acts Like My Girlfriend Is His "Mommy" Because She Always Helps Him With Tasks That Were Normally Taken Care Of By Someone Else Back Home

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#41

Roommate Wanted $0 - Craigslist Ad

Roommate Wanted $0 - Craigslist Ad

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#42

Searching For Roommate With No Scented Soap, No Drinking, No Scary Movies, And No Men Allowed In The Apartment

Searching For Roommate With No Scented Soap, No Drinking, No Scary Movies, And No Men Allowed In The Apartment

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Roommate Constantly Has Loud Stuff Playing On His TV, Regardless Of Whether Or Not He's In The Room. Last Night's Convo (Wide Photo)

Roommate Constantly Has Loud Stuff Playing On His TV, Regardless Of Whether Or Not He's In The Room. Last Night's Convo (Wide Photo)

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