Living with roommates has become the norm for many people, as house prices rise, and living alone just doesn’t make financial sense anymore. Depending on your personality and your compatibility with the roommate, it can either be a joy of shared fun or a complete nightmare. Either way, the potential for some funny and weird stories is ridiculously high. Scroll down to see some of the best ones and don’t forget to tell us your own in the comments below!
My freshman college roommate brought exactly three cassette tapes for his boombox — Meatloaf: Bat Out of Hell; Def Leppard: Best Of; and Rick Springfield: Best Of.
Never cared for any of them before, but thirty years later, I get an allergic reaction whenever any of that dreck comes on the radio.
German-speaking Chinese roommate was absolutely a Chinese Intelligence Officer.
I had a roommate who was a bit of a fire bug. He’d bring home random stuff from his travels and burn it in our fireplace. Not fun.
The one about the imaginary fights in the shower? Yeah. My husband used to do that. He’d come out of the bathroom just furious. Then he got on Prozac. Never did it again.
I had a roommate who often forgot his keys and then climbed in the apartment from the neighbors balcony on the 18th floor.
I had a roommate who would leave on her DVD player after she watched Jurassic park in her room. The DVD menu to Jurassic Park is the theme. She would leave it on for hours. At least it was better than my autistic little sister, who would regularly make horrific noises until 1 AM every night.
Thank goodness for noise machines.
My roommate faked going to university (medicine) for 13 years having her parents paying for rent and university taxes, believing she was taking exams, getting good grades. Got married and dropped university after 14 years having only 9 exams done.