Real Life Roommate Horror Stories That Will Make You Want to Live Alone

It’s not always easy to share a living space with someone else. We’ve all had that one weird roommate who just didn’t seem to understand how to behave around other people. Here are some particularly weird and horrifying true stories of roommates who really should have been living alone.

Judging a Book by its Cover

Yelled at me for reading my own books because it messed up the decor. Books were sorted by color and not subject and reading them made them look not as new.

Yeah. My own books. Story credit: Reddit / madpiratebippy

Bongo Distraction

Burned holes through the bottom of my pots making instant ramen in maple syrup instead of water. She forgot it on the stove while playing bongos in the living room at 2:00am with some dude she’d brought home off the street.

Story credit: Reddit / Terin_OSaurusrex

Deposit Thief

She had the landlord return the security deposit in her name, even though I’d paid it in full. It was $1800. When I asked the landlord for the deposit back, he said he already gave it to her and I had to work it out with her. I was 19 and didn’t know any better.

Needless to say, she never paid me back. Still bitter 20 years later. I worked full time in college and her parents paid her way. $1800 was a lot of money back then.

Story credit: Reddit / Jen_the_Green

Reptile Release

She released my pet iguana into the wild. She blackmailed me via email from the next room. I caught her going through my nightstand when I came home from work. When I moved out, she poured baby oil and soy sauce all over my N64, SNES, Sega, and controllers. She ran a needle across my favorite DVDs.

I got her back, though… and got my consoles professionally cleaned. Story credit: Reddit