I had the worst roommate experience my junior year. She was a nice, quiet girl that had lived down my hall sophomore year. She was looking to move out of the dorms and was looking for a roomy. I was in the same situation too. So we decided to get a place.
So everything started off fine. We got a fabulous place slightly off campus. We decided to just buy groceries together since we liked a lot of the same foods. Everything was good. Until her family stepped in.
Why oh why did her mother and brother come to visit like ALL the time!! Not only would they just visit, but they'd bring family friends and whoever else wanted to come. Her mother was infatuated w/ our place and she'd always joke about coming to live w/ us and how she wish she had a place like ours. Well she wasn't joking. She might as well have moved in w/ us cuz she was there so dang much! I thought I was gonna go insane. I realized that this was her family and all, BUT , that doesn't just give her to right to come to our place ALL the time. She would show up at like 11 or 12 at night! This woman lived 45 min away from our school! I could go on and on about it. I would tell my mom and even my mom was pissed about it. That was just one problem.
My roommate also had a boyfriend. Now at first he came over a lot. I didn't really care too much b/c they would just go in my roomy's room. BUT, this dude smelled like you wouldn't believe!! Let's just say that when I would come home from work, I knew he was over cuz our apt would smell like him!! Ugh, it was nasty. He would come over right after work and would throw his smelly coat on our sofa. It was sick! And my roomy KNEW he smelled. She would joke around like "Haha, doesn't he stink? He won't go shower after work..." UGH! I didn't understand why she put up w/ that. THEN, he would eat up the food that I paid for w/ my hard earned money! That really pissed me off. He'd also bring his friends over and they'd mess up every dish in the kitchen!
It was just the worst! I vowed never, ever to live w/ someone again until I got married!
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