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College is an exciting time in a young person’s life!

New friends, new surroundings, new challenges.

But a big drawback that you hear time and time again is the roommate dilemma.

A lot of people live with folks who they aren’t compatible with and let’s just say that things can go off the rails in a hurry.

Check out what this student had to say about the two roommates she’s not thrilled about.

Solution for Dirty Roommates?

“Before I say this: No, I can’t switch roommates.

With that being said, my roommates are disgusting people.

I have two, and we are very close, but I’ve never actually experienced the reality of how they live with other people until now.

Ouch…

As in, in the past two months they have changed so much, and it’s making me see them quite differently.

Let’s call them roommate A and B.

A is older than me by 4 years; B is younger by 1.

We grew up together and were quite responsible and respectful. I felt nothing was wrong or concerning.

Then, we decided to roommate in our first apartment as university students (A is not in Uni) and had already signed the lease.

This is gross!

Now, for the past two months, right before move-in day, we’ve been having so many arguments because they want to live in clutter and mess, and I don’t want to. But, I also don’t want to become their maid.

They keep saying my standards for cleaning are too high: Clean Counters, swept floors, and the sink should not be used as a storage place for dirty dishes.

That is all.

Sounds pretty simple!

These are easy tasks that we all can participate in very fairly: Wash your dishes after using them, clean up spills with soap + water, and sweep up any messes you spill.

Easy.

Sister A says I am asking too much because she only wants to clean dishes on her off days from work — 1 day a week.

She will harbor dirty dishes in the sink for 6 days, then mass clean them all on Sunday. Our sink will literally never be empty.

Sister B also says I am asking too much, and she is “too forgetful,” and I can’t expect her to remember to clean up after herself. And/or she will only clean up anywhere from 8 hours to 4 days after a mess was made.

These people are just LAZY.

Mind you, it takes less than one minute to scrub a bowl with soapy water. That’s literally all I’m asking them to do.

What’s worse is I could just take control of everything and clean it all up myself. But they are the ONLY contributors to the mess because I clean stuff up immediately.

You basically would never know I was there. So I could clean everything up, then two hours later it’s back to the dirty way things were.

And they’re arguing with me, telling me I’m being too unreasonable for expecting them to match my standards and should “lower my standards” to them. They just want me to be okay with living in their filth and are unwilling to adapt even a little bit to my cleanliness.

I’m wondering: is there a way to fix this?

For any of you who have experienced this kind of selfishness, what helped you the most?”

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Hey, you can’t blame her for feeling this way!

This is gross!

I think she needs to give them some kind of ultimatum…

Her roommates are total pigs!