No He Cannot Stay Here (Ranty)

[jedimaster91]

My dad thinks I am a nasty tempered, razor tongued shrew.

He also says that with a great deal of admiration and pride.

When Li'l Bro was little, he called me his "Mean Sister." A title I wear proudly to this day. Mama Jedi also proudly wears the title of "Meanest Mom." Li'l Bro once wrote a poem about the meanest mom who nailed his feet to the ceiling and sent him to bed without Christmas dinner. Once day, Mama Jedi runs into his teacher while out shopping. Teacher quite hesitantly asks Mama Jedi if she knew about the poem and tells her about it. Mama Jedi's response? She starts laughing.

[telecom_goddess]

I get called cold constantly nowadays, although it's more of just a bitch and a square. Who calls people squares anymore, really?

Sorry but I'm not a free chauffeur or drunk bus driver or a cigarette vending machine.

A square? really?

Wow are we still living in the 1950's here?

And yeah I would be supremely pissed if a roommate did that to me and let that person suck my electricity an drive up my bill. Oh Hayell no.

[AdminAssistant]

I was called "heartless" by a roommate because I had the "gall" to be upset that she let a stray dog in the apartment and decided to keep him. 1) I had been very clear that I didn't want ANY pets. 2) We weren't allowed to have pets without paying the ridiculous pet deposit. 3) She let in this animal, from the street, with who knows what kinds of fleas or parasites. (When she took him to the vet, he did have a parasite that was contagious. I was livid.)

I'm sorry. If you want to be the Great Animal Rescuer, then okay, but I had been perfectly clear that I did not want to live with any animal, at all, ever. I was working on my master's thesis, which requires a level of peace and quiet, and I didn't want a puppy chewing or piddling on my books/laptop/research/etc. When she started getting weepy, I pointed out that there were several no-kill shelters in the area, that he was a cute and loveable puppy, and that he would find a good home easily. No. Instead, she boarded the dog with someone who ran a "home rescue" (which sounded suspiciously like "animal hoarder") for several weeks, before paying out the nose to put it on a plane and fly it to her mother. The poor dog was probably extremely traumatized because she found it and that made it "her" dog. *sigh*

Sorry for the rant, but yeah, roomies really shouldn't assume that everyone is as gullible as they are.

[telecom_goddess]

Why is it in every single roommate pairing it seems a responsible person gets hooked up with a lazy/dirty/inconsiderate/douche/drunk/druggie/can't hold a job or pay bills or whatever...something totally incompatible.

[zombiequeen]

Because when two responsible people are roommates, nobody hears about it, they're successful.
When to lamerfaces (to sum it up) are roommates, it never lasts, or ends up being a huge party, so meh. The drama is apparently the kind they want, so nobody hears about it.
When a responsible person is stuck with a lamerface, well then there's tons of drama, and other people hear about it because it's all dramatic.
I think...

[teh_blumchenkinder]

I try to extoll the virtues of my roomies, along with whatever I bitch about to my friends... and I try to fix the problem I'm bitching about in the first place.

[blas]

My former roomate was a friend I'd known for some years, he had always been responsible in his other apartments and never was late or missed his rent or share of bills, he never pulled stunts.

Then we got a place together, and he decided to move in with his gf (unofficially since she was in subsidized housing and him living there was a no no) but keep some of his stuff at our place, refuse to officially leave and get off the lease, but also after a while refused to even pay his share since he was "never there". At the same time, refused to let me try to sub-lease.

I am pretty sure unless bf and I get a place this spring or I end up in a real pinch, I will never have a roommate again. Ever.

[Lace Neil Singer]

See, this is exactly why when I moved out of my parents' place, I had to have a flat to myself. Cuz if I ended up with a deadhead like some of the horror stories people tell here, I swear I would have murdered them and then pled diminished responsibility.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I get called cold constantly nowadays, although it's more of just a bitch and a square. Who calls people squares anymore, really?

But...it's hip to be square..!

Why is it in every single roommate pairing it seems a responsible person gets hooked up with a lazy/dirty/inconsiderate/douche/drunk/druggie/can't hold a job or pay bills or whatever...something totally incompatible.

Heh. My biggest complaint about my roommate is that she talks too much when I'm trying to hear the TV, and she leaves the toilet lid up when she takes a shower so the seat always ends up with drops of water on it that I have to wipe off before I can pee. And she sneezes really loud and rarely less than 5 times in a row. On the messy scale we're pretty even, so I can't really complain about the clutter, and we've never been late with the rent.

In some ways I would prefer to live alone, but on the other hand, I would spend way too much time alone if I did, I think.

[FArchivist]

Hey, you know what? People thinking you are a cold hearted bitch is a survivable condition.

It doesn't even really hurt at all.

I'm living proof of that. Throw the parasite out and if the room mate has a problem with that, he can follow the parasite on out, too.

I heartily endorse this message!

[lolad]

...you tell him to move it somewhere else within X days, or you're getting it towed (can you tow RVs? Argabarga? Help?)

Yes you can tow RV's

If you can tow a road train (link) you can tow an RV

[hinakiba777]

I'm the kind of young lady that will happily lay in a mud puddle to keep my friends shoes clean. I am also the kind of person who makes sure that any decisions i make (i.e. having someone crash with me) does not piss of anyone I am staying with. But most importantly, I have no problem kicking someone's ass to the curb if they refuse to show me the same courtesy.

What your roommate did was unforgivable, and you should boot him out with LBH! It's your boyfriend's property, not the roommates.

I hope you and your bf get to your new place soon, and be roomie free.

[TruthHurts]

Update: So after telling roommate to tell his friend to leave, he allowed the guy to continue to stay. So we have told roomie that he needs to leave, he owns the RV so he can just find some other poor schmuck to deal with him.

We then confronted LBH and told him that he was not welcome on our property. And if he attempted to sneak back on then we would arrest him for trespessing.

Good news on the house front. The church across the street wants to buy it from us. They will have an appraiser inspect the place and then we commence with the sale. I am so happy that after five years of living with increasingly annoying roommates we can finally have a place to ourselves.

[BookstoreEscapee]

That's awesome, TH! Good luck with the sale! Hope it goes smoothly

Yes you can tow RV's

If you can tow a road train (link) you can tow an RV

Or a tow truck that is carrying a tow truck...

[Bella_Vixen]

Reading all the roommate stories on here makes me glad I live alone.

Yeah, it's a bitch being broke after paying rent and bills, but damn, I'll take it over being broke after paying rent and bills and having to deal with a deadbeat, too.