![]() ![]() If you disguise it as roommate bonding, he or she might not ever know you were fed up with his or her filth. Make a playlist filled with your favorite songs, get some rubber gloves, and let the fun begin. If a roommate isn't doing his or her share of the work, you should propose one day a week when you can clean the whole apartment together. ![]() This roommate must have forgotten he or she don’t have a mother around to clean up after him or her anymore. How YOU should deal with it: Some people might not be accustomed to having to do chores like laundry and taking out the trash. I hated constantly picking up after her, but when she would see me doing the dishes and say, “I was just about to wash that, sorry!” I would just grit my teeth and nod, burying my snarky remarks. I don’t enjoy living in filth, so I would wash dishes, vacuum and take out the garbage. Once she left a skillet soaking on top of the refrigerator for a week. One of my roommates apparently did not mind it when the garbage bags would sit in the kitchen for days or that there were dust bunnies scattered on the floor. How I dealt with it: I do not claim to be the cleanest person on the planet, but I do know when it is time to pick up my mess and break out the Swiffer for a good cleaning. If you are not the cause for the twister that has destroyed your apartment, it might be a sign you have an unhygienic roommate. ![]() Imagine walking into your apartment to see clothes sprawled everywhere, dishes with dried pasta stuck to them piled up in the sink and a strange odor burning your nose that you have no idea where it came from. The following details the kinds of roommates you’ll come across in your 20s, how I dealt with them and how you should deal with them if you want to feel comfortable in your own apartment 1. So, instead of doing the mature thing and telling my roommates what bothered me, I took a more passive aggressive approach. However, by nature, I’m non-confrontational I don’t like awkward conversations and I certainly don’t enjoy asking someone to change her living habits. With these roommates, I’ve experienced the good, the bad and the ugly. I have had six roommates over the past three years. There are some people who, in their roommate, find the long-lost best friend they had been unknowingly searching for, but for others, living with a roommate can be a constant struggle to keep their sanity. If you want to live affordably, you need a roommate. Roommates are an inevitable necessity in your 20s. ![]()
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