Comments on: It Was Me

By: Helen Skor

Helen Skor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:55 +0000

Sometimes, when you’ve been through a situation like this with someone, it’s nice to have them acknowledge what happened and apologize. I say go for it – as long as you are sincere.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:02 +0000

Emily, I admit it is a pet peeve. That the OP had to mention it more than once in a two paragraph post sounds a bit passive to me. But that’s the fun of these stories — we all get to be overly critical, including you. ;D

By: Frau Blucher

Frau Blucher — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:32 +0000

yeah really…give the person a break. Good for you, depression isn’t just the blues or a bad mood. It’s debilitating and people make light of it, then go ‘gee, i wish i’d known’ when something terrible happens. IMHO we do a shit job of helping the mentally ill in our society.

By: rawr

rawr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:51 +0000

Emily’s comment to Michelle is applicable to you too, sober sally.

By: sober sally

sober sally — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:44 +0000

“but I rebuffed his attempts to reach out to me because I was angry he let people drink on our floor.”

Were you honestly that much of a moral elitist? You refused to even speak with someone because they passively allowed drinking? Ugh, you sound terribly obnoxious, not because you disagree with underage drinking, but because of the way you clearly scorn people for not adhering to your set of beliefs.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:56 +0000

Don’t bother the poor old roommate, just let her move on.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:12:20 +0000

I don’t think that the poster was trying to place blame on her roommate. She admits that she refused to tell her she was uncomfortable with the underage drinking- indicating to me that she admits it was her fault for never addressing the issue directly. I think you are being overly critical of someone who is obviously accepting blame for her actions by posting her story on this site.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:08 +0000

It’s nice to hear from the Very Worst Roommates, but stop defending your crappy behavior with passive aggressive bs. So what if your roommate drank underage — mentioning it twice without saying “And I was passive aggressive” just makes you sound like you were defending yourself.

BTW, underage drinking is relative. While there is legality to it, I feel it is more of a moral issue. Unless she (or he? I can’t figure it out) was binge drinking and having parties, it was no concern of yours…. unless you were looking for a reason to steal and rebuff people who want to help you. I hope you get rid of that attitude, because no one makes you do anything unless you want to do it. So you wanted to steal that food and you wanted to rebuff that help, not because she/he drank underage, but because you were depressed. Get it? Not them, it’s you.

Ooooh, is that my pet peeve? Me thinks so!