tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post8087273847397251788..comments2023-09-09T06:12:36.477-04:00Comments on the wild and wily ways of a brunette bombshell: on roommates, and not having them.meg feehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16588092985523441189noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-51253206256197075912012-07-09T13:21:47.146-04:002012-07-09T13:21:47.146-04:00Right now my special someone and I have a roommate...Right now my special someone and I have a roommate. Talk about everything you listed in your post but times 10. This roommate has been pushing me on the brink of losing my marbles. I haven't come in contact with a girl like this since high school. She has brought out every trait in me that I hate. But I have to remember the small quite moments right? <br /><br />Thank goodness for change and the ability to move whenever we need too.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497465569237607371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-15074921419441279962012-05-30T16:20:09.861-04:002012-05-30T16:20:09.861-04:00hahahahaha that story about the roommate and the p...hahahahaha that story about the roommate and the paper towel got me, hilarious!Little Tree Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631073644695134988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-14937161216015673792012-05-26T20:12:55.352-04:002012-05-26T20:12:55.352-04:00this is the most accurate account ever of how i fe...this is the most accurate account ever of how i feel about room mates. because i have not put it into written word myself. so thank you alisha. and thank you meg for sharing. <br /><br />my current room mate is my separated-for-5-years dad, who i didn't grow up with, and who is the most opposite me a family member can get, as well as 2 dogs. sadly, a situation worse than any college room mate i had. needless to say, i dream every day of the day i can finally live on my own. which is approaching slowly, but surely.lene bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10315508679401438498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-2376338992335754372012-05-23T03:50:02.951-04:002012-05-23T03:50:02.951-04:00I'm new to your blog, but I just HAD to put my...I'm new to your blog, but I just HAD to put my two cents in. <br /><br />LOVED living alone. Pure bliss. Most of my single life I lived alone, minus about 5 yrs of weird roommies. I'd recommend it to anyone. It was an awesome time in my life! Now I'm married and have a son, so I share space with them...<br /><br />Now for a story. I had a roommate who answered the door for my blind date and actually went on the date with him instead of me. I came into the lving room to see the two of them getting in the car together. She said he was too good looking for me, so she thought she deserved the date. How nice. I'd rather live alone!MARY IN SCOTLAND https://www.blogger.com/profile/04390613561715464322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-40362436969304167592012-05-21T15:16:20.971-04:002012-05-21T15:16:20.971-04:00I've been blessed. For the past 6 years plus I...I've been blessed. For the past 6 years plus I've been through three different apartments with the same roommate and best friend since childhood. She is more sister than friend, and every one of those perks (sans nudity) somehow fits into our housing situation. We're both financially responsible. We're like-minded in our cleanliness expectations. It works for us. <br /><br />Prior to that, however, another friend and I spent six wretched months with The. Weirdest. Roommate. Ever. We all pay our time, I suppose.The Rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07856225364926460372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-37434094017599859892012-05-21T14:18:15.752-04:002012-05-21T14:18:15.752-04:00Even though I'm loving living with hubby, I co...Even though I'm loving living with hubby, I could really get into living along again... (No offense, hon!)<br />College roommate #1: We moved into a dorm room together. I got there first, chose the bed near the window, put my nice striped comforter on the bed and went out to see the campus. Came back to find she'd moved in with one big black box. Turns out the most important thing she had to bring to college was her accordion. (And a 42-year-old boyfriend in jail who sent her a personalized license plate for Christmas)<br />College Roommate #2: The first day we moved into the dorm there was a knock on the door. It was a cute guy on crutches offering us each a Miller Light. I said no thanks, I don't drink, and he asked what I was studying. I was confused and he pointed to our whiteboard on the outside of the door. She had written "Do Not Disturb: Studying" on it. This was the FIRST night in the dorm. Classes hadn't even started yet! AND she hung up a life-sized poster of Bela Lugosi as Dracula in the room.<br />College Roommate #2, #3, and #4: Three of us got an apartment. Dracula girl wrote "Lost V to Steve" on the calendar. Roomie #3 locked herself in her room when she turned 21 because she was traumatized that she wasn't young anymore. Roomie #4 invited herself along on a first date when a friend invited me out, wound up dating him and moving him into our apartment. She's also the one who used every utensil, pot and pan when she cooked, but didn't clean any of them "because she cooked." She also flipped out about double-dipping into the peanut butter or the pickle jar or anything... She wound up marrying said guy, then divorcing him...<br />Roommate #5 = my husband, and he's cool. A little neat for my tastes (I have a higher tolerance for clutter) but for the most part, no complaints!!!Krys72599https://www.blogger.com/profile/13794562208024400426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-49279601710279262052012-05-20T16:13:26.057-04:002012-05-20T16:13:26.057-04:00Hands down, the worst two years of my life in a nu...Hands down, the worst two years of my life in a nutshell (and why I am the HUGEST proponent of living alone: http://www.guidetomenhattan.com/2010/02/psycho-roommate-diet.htmlRachel Upshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687713965159690075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-70736300702522878002012-05-19T13:51:49.675-04:002012-05-19T13:51:49.675-04:00Addendum: I just hoola hooped in my living room t...Addendum: I just hoola hooped in my living room to Robyn's Dancing On My Own and there was no one to judge me. Living alone is honestly the best.aspasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06755682628472696314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-50114633709468929642012-05-19T01:10:12.695-04:002012-05-19T01:10:12.695-04:00The only roomate I've ever had was my best fri...The only roomate I've ever had was my best friend (who is more like a sister). It was actually great. Sure, there were little fights but being as close as we were, there was no passive agressive crap - we just said what needed to be said.<br /><br />Even though my roomate situation was ideal, living alone is HEAVEN. I've been living alone for 2 years and am genuinely starting to worry that I'm unable to live with others anymore. Have you ever seen this UCB video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_uwzlpx4A&feature=player_embeddedaspasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06755682628472696314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-34347733042670114752012-05-18T13:37:54.733-04:002012-05-18T13:37:54.733-04:00I completely agree!! I have been cohabiting with p...I completely agree!! I have been cohabiting with people for the past 3 years while being at university, and now I'm nearly done with my finals, and one thing I cannot wait to do, is live by myself!!Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691097337506151662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-3975572696454215122012-05-18T11:11:29.107-04:002012-05-18T11:11:29.107-04:00At one point in college I lived in a house with 5 ...At one point in college I lived in a house with 5 other girls!! There were 2 bathrooms but one girl was SO NASTY that no one would share a room with her. At one point she brought a duck home from the park and let it live in her bathtub. Another day she showed up with a snake skin she wanted to hang on the wall. Turns out it was dead on the side of the road and she skinned it and brought it home. haha I can't make this stuff up. We called her crazy Mary. She was BEAUTIFUL and fun to be around, but crazy. <br />I still live with 2 roommates and 1 drives me BONKERS. She is a kindergarten teach and acts more like her students than the 30 yr old lady she should be. Just yesterday she was crying to me because she bounced 2 checks and gave a boy her phone number. ?? You are crying because you gave a boy your phone number? you.have.issues.<br />I own my own house, just wish I had the funds to pay for it on my own.MERNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895935598331023292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-60205457212130951522012-05-18T10:23:23.164-04:002012-05-18T10:23:23.164-04:00My one and only roommate that I've ever lived ...My one and only roommate that I've ever lived with had a cat with allergies and it would sneeze thick green snot EVERYWHERE and she NEVER cleaned it up. My couch, the kitchen counters, the dining table, the windows in her bedroom. She is the reason I only had one roommate. She moved out and I downsized and got my own place. It's heaven.Amber aka: AmBam, Amborghini, Ambular, BerBer, and Bambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936851030450897095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-75630599535863759622012-05-18T05:21:41.735-04:002012-05-18T05:21:41.735-04:00Worst experience has to be when my housemates when...Worst experience has to be when my housemates when through my room, my drawers and everything, they let someone stay in my room when i wasn't there without asking--dam not having locks on the bedroom doors. Lots of other awful things they did, lets just say i was out of there as soon as i could be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298007276718492716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-20350650834159384962012-05-18T05:00:33.675-04:002012-05-18T05:00:33.675-04:00Oh gosh, I don't think I could live with a fla...Oh gosh, I don't think I could live with a flatmate again!! the usual no-one-claiming-responsibility-dishes-drank-all-the-milk type stuff, but the best was : flatmate who grew pot in her wardrobe, and the flatmates boyfriend who dealt stolen goods out of her bedroom. Not Awesome.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511117741320344532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-15281695222826635752012-05-18T04:28:03.298-04:002012-05-18T04:28:03.298-04:00i feel exactly like this. absolutely, i agree with...i feel exactly like this. absolutely, i agree with your every single point, hmmm the nudity bit can be modified - no one to judge my thunder thighs in that shorts or my granny arms :D <br />so to me living alone is truly awesome.ritikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339993439095277653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-89902889275679591242012-05-17T22:42:51.115-04:002012-05-17T22:42:51.115-04:00i'm pretty sure i can agree with just about ev...i'm pretty sure i can agree with just about everything that miss alisha said.Emily A. Blasikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752055399467587440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-74558444468396801042012-05-17T21:03:17.334-04:002012-05-17T21:03:17.334-04:00ok hi i LOVE LOVE LOVE this. completely agree on t...ok hi i LOVE LOVE LOVE this. completely agree on this. i've always wanted to live alone...i don't need roommates! much like many of my peers. i just need more money please and yesssss i'll spend all day in my bath towel thankyouverymuch. xoxoShawneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581114725418981503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-13814050981927978932012-05-17T19:55:50.621-04:002012-05-17T19:55:50.621-04:00I had a housemate once who would leave his bedroom...I had a housemate once who would leave his bedroom to come out and use my bathroom. With the door left open. Despite having his very own ensuite. It infuriated me! I think he was marking his territory or something. Then another housemate used to constantly sing a mash-up of Stairway to Heaven and Californication which he called Stairway to Californication. It was terrible and damn near sent me into a seizure whenever I heard it. <br /><br />Living with my parents again (32 and back at home! Good times) and I refuse to move out until I can afford to live alone!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797043934769795425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-11705047665822894372012-05-17T18:08:00.045-04:002012-05-17T18:08:00.045-04:00BAHAHA! Oh gosh, I just love this. I've been m...BAHAHA! Oh gosh, I just love this. I've been married for almost a year now, and it is so dang awesome. The kitchen is MINE, the decorations are MINE, the hair stuff/food is MINE. Ok, I share with the husband, but he doesn't care how I decorate and knows how to clean a pan after he uses it. Really loved this rant and posted it to my fan page to share :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367246574101132333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-63225740633587384772012-05-17T17:39:44.663-04:002012-05-17T17:39:44.663-04:00Oh gotta love roommate stories! My first year of c...Oh gotta love roommate stories! My first year of college I had a roommate who got a scholarship and her parents lived ten minutes away, but she chose to live in the dorms because it was free for her. Her parents had stocked her with about 20 towels, which she had her own little cabinet for in the bathroom, all nicely folded. I moved from 2 hours away and had TWO towels, which I would use and reuse. My roommate flooded the toilet one day and used one of MY two towels to clean it up. None of hers. Oh man, I was pissed.<br /><br />I also had a 30 year old roommate a couple years later who drank hydrogen peroxide. All the time. Like bottles were in every room. I have so many scary stories about this roommate but I'll leave it at that :)Chelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804635385459616714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-17488674364985121092012-05-17T16:43:44.584-04:002012-05-17T16:43:44.584-04:00This is awesome!
I just moved to a new place with ...This is awesome!<br />I just moved to a new place with roommates, and now I am sort of regretting not getting my own place.<br />I'm kind of shy, so having roommates that are more social than I am is usually good for me.<br />But besides the social element, I would totally love living alone!Spratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016273510706173101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-53130396534876074002012-05-17T15:50:30.038-04:002012-05-17T15:50:30.038-04:00so true, so true!
I'm getting married in 4 mo...so true, so true!<br /><br />I'm getting married in 4 months, and am making good use of 'the-last-time-i'll-ever-live-by -myself'<br /><br />i'm such a slob when i live by myself, my fiancee has told me to live it up and use up all my bad habits...The Childlike Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541683086924249206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-19604103765934542742012-05-17T15:32:48.094-04:002012-05-17T15:32:48.094-04:00Ahh roommates. Story of my life. I vow to never ag...Ahh roommates. Story of my life. I vow to never again live with anyone I'm not related to by blood or by marriage. The last 15 years of my life have been dominated by roommates of some sort. Sometimes they're great, other times not so much. Ironically the best roommates have actually been strangers first. For some reason roommating with friends never seems to work out.<br /><br />My worst roommate experience was with an acquaintance who turned out to be OCD, except she was in denial about it and constantly blamed me for "messing things up". She literally washed the coffee pot about 5 times a day, scrubbed the shower 2 or 3 times a day, straightened the couch cushions every time I got up from sitting on the couch, etc. I think it would've have been so bad if she would've just admitted she had a problem. Instead she would barricade herself in her room so she wouldn't have to see me, then would sneak out whenever I'd leave a room so she could clean/straighten/sterilize it. It felt like living with an invisible cleaning Nazi. So awkward...Jennifer M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04962587342835841240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-5213707065463505522012-05-17T15:07:50.694-04:002012-05-17T15:07:50.694-04:00Ha! I loved this post. I'm married now, but th...Ha! I loved this post. I'm married now, but the year before I got married I lived with my best friend, another really good friend and a stranger. Stranger was nice but didn't socialize much, good friend was awesome, best friend decided mid-lease that we were no longer friends and commenced the silent treatment - FOR SIX MONTHS!! We shared a bathroom (which she never ever cleaned). It was horrific, and so perplexing because I had no idea what I'd done to make her angry. <br /><br />Nothing, as it turns out. She was just crazy.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00729988541128967938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155538679069971441.post-78951239248579686772012-05-17T14:03:40.084-04:002012-05-17T14:03:40.084-04:00I've never leaved all by myself, though it is ...I've never leaved all by myself, though it is something I aspire ro do eventually. The best roommates I'm finding, for me, at least . . . are boys. Yup, boys. Smelly, sweaty, grunty, dirty, beer drinking, video game playing, scrath-themselves-any-time-and-place-they-please, boys.<br /><br />Because the thing is. . . as much as I love red nail polish, the ballet, the Help, Pinterest, and my Dolce & Gabbana perfume (a gift) I am not really very good at being a girl. In fact, I am often referred to as a "bro." And the wonderful thing about boys is. . . they don't borrow your clothes. They remember to lock the doors. They will buy 90% of the grocerries as long as you cook a few nights a week. They are much better about giving you your space - and know when to crack a dirty joke to make you laugh. With a gentle but firm hand, they can be trained to do the chores (any chores you don't like because they don't like chores AT ALL so it's all equally ick to them). Yes, generally as long as I have my own bedroom I don't mind roommates - as long as they're my boys.<br /><br />I've even got them house trained.<br /><br />Mostly.Lelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475327642519383754noreply@blogger.com