Times People Realized Their Roommate Was a Nightmare

1. The Freezer Incident

We were in a tiny off-campus apartment with one fridge, so we agreed to split the freezer right down the middle. I was a broke student, so that little stash of frozen meals, veggies, and the occasional tub of ice cream was my lifeline between shifts at my part-time job. One night I come home and open the freezer… and it’s empty. My half is just gone. She’s sitting on the couch like nothing happened, so I ask where my stuff went. She says she “accidentally defrosted it” to make room for her groceries. Somehow, this “accident” involved unplugging the freezer while I was at class, throwing out everything that thawed, and then filling the space with her own food. That was the moment I started keeping my groceries in a cooler in my bedroom.

2. The Mattress Surprise

I let my cousin stay with me for “a couple of weeks” while she found a place. Two months in, I noticed my bed feeling weirdly damp sometimes. I thought maybe I was imagining it, until one morning I walked in to find her little dog curled up on my pillow — and a very obvious wet spot.Turns out, the dog had been peeing in my bed for weeks. My cousin knew, but instead of telling me, she just flipped the mattress over each time. By the time I found out, both sides were ruined, and I had to replace it. I told her she needed to find another couch to crash on - preferably one she owned.

3. The Party Every Night

When I moved in, he described himself as a “night owl.” I thought that meant he stayed up late watching TV or playing video games quietly. Nope. It meant karaoke parties in our tiny living room at 1 a.m. on a Tuesday.I worked 6 a.m. shifts, so every night I’d lie in bed listening to bad renditions of ‘80s ballads through the paper-thin walls. Once, I asked him to turn it down, and he said, “You’re just jealous you’re not fun.” The only thing I was jealous of was everyone who didn’t live there.

4. The “Borrowed” Clothes

She was always complimenting my outfits. I thought it was just friendly until I started seeing my clothes in her Instagram posts - outfits I hadn’t even worn yet. At first it was little things like a hoodie or a scarf, but then she wore my favorite dress to a wedding without asking.To make it worse, she spilled red wine all down the front of it, didn’t even try to clean it, and just said, “Don’t worry, the photos still look cute.” She’s lucky I didn’t post her Venmo for “Dress replacement: $120.”

5. The Unpaid Bills Disaster

We agreed to split the utilities evenly. I’d send him the bill, he’d send me his half — simple. Except after a few months, I get a notice from the electric company that our power is about to be shut off. I checked my bank statements - he hadn’t paid me in three months. When I asked what happened, he said he’d been putting the money into “emergency crypto investments” because “it’s all about long-term gain.” Well, the long-term gain for me was a new roommate.

6. The Girlfriend Who Moved In… Without Asking

At first, it was just a couple of nights a week. Then it was every night. Then her clothes were in the closet, her shoes by the door, her toothbrush in the bathroom. One day I opened the fridge and realized half the food wasn’t mine or my roommate’s - it was hers.I finally asked my roommate about it, and he said, “Oh, I figured you wouldn’t mind.” Mind? I was paying half the rent for a couple who locked themselves in the bedroom every night and never cleaned up after themselves. I started looking for a studio the next morning.

7. The Fridge Thief

Every grocery trip felt like throwing money into a black hole. I’d stock up on essentials, and the next day — gone. Milk? Gone. Cheese? Gone. Half the leftovers from my meal prep? Gone. I once left a post-it on my carton of eggs that said, “Please stop eating my food.” She wrote back, “I’m manifesting abundance.” I manifested a locked mini-fridge in my room until I could move out.

8. The “It’s Just a Few Plants” Problem

She told me she liked plants. I thought, “Cool, a little greenery!” Within two months, the living room looked like a tropical greenhouse exploded. Giant palms, hanging ivy, ferns on every surface. You couldn’t see the TV. It might’ve been fine if she actually took care of them — but she didn’t. Leaves rotted in their pots, fruit flies were everywhere, and she insisted the bugs were “just part of the ecosystem.” Yeah… the ecosystem of my nightmares.

9. The Key Copy Cat

I came home from a weekend away to find two random guys asleep on the couch. My roommate casually mentioned she gave multiple friends copies of our apartment key so they could “use the place to crash.” I had no idea how many people had been in there, or if they still had keys. I changed the locks the next day and told her to find somewhere else to hand out free lodging.

10. The Passive Aggressive Notes

Instead of talking to me like an adult, my roommate communicated exclusively through post-its. If the trash was full: “Guess we ran out of magical self-emptying bins!” If the dishwasher wasn’t loaded her way: “Some people like to rinse their plates first :)”The final straw was when she put a note on the empty toilet paper roll that said, “Guess the TP fairy’s on strike.” I replaced the TP - and the roommate.

11. The Pet Snake Situation

We had a very clear agreement: no pets. So imagine my shock when I opened the bathroom door one morning and there was a six-foot boa constrictor wrapped around the shower rod. Apparently, his friend “couldn’t keep it anymore,” so he “rescued” it. And then “forgot to mention it.” I moved out before it could “accidentally” end up in my bed.

12. The Break-In That Wasn’t

I came home late one night to find the front door wide open, lights on, and the TV blaring. My first thought was that we’d been robbed. I called my roommate in a panic, and she just said, “Oh yeah, I had friends over and didn’t want to lock the door because they were coming and going.” We lived in a city where break-ins were on the neighborhood Facebook page every other week. That was the moment I realized she wasn’t just careless - she was a liability.