Roomie Rampage: Part 1

Canada
April 26, 2007 9:56pm CST
I write part one, because I know this saga will continue! Okay, I live with this guy, I just moved in with him a month ago and we've had a little bit of a hard time getting used to eachother. The boundaries were not previously set, and I don't believe they are yet. He hates to clean. That is what I'm starting to think anyway. His actions have not yet proved me wrong, as I've done every single bit of cleaning that there is to be done since we moved in, this includes dishes from meals I wasn't around for. So the one thing that got me today was...we're still setting up, and we have things to buy and all that jazz, to be expected when moving to a new place. I spend today cleaning up the place, the bathroom needed cleaning, the kitchen floors needed to be mopped and swept, and the carpets vaccumed. I did all of this throughout the afternoon while roommate was at work. He gets home, and he's bought a new microwave...YAY. He unpacks it, of course, all the packaging it comes in had to go all over my nice cleanly mopped and swept floor...oh well...He sets up the microwave, and puts the sticker over the buttons so we know what we're doing, thats great, if it had of been in english, nope, he put the wrong side on...so its all in french...oh well... so I sweep up the garbage left behind, and alls well. He has a date with a new girl that he's late for, so he puts his shoes on, and proceeds to walk through the kitchen AND all around the living room (just vaccumed) and he's left a trail of dirt every place he's stepped. What does he do? He says sorry, and exits the apartment...only to come back in a few seconds later to tell me to LOCK THE DOOR behind him. I was annoyed, to say the least.
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@nelly5 (1424)
• United States
27 Apr 07
Oh, sounds like this is certainly going to be an ongoing drama, and I can't wait to hear the rest of it..lol I know how hard it can be to live with someone who doesn't respect you for what you do and who doesn't share the responsibilities of the household chores. I would say that you and he need to sit down and have a talk ASAP. If you let this go too long, it could only make you very angry and then you may start resenting this person and every little thing he does may start to really annoy you and tick you off even if it isn't anything worth getting upset over. I think that you should explain to him that you both live there and call it home, therefore you both should treat it like a home...that is unless he would really treat his own home that way (like you said in the post). Maybe discuss with him what needs to be done and when, and maybe you two could decide on a schedule, like who does what and when. Trust me, I know from experience, that if you hold it all in and just let him get away with doing these things...or I should say without doing these things...your emotions may build up and you may explode on him when even you least expects it. Living with someone that you have much anger towards is very uncomfortable...and certainly isn't pleasant. So I would be sure to have that conversation soon. Good luck and please keep us updated on the results.
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• Canada
27 Apr 07
thanks for the feedback, we will definately be having a little chit chat. :)
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