Yet another Roomate Thread....

Danman

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I don't know if you guys remember my past roomate thread but here's an update from then. In the past, I have been having trouble with my two good friends (also roomates) my gf and I live with. Things have changed for the good and even the worse. Here's what I have to say and maybe you guys can assist me with this.

Friend 1 - He was the one being very sloppy and not cleaning up after each other. His room was a mess, very disgusting. I sat them both down and he understood what I was saying and he took it into consideration. Since then, he's been changing slowly for the best. He has been taking care of the garbage, emptying and starting the dishwasher, cleaning up after himself. He has gotten a lot better, and also as a friend which I really do appreciate. :) This was a test I guess, to see how much he cares as a friend, and he proved himself. Case resolved.

Friend 2 - Well, I sat him down also; but obviously it did not get any better, just got worse. He does clean up after himself, that really wasn't the original problem. I've known Friend 2 for the past five years and I would do backflips for this kid, anything I would do to help out a best friend. Since he moved out of his parent's house, he's been a wreck. Friend 1 and I have been trying to help him out a lot and all it does it backfire. He has this b!tch of a girlfriend which all she does is cause trouble. Even though Friend 1 and I have tried to help him he's on a emotional rollercoaster. Also, he doesn't like to ask for things from other people. He doesn't have a car so he can't drive himself anywhere, but he has free public bus system and a bike. He has been really short of food the past couple days so he's been moping in his room and starving himself because he won't ask us to take him to the store. I would do it if he would ask me, but he won't. HE IS FREAKING WIERD. I don't know what he is scared of, he wants everything to be handed to him. I left my old job and I told him my boss is going to be looking for someone. He went and interviewed but he did not call back and re-contact him so he basically screwed himself over because my old boss gave the job to someone who appreciated the position and contacted him back. I even set it up for him, and he fvcked it up. Plus he needs a job. After I told him that, he bitched about how he didn't get the job because everyone hates him. All he cares about is his girlfriend even though his friends have done EVERYTHING for this kid in the past.

I just saw the episode of South Park about how Stan joined up with the goth kids and all they did is mope around and b!tch about society. THIS IS FRIEND 2, BUT EVEN WORSE. He thinks everything is horrible and life sucks and everyone is dead. But it's worse, he's selfish and just pushes the people that really care about him away, like me. This really hurts me saying this also, but I don't know what else to do. He does not stand up for himself either, I don't know how he can consider himself and man, he's not even a boy. He has the mentality of a freakin woman. (No offense to the women out there. :p)

Ugh, I think I just need to rant. Thanks for listening.







Oh, cliffnotes:
- Roomate 1 has gotten a lot better after I talked to him because he cares enough about our friendship to put an effort into it.
- Roomate 2 is a woman in a man's body who has nothing to show for himself and Caring Cashman wants to help out yet all he does is piss Cashy because the kid doesn't care about himself nor his good friends.
 

TommyVercetti

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I am glad I quit living with roommates 2 year ago. My current roommate is my sister, whom I hardly consider my roommate. It's easy living. She is a neat freak, so she cleans the apartment all by herself, because no one else can clean it like she does.
 

Danman

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I am glad I quit living with roommates 2 year ago. My current roommate is my sister, whom I hardly consider my roommate. It's easy living. She is a neat freak, so she cleans the apartment all by herself, because no one else can clean it like she does.

Damn. Does she get mad at you?
 

LinuxIdiot

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I figure if they cant help with chores around the house nor grocery shopping they are not worth the time for me to try and help. That is how my current room mate is and part of the reason I am moving out. I feel I shouldnt have to ask him to do these things. He lives there it should be a given. When I told him I was moving out his reaction was that he did something wrong and brought these two up. his excuse was he is busy. He sleeps half the day then sits around the house until 9 at nite then goes to work. Not much of an excuse if you ask me :\

Shouldn't have to talk with your room mates as far as I see but I think I missed the first half when you first had problems with the room mates so I can't give a definite opinion best of luck getting through to him though :\
 
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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I am glad I quit living with roommates 2 year ago. My current roommate is my sister, whom I hardly consider my roommate. It's easy living. She is a neat freak, so she cleans the apartment all by herself, because no one else can clean it like she does.

yep slave-lings are definitely the way to go.
 

kalster

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Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I am glad I quit living with roommates 2 year ago. My current roommate is my sister, whom I hardly consider my roommate. It's easy living. She is a neat freak, so she cleans the apartment all by herself, because no one else can clean it like she does.

yep slave-lings are definitely the way to go.

:D
 

Encryptic

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I hate to say it, but I think you should kick him to the curb until he gets his act together. He sounds like a serious headcase and apparently his girlfriend doesn't help matters. Find someone else who you can depend on, since he apparently doesn't want to be helped.
 

GroundZero

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kick him in the sack,
bitchslap his old lady,
and toss him out on his ass.
then maybe he will really have something to cry about.
 

amcdonald

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Tell him to move back in with his parents and grow up.
I can't stand people who feel sorry for themselves without a really good reason.
 

masterxfob

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here's my life in a nutshell:

RM1: never cleans up after himself. eats and then leaves his plates/trash where he was eating. he has washed the dishes twice in 4 months, and has not taken the trash out in nearly 2 months. he gets angry when drunk, sometimes breaking or punching things. he also spits and drags his filthy feet on the carpet, leaving stains. he continues to download porn on his laptop and then use my burner and media to burn it, and never buys any media.

RM2: cleans up much more than RM1 but not nearly enough to cover his mess. he has a crappy PC with a failing HD, can't play any games or surf the web w/o extreme lag. he has nearly $3000 in savings, and always talks about buying a new laptop or PC. instead of purchasing a new laptop or PC (which i offered to build), he chooses instead to use my PC several hours a day, of which he is currently doing. he also turned down the volume on my speakers causing me to not hear my alarm, and ultimately to miss my priorities for the day.

it has taken me a half hour to type this on RM2's PC (due to lag) and i am quite upset. i sometimes feel i would've been better off putting up with my parents bickering at home.
 

masterxfob

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one more thing, he has a 14" CRT, while i have a 19" LCD. guess which one i'm using :(
 

bleeb

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You're too nice. GET ON YOUR OWN computer. Tell the bastard to buy himself a new one. They don't cost more then 300-400 bucks if you really look. Hell, I have one laying around didn't cost me more then 200 dollars.

Anyways to comment on your situation, looks like your shiznit out of luck. Pray he gets a life and gets out of yours. Only then can you guys be friends again. Seriously.
 

Danman

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Originally posted by: masterxfob
here's my life in a nutshell:

RM1: never cleans up after himself. eats and then leaves his plates/trash where he was eating. he has washed the dishes twice in 4 months, and has not taken the trash out in nearly 2 months. he gets angry when drunk, sometimes breaking or punching things. he also spits and drags his filthy feet on the carpet, leaving stains. he continues to download porn on his laptop and then use my burner and media to burn it, and never buys any media.

RM2: cleans up much more than RM1 but not nearly enough to cover his mess. he has a crappy PC with a failing HD, can't play any games or surf the web w/o extreme lag. he has nearly $3000 in savings, and always talks about buying a new laptop or PC. instead of purchasing a new laptop or PC (which i offered to build), he chooses instead to use my PC several hours a day, of which he is currently doing. he also turned down the volume on my speakers causing me to not hear my alarm, and ultimately to miss my priorities for the day.

it has taken me a half hour to type this on RM2's PC (due to lag) and i am quite upset. i sometimes feel i would've been better off putting up with my parents bickering at home.

WTF. Tell him to get the fvck off your computer! :|

Damn, you guys have to worse than me! :p But man, this kid has some problems. I think he's very depressed and he has talked about suicide before.
 
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seriously:
tell whoever you have a problem with exactly what the problem is, and that if it can't be resolved amicably one of you will have to leave.

ps

get him OFF your comp, tell him to get his own comp 'cause you need yours when you are home.
 

SirStev0

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the only way to resolve this is going to be springer ... i suggest though that you start sleeping with one or both of them and have your girlfriend do the same... otherwise you may not get on
 

Koing

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Originally posted by: masterxfob
here's my life in a nutshell:

RM1: never cleans up after himself. eats and then leaves his plates/trash where he was eating. he has washed the dishes twice in 4 months, and has not taken the trash out in nearly 2 months. he gets angry when drunk, sometimes breaking or punching things. he also spits and drags his filthy feet on the carpet, leaving stains. he continues to download porn on his laptop and then use my burner and media to burn it, and never buys any media.

RM2: cleans up much more than RM1 but not nearly enough to cover his mess. he has a crappy PC with a failing HD, can't play any games or surf the web w/o extreme lag. he has nearly $3000 in savings, and always talks about buying a new laptop or PC. instead of purchasing a new laptop or PC (which i offered to build), he chooses instead to use my PC several hours a day, of which he is currently doing. he also turned down the volume on my speakers causing me to not hear my alarm, and ultimately to miss my priorities for the day.

it has taken me a half hour to type this on RM2's PC (due to lag) and i am quite upset. i sometimes feel i would've been better off putting up with my parents bickering at home.

That guy is taking the p!ss. I'd whoops his ass off my pc.

Koing

 

RMSistight

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Originally posted by: masterxfob
here's my life in a nutshell:

RM1: never cleans up after himself. eats and then leaves his plates/trash where he was eating. he has washed the dishes twice in 4 months, and has not taken the trash out in nearly 2 months. he gets angry when drunk, sometimes breaking or punching things. he also spits and drags his filthy feet on the carpet, leaving stains. he continues to download porn on his laptop and then use my burner and media to burn it, and never buys any media.

RM2: cleans up much more than RM1 but not nearly enough to cover his mess. he has a crappy PC with a failing HD, can't play any games or surf the web w/o extreme lag. he has nearly $3000 in savings, and always talks about buying a new laptop or PC. instead of purchasing a new laptop or PC (which i offered to build), he chooses instead to use my PC several hours a day, of which he is currently doing. he also turned down the volume on my speakers causing me to not hear my alarm, and ultimately to miss my priorities for the day.

it has taken me a half hour to type this on RM2's PC (due to lag) and i am quite upset. i sometimes feel i would've been better off putting up with my parents bickering at home.

Put thumbtacks upwards and let your friend sit on it. Tell your friend to get the fvck off your computer...either that, set a password on it...