Good / Bad --- Roommate experiences?

[Texy]

I got several of these.... My current room-mate per say(we share a 3BD/2.5 BA house) --- 27 yr old law school student, White & Preppy. He is one of those environmentally friendly-whole-foods going-recycled can saving-save water barely using-drive Prius driving- 90 Deg F weather outside still J. Crew sweater wearing- Chips in only compostable bag eating Douchebag. Don't have a problem with his lifestyle but we have one thermostat in the house and the @sshole keeps changing the temp every time to fit his needs. He would turn off the heater if it's cold outside even if your scrotum is literally shivering in cold and he would turn off the A/C in the sweltering Texas Heat until the house temp reaches 98 Deg inside where you feel like strapping ice cubes to your body walking naked inside the house. He also spends boatload of cash buying the most weirdest food items available on planet earth. They eventually rot while sitting outside for days and the kitchen smells of football players' locker room after they have taken a dive in the nearby trash bin. Also who the faak buys --- Icelandic Seaweed that has been harvested in Icelandic water and dried using Geothermal energy, Wheat Germ for cosmetic usage, Family sized Biotin can, Organic Yacon syrup :mad: Feel free to share your story

[Desi Cartman]

I think he is creating atmosphere where you will take off your clothes On topic, I once moved in with a guy who didnt pay rent, bond , grocery , utilities etc .. I even paid his tution fee for one semester as he was much younger and was from a good family + I had known him for many years. anyway within 6 months of him moving in he owed me more than 10k. It took me a while to get him to return the money but as soon as I got it all back, I threw him out of the house. I was better off paying entire rent myself then letting someone else live and use utilities and took 6 months to pay. If you make enough money then the best option is to not have an apartment mate. Even if its a friend as it will ruin your friendship.

[Nova]

I have had two room mates so far. I had to always clean up behind the first one and I always ended up doing his dishes in the kitchen. He used to eat and walk around the apartment at the same time, as a result there would be crumbs all over the place. I moved out after couple months.

[bulbul]

Living alone... Had 2 room mates..both great people moved out after their marrieage... One of them is Die hard Sachin fanatic and Con party memebr :giggle: always had heated debates during news telecast.. If any one is bad its me :winky:

[cybervickey]

Str8 up reddit.

[DomainK]

Room mate experiences are usually bad. I had a room mate once who was an old friend. I had liked his as a friend for years, but when you stay together, you start noticing the bad habits more and the bad habits start irritating more.

[nikred]

I had many roommates but the worst one is the one I have at present. Here is why 1. Play his music system at high volume even after midnight. 2. Keeps the bathroom door open after using it. 3. Never turns off his alarm and it keeps blaring after every 5 min. 4. He uses my stuff but hides his. 5. Has the world's most annoying mallu accent. 6. Fights at least once in a week with his girlfriend, after midnight. He does all the whining. 7. Drinks more than he can take and almost always pukes. There are many many more points I could list but I will let it go for now.

[punjabi_khota]

I once lived with two southie roomates. :omg:. We had all moved to US that year. I convinced the guy who at 27 was 6 years old than me to shave his moustache for first time in his life. And then laughed my ass off when he finally did it.

[MonishaSarabhai]

i have had good housemates. touch wood. but i had a roomie who was in a long distance relationship with an ultra possessive guy. he wanted to talk to her on the phone/video chat ALL the time. He would call her immediately after he woke up everyday.. his 8 Am which was our 5 AM. her phone kept ringing loudly and everyone in the house woke up except her. :mad: also he would call the rest of us sometimes without her knowledge to ask if she was "over friendly" with other guys in school :headshake:

[Vijay.Sharma]

It is just for these kinda issues that I never had a roommate. I always liked my space and the first time I shared a ceiling with someone was when I lived in with my ex. I dunno I never liked that idea of staying together with friends. It was okay when friends visited or something like that but living with other dicks in the house was a no no

[J P K]

never had a room mate and will never have one in future loneliness is my best friend :thrasher:

[Yoda-esque]

Had some awesome roomies and some terrible ones. My first experience was the worst as I had just come to USA and was put up with a colleague from my firm.He lived in a filthy basement apartment and turns out that the only reason he wanted a roomie was because he was leaving back and wanted to transfer his lease and avoid breakage and maintainance fees for his apt.Me being the noob that I was, and unaware of the ways the big bad world, signed the lease,purchased all his broken furniture and even had to pay for his maintenance costs. Not to mention that he kept count of every cent and its fraction.Now I know that money is important but when one calculates how many apples I have eaten or asks me to return 5 cents from some coffee vending machine or wants me to drive him everywhere so that he can save on gas,it can get a little taxing.

[Yoda-esque]

i have had good housemates. touch wood. but i had a roomie who was in a long distance relationship with an ultra possessive guy. he wanted to talk to her on the phone/video chat ALL the time. He would call her immediately after he woke up everyday.. his 8 Am which was our 5 AM. her phone kept ringing loudly and everyone in the house woke up except her. :mad: also he would call the rest of us sometimes without her knowledge to ask if she was "over friendly" with other guys in school :headshake:

If you live in the States, I believe the term they use is "Knock on Wood". Only saying that because I got some stares once when I said "Touch Wood".:--D I know it sounds weird ...but whats the difference right?

[Ram]

I think it is a MUST that every single one of us should live with room-mates. You learn a lot of good life lessons, especially on how to avoid frivolous conflicts. You also learn its ok to not get along with everyone, but still have a working relationship with them. It dawns upon you to NEVER judge people by their first impressions. It teaches you to look for tell-tale signs in people that can help you avoid them. On the other hand, it can also be damaging in the sense that you tend to keep distance even from people that are really close to you. Every time I visit India these days, my family always complains that it feels like I am keeping them at arms length and I act like I am a guest in my own house.

[nikred]

I think it is a MUST that every single one of us should live with room-mates. You learn a lot of good life lessons' date=' especially on how to avoid frivolous conflicts. You also learn its ok to not get along with everyone, but still have a working relationship with them. It dawns upon you to [b']NEVER judge people by their first impressions. It teaches you to look for tell-tale signs in people that can help you avoid them.

THIS. Agree with every word. :two_thumbs_up:

[hari504504]

I bet noone's ever stayed in a backpacker's hostel for a long period !... Have done that when I was an exchange student for 24 weeks as it was the cheapest option. New characters every single day, witnessed quite a lot of interesting 'happenings' ( If I were to bring one up specifically...ahh.... there was this young schizophrenic girl who stayed there for a few days - intense mood swings, she'd be happy and sweet at one instance and then suddenly turn into a character straight out of a horror movie..there were bets going around as to who she would decapitate first when we are all sleeping, since it was a 6 bed mixed-dorm that we had and she was in it !!..some really nervous nights those were. ) And thats just the tip of the iceberg... I could probaby write an entire book about that experience alone when I retire.

[coffee_rules]

During FOB days, a guy was so depressed , his wife and kids were still in India, he couldn't make himself do chores . He had never shared a roommate before in life, he didn't want to cook. I asked him to do the dishes, and he said, "we studied and worked so hard to come to US and here we have to be like servants". (sic). I moved out of town for a job, he got his wife and kids and finally he was happy with a dishwasher at home.

[Sooda]

My ex housemate was a male stripper. No joke. Nice guy, good fun.

[Ram]

During FOB days' date=' a guy was so depressed , his wife and kids were still in India, he couldn't make himself do chores . He had never shared a roommate before in life, he didn't want to cook. I asked him to do the dishes, and he said, "we studied and worked so hard to come to US and here we have to be like servants". (sic). I moved out of town for a job, he got his [b']wife and kids and finally he was happy with a dishwasher at home.

Naughty. :cantstop:

[MonishaSarabhai]

If you live in the States, I believe the term they use is "Knock on Wood". Only saying that because I got some stares once when I said "Touch Wood".:--D I know it sounds weird ...but whats the difference right?

:) yes "Knock on wood" it is