I hate food
I hate dishes
why is this so complicated? I just want my fucking housemates to clean up after themselves.
I’m not their servant, it’s actually my house (as in my name is on the deed, my parents pay the mortgage while I’m in school).
I just want to know what their fucking role is supposed to be in our little community. I get the bills paid, fix things, drive people places, and so on.
They just sit around and soak up my excess energy? Complain that I’m not cleaning the way that THEY prefer? Mention the times they actually did their share and now the chores need doing again?
I don’t fucking care. Doing the dishes isn’t an emotional issue, I just can’t be their fucking parent, landlord, friend and so on all in one AND be successful at school.
We’re coming up on the holidays and I told them that I have a month to get things settled so that I can be successful. If this sort of shit is happening when the stress ramps up in the spring, we’re pulling the plug on the whole me living with them thing. My parents will pull me out of the house, evict them, and keep me on track with my fucking career.
my health isn’t great either, yet I manage to do what must be done.
I want to live with these people, I care for them and they make me less lonely.
It just fucking sucks that they don’t care about my house, my health or doing what has to be done to live here.
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Keeping my head on my shoulders, with bolts if necessary.
3 comments
A roommate has one role in life: Uselessness.
That’s it. There are sub-roles, such as companionship, laughs, suggesting good movies, etc. Beyond that, all roommates are useless. I lived with roommates. I was useless to them because I didn’t party enough and decided to get religious. They were useless to me because all they did was party and forget to pay rent. To some extent, you are useless to them. Having roommates is like being married – at some point, it becomes more about mind games and passing the buck than actually cooperating, sharing, and enjoying good times.
Maybe they got other things going on that you ain’t familiar with. Otherwise perfectly normal for you to want them to pull their weight but maybe you are exaggerating
Roommates, from what I hear, usually are not tidy people who pay rent on time while being considerate to others. Maybe one in ten might care and seek equal responsibility in the household. I have been hearing this for over 40 years and it just doesn’t change.
Here is another perspective. I used to make house calls as part of a business I once had. Only about half of those homes where what I would term tidy.
A household, no matter what the arrangement, is a tricky thing to manage.