My Very Worst Double Couple Roommate Story
My boyfriend (at the time) and I moved in with his friends, another couple, to save on rent but I ended up losing my sanity.
I think it was the aroma of the place I remember best. The dishes, which never got done unless I did them, were covered in fruit flies and dried food. When the other female roommate did break down and do them, she refused to wash the bottom of the plates, saying, “Food doesn’t touch there.” I know, I didn’t get it then either and I still don’t get it now.
The best part though was that she had two cats that crapped everywhere. One couch was literally drenched in urine. They went through countless bottles of Febreeze, which to the product’s credit, cannot possibly counter the smell of hell and death combined. It was nauseating. The space under the kitchen table was also a favored spot for the cats to relieve themselves. Puddles of urine would dry and stain the floor dark yellow.
One night, I returned from an exhausting 12-hour work shift to the three of them smoking pot, playing video games, and hanging out in urine. Oblivious to the scent. At that moment, I saw Clarity personified and she was sitting in cat piss. I silently packed my things and left the apartment and my boyfriend. So I guess this story is a combo tale of My Very Worst Roommate(s) and ‘My Great Silent Breakup.’
……….. wow. I’m interested to hear how long the OP lasted in the piss-den!!
It’s amazing to read about how some people have such a high tolerance for filth & piss. I mean if these people were sitting in it, then they may or may not have a mental disorder.
I think you can certainly tune it out if you live in it long enough. At a certain point you cannot ever get the smell out of the couch or carpet, so I think people just give up and resign themselves to the smell. You can easily identify these people because they wander around in schools and public places smelling of cats and don’t seem to know.
how can anyone live in cat piss and think it’s all right? they sound completely demented.
I’ve read up about crazy cat people, and some study claimed that people affected with toxoplasmosis become unaware (sometimes even favor) the smell of kitty piss. I work at an animal clinic and some owners smell as if they bathe in it. I even have a friend with a zoo of cats and their belongings reek.
To be fair though, I had a dog that was untrained when I adopted him, and he ruined my carpet. I could still smell it, and could never get the smell out. Maybe it’s different with dogs?