25 Roommates From Hell That Made People Question Their Sanity
People share what it was like living with a deranged roommate.
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Finding a great roommate is like winning the lottery. Someone who helps out, is social and responsible can make sharing living space an easy feat. However, if you get landed with someone unhinged it can lead to deranged episodes that seem straight out of a horror movie -or inspire one at least.
Recently, a TikToker asked the internet about people's worst roommate experiences. Some recalled wild incidents from a jealous housemate repeatedly switching off a work alarm to one who charged a flatmate for a psych ward stay costing thousands of dollars after stealing their identity. Scroll below to read the details on this story amongst many more shared in the gallery below.
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My college roommate put bleach in my water bottle before class trying to poison me. When police questioned her, she denied it and moved out the next week.
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We had an au pair once that never washed ? I could smell when she was home before seeing her ??
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My roommate moved out without telling me (Irish goodbye) BUT before they left, they put dish soap all in the tank of my fish and that k**led him.
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She lied to me about who she was, stole from me, let her bf steal from me, let her bf watch me change without me knowing, recorded my private conversations with my friends, etc.
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She made chili one time, left it in the crockpot on the counter for 3 weeks. at the 2nd week it grew a mold layer on top of it...she scraped it off and proceeded to eat the chili underneath of it...
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We both applied for the same job and she didn’t get it but I did and so she started sneaking in my room to turn off my alarm clock so I'd be late to work.
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Stole my cat while I was at work after she moved the rest of her stuff out? (no I never got my cat back either).
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My ex roommate who is a muslim always snoozed her alarm from 4am-7am for the dawn prayer. Confronted her many times abt it and woke her up but she REFUSED TO WAKE UP when her alarm rings for HOURS.
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She stole my identity and charged me $12k for a psych ward stay I was not present for :)
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My roommate put her boa constrictor in my bed as a joke one night. I almost laid right on it. I’m terrified of snakes ?
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She changed the bills for a month so that she would take more money from me and the other flatmates. Discovered her game and left a month later.
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He tried to stab me because I was in the kitchen at the same time he was. ?
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My roommate stole my brand new car and ditched it in a parking lot.
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Started copying my every move little by little. Had to move out when she started buying clothes I already owned and doing her hair the way I do mine.
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I went on a 2 week vacation, came back and the same dishes that were in the sink when I left were still there- PLUS all of my dishes were used with ants & roaches in the sink. (We had a dishwasher)
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She claimed me having diabetes gave her an eating disorder.
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Kept her dead pet rat in our freezer for months.
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She set a hidden security camera pointing at my bedroom, so I left and took her Tupperware on the way out.
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She left her used pad with full of blood beside my pillow.
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My roommates peed on my toothbrush.
#1
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My college roommate put bleach in my water bottle before class trying to poison me. When police questioned her, she denied it and moved out the next week.
#2
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We had an au pair once that never washed ? I could smell when she was home before seeing her ??
#3
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My roommate moved out without telling me (Irish goodbye) BUT before they left, they put dish soap all in the tank of my fish and that k**led him.
#4
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She lied to me about who she was, stole from me, let her bf steal from me, let her bf watch me change without me knowing, recorded my private conversations with my friends, etc.
#5
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She made chili one time, left it in the crockpot on the counter for 3 weeks. at the 2nd week it grew a mold layer on top of it...she scraped it off and proceeded to eat the chili underneath of it...
#6
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We both applied for the same job and she didn’t get it but I did and so she started sneaking in my room to turn off my alarm clock so I'd be late to work.
#7
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Stole my cat while I was at work after she moved the rest of her stuff out? (no I never got my cat back either).
#8
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My ex roommate who is a muslim always snoozed her alarm from 4am-7am for the dawn prayer. Confronted her many times abt it and woke her up but she REFUSED TO WAKE UP when her alarm rings for HOURS.
#9
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She stole my identity and charged me $12k for a psych ward stay I was not present for :)
#10
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My roommate put her boa constrictor in my bed as a joke one night. I almost laid right on it. I’m terrified of snakes ?
#11
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She changed the bills for a month so that she would take more money from me and the other flatmates. Discovered her game and left a month later.
#12
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He tried to stab me because I was in the kitchen at the same time he was. ?
#13
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My roommate stole my brand new car and ditched it in a parking lot.
#14
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Started copying my every move little by little. Had to move out when she started buying clothes I already owned and doing her hair the way I do mine.
#15
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I went on a 2 week vacation, came back and the same dishes that were in the sink when I left were still there- PLUS all of my dishes were used with ants & roaches in the sink. (We had a dishwasher)
#16
She "tolerated" my rat (Behavioral Analysis class) until two days before my presentation, when my rat "got out." Failed my final, found the rat days later inside a Tupperware in the freezer. Image source: kitsune_letters#17
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She claimed me having diabetes gave her an eating disorder.
#18
we were poor college students at the time…. My parents bought us groceries one weekend. She invited some guys over when I wasn't there, cooked almost all the groceries and didn't leave me anything. Then tried to get me kicked out because i wouldn't sleep with one of her friends. Image source: jadaracquels#19
My ex-roommate Irish goodbye’d me while I was at work but left behind the mattress my dad bought her. She left the mattress with intense jealous messages written all over it and cut the mattress up. She even cut off a 2’ section off the bottom with MY kitchen knife. She poured an old milkshake and a bunch of rotting food all over it. I get we had a disagreement but that was psych ward level crazy leaving my house tbh. No complaints but WTH Image source: elias4267#20
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Kept her dead pet rat in our freezer for months.
#21
She had a boyfriend that lived w us (not on the lease) & they always fought. He told her he was gonna get her kidnapped. Looked him up, MULTIPLE human traff*ck*ng charges …… Image source: _coastalcreations_co#22
She said "oh i'm a lesbian too!" when I came out of closet, so i shared stories about my crush. But in a few weeks she was making out with her bf and I overheard her saying "lesbians are disgusting." Image source: bluesomuch0#23
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She set a hidden security camera pointing at my bedroom, so I left and took her Tupperware on the way out.
#24
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She left her used pad with full of blood beside my pillow.
#25
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My roommates peed on my toothbrush.DE
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