My roommate is a tumor

[Gabrielle Proctor]

Have you guys ever seen that episode of family guy?

Brian: Wow. Peter is really annoying. How do you deal with it?
Lois: Oh, I just repress it.
Brian: That can't be good for you...

Close up of Lois's brain reveal a peter shaped tumor, singing about his life as a tumor. "I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor, Tumor, Tumor, Tuuuuuuumooor!"

That is me. My roomie is so annoying, there is a Roomie shaped tumor forming inside my head and it is singing about poop(he actually does that in the morning. Sings about poop, his cats, and other things..loudly...it wakes me up).

Anyway, the tumor called me up last week and told me about this dog he wanted to get. I told him no because he already has two cats and if he keeps getting pets, then me and my other roomie won't be able to get a pet. Not only that but he told me that I couldn't have a dog. AND his parrot is supposed to be moving in with us too. GAHHHH! Too many animals!

He made several LiveJournal posts about the dog, and my other roomie and I kept commenting "NO!" on his page. And I kept telling him "no" in person too.

What does he do? He gets it. :rant:I came home to a dog, yesterday, and I haven't spoken to him since. I'm too mad to speak to him right now, it would just come out as a loud, garbled mess.

[Rapscallion]

My spare room is still spare.

Rapscallion

[Bella_Vixen]

My spare room is still spare.

Rapscallion

Cool. I'm moving in. :lol:

[Gabrielle Proctor]

My spare room is still spare.

Rapscallion


Thanks raps, but don't you live in the UK?

[BookstoreEscapee]

I think you are all overdue for a serious discussion of house rules and respectin' teh roomies...

Is the dog cute, at least? ;)

[morgana]

Whose name is the lease in? 'Cause if the lease was in my name and a roomie did something like this, he'd find himself on the street.

[Jester]

Throw his ass out or get revenge.

He wakes you up? Return the favor. Preferably when he's hungover or sick, preferably with loud banging pots as your one man band instruments. Or with whatever music he despises.

[Andara Bledin]

Yup, that roomie would be on the short list for finding a new place if he pulled something like that on me.

Obviously there is at least one other roomie that didn't agree to the dog, so it's at least 2 to 1. He's not going to change or stop unless he faces some serious consequences for his selfish actions.

^-.-^

[blas]

A lot of us on here have had bad roomie experiences......so don't feel alone, we're here to listen to anything you have to say!

[Gabrielle Proctor]

Oh My God, guys. We had a huge fight last night. Sorry for the length, but I have to tell this story.

But before that, I'll answer some questions.

He is buying this townhome from his mom and his sister. So, he owns the house. Legally, since there is no lease agreement, he can do what he wants and lately he uses this fact as an excuse to do what he wants regardless of who lives with him. He doesn't realize that the lack of a lease agreement works both ways, I can pick up and leave hours before rent is due. He will come hime to an empty house, holding a bag of shit.

And yes, Jester, I DID return the favor, royally. It really pissed him off. That was what started the fight.

Those who know me, know that I love dogs, especially Rottweilers. The tumor is the kind of person who thinks that just any dog will do as long as it's sweet. I'm not like that. I really want a dog right now, but I'm willing to wait for my favorite breed. I'm willing to change my living situation just to get this specific breed. But anywho, he has told me that the one breed of dog that I want, I can't have. Period. So, I have had to make sacrafices to got stable enough to have a rottie.

I made a post on my LiveJournal about doing exactly what he did and cited the exact reasons he had for getting his dog. Except it was a rottweiler named Bucket Head. Swordsman422 was in on it. I didn't do it to be mean, or ugly, or even revenge(well, maybe a little) I did it to show him how I felt about it. Because lately, when I tell him how I feel about something, he doesn't listen. It thought that showing him would be better. Not only that, but he plays pranks on me ALL THE TIME.

Swordsman called me up and played along in this fake conversation about a fake dog. We were spectacular, you wouldn't be able to tell it wasn't a real conversation if you were a third party listening in. Anyway, I went into the kitchen and started talking on the phone, just like I thought, the tumor started eavesdropping on the stairs(that'll teach him about common manners too).

After he had heard enough, he interrupted me while I was still on the phone:

Tumor- What kind of dog is it?
Me- Rottie.
Tumor- You can't have a rottie!
Me- But, he makes me happy and that's all that matters(one of his reasons for getting a dog).
Tumor- THIS IS MY HOUSE!!!
me- But he was so cute and all alone in his kennel, I had to get him! I couldn't leave him alone(also one of his reasons for getting a dog in a no kill shelter)!
Tumor- I don't care!
Me- But they'll kill him if I don't get him!
Tumor- Well, he's just going to have to die then! And if you get him, I'll call animal control and tell them it's not my dog and they will take him away! You don't have to live here! I have people lined up to take your spot!
Me- Christ, dog killer! Chill out! The dog isn't real! But I guess you know how I felt then?
Tumor- If you're going to act like a child and play mind games, then you don't get to live here!!!!!!! THIS IS MY HOUSE! I OWN IT! YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT! YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE HERE!!!!

Swordsman was in awe. So was I. I didn't know that a simple prank like he plays on me all the time would escalate like that. I guess I know better now. Next time he pulls one, I will remember his attitude. I also know what kind of person he really is now.

After I got off the phone with Swordsman, I called Skandranon. She told me that I was welcome anytime, short or long term. That she didn't want me to feel trapped in that kind of situation. I am also to be getting a key to her place. I am really greatful, of course the same applies to her. She can stay with me anytime.

And then I called our mutual friend, Justin, who will be moving from Colorado to live with us in January. He got really mad at the Tumor's behavior and called him up and told him that if he didn't want to be treated like Tumor is treating me and that if it continued he wouldn't move at all. He also stated that it would be easy enough for him to stay there anyway because his mother is going through Chemo and needs him anyway(she moved out there to be with her sister).

After Tumor heard that, he apologized. But I don't think that he has any respect for me at all. It's really lame that I have to call someone else to bring him to reason because he never listens to me. I have never given him a reason before now, not to trust me or the tings I say.

Once I have the chance, I'm gone, period. Not only that, but I know most of his friends. They won't want to live with him either after I tell them of his antics. The only people he'll have left are the drug addicts he works with.

And I told him, with an analogy, what he was doing. It goes like this: If I am driving my car with you as a passenger that is paying me gas money, and I tell you to shut up, look forward and don't say a word, that would be really lame. But, it is within my rights as a car owner to kick you out of the car and make you walk home if you don't follow the rules. Would my actions be condonable because I own the car? No. That kind of behavior is NEVER condonable.

I think he gets it. I HOPE he gets it. Because lately, I feel like I'm paying to live in a prison.

[Andara Bledin]

I'm curious... are the friends that he listens to all guys? 'Cause I'm getting this impression that he's a bit misogynistic.

^-.-^

[Gabrielle Proctor]

I have thought that before, Andara, and I still do in a way.

I think his concious(sp) mind is all for women's rights, but subconciously(sp) he doesn't have a high opinion of them. Or maybe it comes from the experiences he has had with his mom and sister. Which I can't imagine to be that bad because he's so spoiled.

But maybe he doesn't want to respect me as a way of liberating himself from his mother, who is very controlling. Sometimes I think that he relates me to her because we are both women. He doesn't have many friends who are girls, so I'm the one getting all of the burden.

[Jester]

Gabrielle, get out as soon as you can. Don't have second thoughts. Find a new place, and go. PREFERABLY, as you said, hours before rent is due. Without paying rent.

Yes, I am vindictive. But only to those who deserve it. So sue me.