The Art of Living Together
I live in a flat with four other people. I am on good terms with all flatmates (we call them flatmates instead of roommates here in New Zealand) but one, my MVWR. She has many irritating habits, such as soaking the bathmat with at least one litre of water every morning upon leaving the shower, never cleaning anything, (this is really gross) leaving menstrual blood on the toilet seat, and having her transient father who lives out of a van, stay in our spare room from time to time.
I am also an amateur artist, painting the occasional canvas. Much to my dismay, I found aformentioned father in my room as I was going to bed at 12:30 a.m., critiquing the works, and giving me advice on brush strokes and layering. And at 6 a.m. yesterday morning, I awoke to a cracking sound as she drove her car into the front of our house, failing to note the difference between first and reverse gear.
As if this wasn’t enough, I came home in the evening to find a canvas I had painted for her (during early days, when we were on better terms) returned to my room, along with a note telling me she wanted to give it back, citing an “icy tension” she felt between us. She apparently also didn’t know what she had done to “cause angst.”
time to get her out. or get a new place to live.
ewwww@ the toilet seat thing. my current roommate does the bathmat thing and it kills me everytime she leaves the bathroom.
Is it that common for blood to get on a toilet seat during That Time?
Andrew – it happens, but most of us clean it up. I’m going to stop there because this comment could get really disgusting fast.
Haha! Thanks. I just never even thought of that occurring…
I live alone and I clean that up! It grosses me out! It’s all about self-respect!
Ugh at the menstrual blood on the toilet seat. I’ve gotten blood on the toilet seat a few times but I ALWAYS clean it up RIGHT AWAY. Not just for other people, but because it’ll gross ME out the next time I use the seat.
Seriously, though, that’s the nastiest thing ever. *Shudders*
Yeah, Andrew, it happens all the time. But a quick check behind you and a wipe round the seat with a damp bit of tissue usually clears it up. It’s part of being a responsible adult, esp. in a shared household.
The bathmat thing is annoying…our shower sometimes leaks, and the mat gets drenched. But I wring it out and drape it over the radiator. It’s dry as a bone for the next user. Just a little common sense. This girlie sounds a bit oblivious, or maybe she’s just distracted by her leech of a dad.
this woman needs a ‘self awareness’ transfusion….
ahaha, I was expecting the “transient father” to… I dunno… urinate into your paints or splatter them all around at the best, NOT critique “the brushstroke and layering”- perhaps he was an artist himself in the better days?