You know what I’m sick of? Roommates!
Why did I ever think that saving half the rent each month was worth this shit? Just because I don’t have to work full time to make more money than you doesn’t make me your slave. You’re not doing me any favors by working everyday… you’re doing yourself the favor by being able to afford your half of the bills.
It’s not a give and take situation. I pay half the bills… just because I’m home all day, doesn’t mean I should be the servant and do all the dishes and housework… and laundry????
You gotta be kidding me if you actually think because you work all the time, I shouldn’t complain that you don’t do any housework. If you want to live with your mother, move home!!!
To recap… I don’t care if you work all day and you’re tired. It is still not my job to do all the housework. You are responsible for HALF of everything around here. Even if I sat home all day and picked my nose, it still doesn’t mean I should be doing all the work.
Get a life and face your responsibilities. If it wasn’t for this lease, I’d be out of here and back on my own. Screw saving money!!! Living with you isn’t worth it. —Sick of Slobs
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2010.
ah, roomies, just when you need an axe, none are handy, good thing sometimes hey.
I think that if you are at home and work less then you SHOULD do some housework. Get off your lazy ass and don’t just sit there! You don’t have to clean up your room mate’s messes, but you could tidy the bathroom, sweep, or vacuum… clean up after yourself.
If you can afford it, it is well worth paying extra in rent for peace, privacy and sanity. Your messes are your messes. Don’t feel like cleaning…do it tomorrow. I love living alone!
Pearlstardust – just because OP is home more often doesn’t mean they SHOULD be doing MORE housework then the other roomate. OP’s problem isn’t that they don’t clean it’s the roomate doesn’t feel they should have to based on her work hours which is bullshit. I say they should have to clean the poop stains out of the toilette too, hair outta the drain, scrub the tub, dishes. etc
I agree totally with Enough said. Roomate is just envious that OP doesn’t have to work as often, but hey, bills get paid. You pay half the rent, you do half the work looking after the place. End of story.
Try talking to your room mate? Ask them to do some chores, and if they’re “too tired” give em a cup of coffee, and tell em to move their ass.
And I imagine said roomie has days off when they can do some cleaning.
Yet on the other side of the coin, if the room mate isn’t around as much as you they’re probably not leaving as much of a mess.
Then again, OP you are making the room mate sound like a self entitled douche nozzle… I dunno, I may revisit this threat after I’ve had coffee and woken up
Room-mates can be great when you’re lucky enough to get a good one. A rare but not impossible occurence.
I’d say if you make the mess, clean it up, if roomie makes the mess, they clean it up. If you’re home more often OP, you probably cause more (not all) of the mess and that might be roomie’s stance. Just thought I’d toss that out there.
well in a perfect world, that’s the way it works…
of course my kitty roommate doesn’t quite understand that when he pukes his lung-butter breakfast all over the floor (and proceeds to walk while doing so, leaving trails of vomit and the accompanying paw prints there-after) it is HE that is to clean up that warm mess.
oh well…
guess life is about compromises.
Our little Diva cannot quite get it into her walnut sized brain that the proper time and place to hork up a hairball is NOT 3:00 in the A of M, whilst nestled crossways across the middle of the bed between SOBova and I.
the big hound spews up his water and you never see it, but you feel it in the wee hours when you slip on it
I got a GREAT welcome home present from one of my cats — three HUGE piles of vomit in my room.
Kind of a “fuck you, mom, for abandoning us” gift.
Also: I think OP’s roommate feels they are in some sort of “relationship” because aside from cleaning bathrooms and living rooms and such (which should be split 50/50), one should be doing their own laundry and dishes in this type of living situation.
well, welcome back pk…spew, barf, ralph^^^
Hahaha thanks, PG! 😛
I’m keeping the fact that I’d much rather be back in the Frenchieville a secret because I’m pretty sure they’d crap on my bed or something.
well you can’t really dictate that there kitty… but it should certainly be on them to DECIDE how the conditions should apply.
If that’s what they want to do… then fine…
or one person do some of the chores and the other do the rest….
each will have a different dynamic. it’s just up to them to find one that they both won’t go nuts over.
I’m in a relationship…again.
We both come from long term relationships that went south.
So to start things off, where we would know where we stand on some issues.
We set out some simple rules…first rule I do my laundry & you (my love) do yours.
Dishes aren’t a big deal, we often share cooking/meal making ,its something we both enjoy .
Dishes get done & we both agreed that ‘god’ does the drying.
Cleaning is a cooperative effort, when we clean up, we both do it…or it waits until we are ready ~:)
and when it’s time to go to sleep,
you’re careful to deflate her properly and not puncture her.
Bazinga!
Somebody’s a Sheldon fan.
zZz…no she’s real.
Has a job & is really easy going.
As long as there’s ‘no games’ which is fine by me…I hate people trying to inflict their drama,
in my life !
Never forget this ultimate truth.
” All women are crazy.
The main reason all women are crazy, is that all men are stupid.” -George Carlin
The bigger issue is, More, the toilet seat. Do you keep it up, put it down, or sit to pee to avoid all the fuss?
Yep – I’m a fan. :~)
And nice Carlin quote – think I’ll send that to my boyfriend. He’d appreciate it too.
we listened to cassette tapes of carlin, cosby, newhart and later on lps of cheech and chong and monty python…thank you ma and pa
Ever since I left the seat up late one night, when one of my kid’s was just starting to be toilet trained. She got up & went to the bathroom, slipped into the toilet, the seat fell down & hit her on the head & I woke to blood curdling screaming… her little legs kicking & her arms sticking up… she was really freaked out & it set back her toilet training, for quite awhile ! !
I have never forgotten to this day to put the seat down. Even while living in my own home alone , I put the seat down.
THis will never happen to another child because of my actions.
I have grandchildren now & I know I’m covered.