Dear Ex-Roommate

[Unregistered]

Our house fucking rocks, you know it. We have sweeping views of the neighborhood, are cut off from street traffic and have an excellent deck from which to BBQ in the summer time. All this with three totally chill roommates who love music, are socially active and come with a wide-open positive outlook on life.

We allowed you to move in under the premise that you would want to share in this glorious abode. You seemed fine with the dogs, occasional pot smoking and the occasional party. You acted like we were doing you a favor by allowing you to move in.

Days passed. You brought a few boxes in. Weeks later you finished painting and actually made an attempt at unpacking. A month later you spent the first night there. At this point we figured you were an ideal roommate, never home, bills always paid.

Then we started to realize just what an uptight NPR listening bitch you are. We'd have friends over for beers and BBQs and you'd hide in your room attached to your laptop.

So then we just said fuck it and started acting like you we're invisible. The breaking point came when we threw a huge raging party. Invited a hundred friends, hired a DJ and totally threw down with some all night dancing, bonfires outside etc. And just how did you loosen up during the party? By hiding in your room at 10:30 p.m. You fucking rage!

So good luck in the future, hope you can lighten the fuck up and learn how to laugh and have fun. Oh yeah, I've met chairs with more personality than you.

-Your ex roommate.

[Unregistered]

Wow. How astoundingly selfish you seem to be. And such a reminder of why I'm happy to not need roommates anymore.

The fact that this roommate never once complained (otherwise I'm sure you'd have mentioned it) is a great indicator of their patience. Why slag on someone who did NOTHING wrong? Just because a person prefers to hang out on their own, do their own thing instead of engaging in your chosen behavior is no reason to $hit on them. Apparently they were ok living there, and ok with how you choose to live. Shame you can't be as tolerant and open minded.

[Unregistered]

Wow. How astoundingly selfish you seem to be. And such a reminder of why I'm happy to not need roommates anymore.

The fact that this roommate never once complained (otherwise I'm sure you'd have mentioned it) is a great indicator of their patience. Why slag on someone who did NOTHING wrong? Just because a person prefers to hang out on their own, do their own thing instead of engaging in your chosen behavior is no reason to $hit on them. Apparently they were ok living there, and ok with how you choose to live. Shame you can't be as tolerant and open minded.

Allow me to further elaborate then.

Our requirement for a new roommate was that we wanted someone to fit in with our communal vibe. We're all friends. We hang out together, we go for happy hour, we go running, we play tennis, we go to shows together and we like to cook dinner together at least 3-4 times a week. We weren't looking for someone to just rent the room and we made that painfully obvious when we showed the room to potential roommates. We we're looking for some one that would contribute to the house on a social level. Not just a stranger to pay the rent.

The ONLY reason we chose this person to move in with us, as opposed to the other 15 people who begged us to let them move in, was because they assured us they we're here for the long haul and would be a vital part of the house.

FYI.

[Unregistered]

your ranting makes you sound painfully shallow...

[Unregistered]

your ranting makes you sound painfully shallow...

The last place someone should rant is an "I Anonymous" message board. That would be down right absurd. I hope this person is ashamed of themselves. The nerve!

Can we get back to the intelligent and credible discourse that usually populates these message boards?

[Unregistered]

How can you say:
"A month later you spent the first night there. At this point we figured you were an ideal roommate, never home, bills always paid."

making it sound like you liked the invisible roommate, as long as the bills were paid, then you go on to elaborate:

"We weren't looking for someone to just rent the room and we made that painfully obvious when we showed the room to potential roommates. We we're looking for some one that would contribute to the house on a social level. Not just a stranger to pay the rent."

It doesn't make sense, you contradicted yourself. These were your words.
My words: you both did not communicate to eachother. You really did not communicate to the new roommate what the vibe of the place was. You created many expectations that the roommate needed to participate in the social aspect or they were gone. I bet if you communicated it to them better, they wouldn't have wanted to live there. Or maybe you did and they did not care if you threw down some serious parties. It just sounds like you did something wrong to cause this situation. Hopefully you learned.

[Unregistered]

Boring....

[Rain Monkey]

First amusing post on this forum.

[Crow]

Oh good grief. Did you TELL this woman that you were actually interviewing all of these strangers for a FRIEND position, rather than for simply an honest, responsible ROOMMATE? Or was this a silent, invisible, fervently-vibed-for, unwritten and unspoken expectation?

If you needed to interview fifteen strangers to find a good candidate to groom as a new friend who'd participate in communal dinners, drum circles, all-night dancing, and huge raging parties... did you say so? Did you SAY "we need a new friend, because even with the pot and the food and the noise and the passive, silent expectations, we don't seem to have any extra friends interested in paying rent here" or was that just sort of obvious?

Please don't tell us you had a solid, responsible, honest, clean, bill-paying roommate... and she pissed you off because she wouldn't PARRRRTY enough. Or, wait, sure, you can tell us that. But then you can't come back and cry that you keep finding housemates who know how to PARRRRTY, but don't know how to hold a job, pay their bills, and respect others' boundaries and individuality. Not in this economy, you can't. As Wednesday said, "WAIT."

[keshmeshi]

You guys have never had an actual shitty roommate. You're really, really lucky.

[Ballard Pimp]

Then we started to realize just what an uptight NPR listening bitch you are. We'd have friends over for beers and BBQs and you'd hide in your room attached to your laptop.



Well, she sounds way more interesting than you, babe!

[freikja]

The last place someone should rant is an "I Anonymous" message board. That would be down right absurd. I hope this person is ashamed of themselves. The nerve!

Can we get back to the intelligent and credible discourse that usually populates these message boards?

I like you.

[freikja]

You guys have never had an actual shitty roommate.


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Yes, of course this is the most logical conclusion you can come to.

[Ballard Pimp]

You guys have never had an actual shitty roommate. You're really, really lucky.

I second friekja's laughter. Among the frequent posters here, I wish we had a search function so you could check out some former roommates by searching "jehovah's witness", "knife thrower", "meth head"...

Bad roommates? Some of us have had bad roommates who are in Walla Walla now.

[freikja]

I second friekja's laughter. Among the frequent posters here, I wish we had a search function so you could check out some former roommates by searching "jehovah's witness", "knife thrower", "meth head"...

Bad roommates? Some of us have had bad roommates who are in Walla Walla now.

l have some that are in jail. l have some that are still liars. Still crackheads. Still sponging off the folks. Oh, the stories.

[AmbAmero]

Why not except this person for who they are? At least they weren't pissing you off by being the noisy one. How do you think he/she felt? You can't force someone to enjoy constant parties.

[freikja]

Why not except this person for who they are? At least they weren't pissing you off by being the noisy one. How do you think he/she felt? You can't force someone to enjoy constant parties.

Sorry, no. This doesn't fly. lf someone is well informed about what they're getting into, THEY chose it. There's no reason to accommodate someone who knew exactly what they were signing up for. l mean, really. What makes them special?

ETA: it's 'accept', not 'except'.

[Ballard Pimp]

Bad roommates? Some of us have had bad roommates who are in Walla Walla now.

Since we have a lot of out-of-staters, I should point out that Walla Walla is the location of the state's only maximum-security prison, and my use of the term "Walla Walla" was meant to identify the prison, not the city.

Phorum Phootnote.

[freikja]

Since we have a lot of out-of-staters, I should point out that Walla Walla is the location of the state's only maximum-security prison, and my use of the term "Walla Walla" was meant to identify the prison, not the city.

Phorum Phootnote.

Thanks. l thought you were just referring to a shitty place to live. Now l know it's REALLY shitty. But makes sense now.

[AmbAmero]

Whoops about the accept, thanks for correcting (I'm not being sarcastic).

I just think it's silly to be annoyed with someone that doesn't want to party and be social at all times. We don't know if this ex-roomate really agreed to be a socialite at all costs (even though the postee said he/she was), we don't know how it really went. Maybe he/she is a student? But I do agree if the person was gung-ho in the interview. If that was the case, then yes I would be very confused and annoyed with the person for hiding out. Maybe he/she didn't like the new roomates?

[Rain Monkey]

The last place someone should rant is an "I Anonymous" message board. That would be down right absurd. I hope this person is ashamed of themselves. The nerve!

Can we get back to the intelligent and credible discourse that usually populates these message boards?

I think maybe I wrote that, but I'm not sure. It could have been me in a fit of pique and sarcasm three years ago.

Since we have a lot of out-of-staters, I should point out that Walla Walla is the location of the state's only maximum-security prison, and my use of the term "Walla Walla" was meant to identify the prison, not the city.

Phorum Phootnote.

How about the bad roomates who end up in Purdy?

(Phorum Phootnote: Purdy is the location of the women's prison. Conveniently between Tacoma and Bremerton. Thereby lowering the carbon footprint of most of the state's crackwhores.)

[freikja]

Whoops about the accept, thanks for correcting (I'm not being sarcastic).

Thanks for not being sarcastic; l wasn't trying to be rude either.

I just think it's silly to be annoyed with someone that doesn't want to party and be social at all times. We don't know if this ex-roomate really agreed to be a socialite at all costs (even though the postee said he/she was), we don't know how it really went.

You're right, we don't. Another correction, however. A socialite is something different than what l think this person was looking for. People shouldn't have to party and be social and cater to their roommate's every Jager-inspired whim. They should, however, read an ad, and if it has an explicit statement about being part of a social group as well as a roommate, then they should take heed. As has been clearly demonstrated, this roommate did not live up to expectations, and as long as those were clearly laid out, l don't see why the original poster is in the wrong.

Maybe he/she is a student?

Perhaps. And a valid reason for not joining in. Again, however, they should have either made that clear, or not rented the place.

Maybe he/she didn't like the new roomates?

That could definitely be a reason.