Flatmate Horror Stories Will Make You Thankful Yours Only Steal Your Milk

"THERE WAS POOP IN THE MICROWAVE."

Living with other human beings can be hell. There's no easy way around it, because most of us will have to do it at some point in our lives.

Writer Dawn Foster decided to ask the lovely people of Twitter to share their housemate horror stories, and was inundated with some truly horrific responses.

She even had a few tales of her own:

@TaxonomyCat Someone decided we should stop doing communal food because "it wasn't working" then stole all our food

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) May 30, 2016

Also had a flatmate who would hide in the garden and watch you through cracks in the bedroom curtains/bathroom window, whispering in German

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) May 30, 2016

But things like stolen milk will look pail in comparison to some of the things her followers shared.

From poor food hygiene...

@DawnHFoster also my bf lived w. a flatmate who fed the house from a sack of rice he kept in the garden

— Anna Coatman (@AnnaCoatman) May 30, 2016

@DawnHFoster it was in the garden because IT HAD HATCHED A SWARM OF MOTHS

— Anna Coatman (@AnnaCoatman) May 30, 2016

To general poor manners...

@DawnHFoster she vomited in the (only) sink, blocked it, then went to stay at her boyfriend's for two days. Then refused to pay for plumber.

— Martha Ashby (@miashby) May 30, 2016

To bodily fluids...

@DawnHFoster didn't clean his teeth for first 6 weeks of house share. Urinated in cans @ night and left them around his room b/c lazy.

— badly drawn bee (@soapachu) May 30, 2016

@DawnHFoster after reading the replies I feel very lucky saying I only found a... *sighs* glass of... semen in the kitchen sink.

— Ellen Murray (@ellenfromnowon) May 30, 2016

And putting rubbish in the fridge...

@DawnHFoster Worst flat mate used to leave litter/waste food in the fridge when the bin was full, rather than empty it. Eurghh.

— Dispossession (@velvetjoyltd) May 30, 2016

Some people had truly scary stories...

@DawnHFoster woke up to find flatmate sitting on chair in my room. She said she liked to watch me sleep. #worstflatmatestories

— Clarke Jones (@Clarkeyboy_) May 30, 2016

Some people had to deal with much more than any human should be expected to handle...

@DawnHFoster Didn't pay any rent, faked three break-ins and then disappeared after he shat all over the sofa after a night out.

— Sibley The Best (@Goldfishwars) May 30, 2016

@DawnHFoster one of mine walked round naked from the waist down in a dental smock eating tinned sardines all the time

— Gherkinette (@gherkinette) May 30, 2016

Including drug-fuelled sex parties...

@DawnHFoster Probably the chemsex couple who would invite all sorts of random people back for their weekend long 'parties' in their room.

— Paul (@paul_o_neill) May 30, 2016

While others genuinely had to sit through exorcisms...

@DawnHFoster Had a row with his gf, chased her out and the next day EXORCISED THE FLAT WITH HOLY WATER. They didn't even break up.

— John (@JM_Underwood) May 30, 2016

Or other bizarre break-up rituals...

@DawnHFoster fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night, run down to kitchen to find housemate burning a teddy bear that her ex gave her

— Ruby (@rubyl0ve) May 30, 2016

And some couldn't even watch TV in peace...

@DawnHFoster went on ket benders from Friday to Sunday. Often to be found on all fours under the coffee table during Antiques Roadshow

— Jessie Burton (@jesskatbee) May 30, 2016

Doesn't it all make you thankful for your own freedom?

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