Wow..

There are bad roommates and then there’s…this guy.

I’ve seen quite a few stories about terrible roommates in my day, and this guy is near the top of the list.

And just wait until you dig in to this story to see what the woman who wrote it is putting up with.

We have a feeling it’ll make you get on your knees and give thanks that you’re not dealing with a fella like this!

Let’s take a look at what she’s dealing with.

Am I overthinking this, or would you also be suspicious?

“I am 26F and I’ve been sharing a flat with a man (around 30M) for about 2 months and with a girl (around 25) for about 5 months. I am living here almost 9 months.

He told us he had recently broken up with his girlfriend because she was an alcoholic, and he didn’t want to live alone afterward, so he moved into a shared apartment.

He works and takes day jobs whenever they’re available.

This guy is…odd…

From the day he moved in, both my other flatmate and I felt something was a bit off socially. For example, if either of us leaves our room, he’ll often appear in the shared space within seconds and immediately start talking to us.

He became physically comfortable with people very quickly (hugging another flatmate on her birthday after only knowing her for a couple of days), and he generally seems to have trouble reading personal space and social cues.

He also drinks constantly.

This morning, at around 7:30 AM, while my other flatmate and I were having breakfast, he came out of his room, grabbed a 1-liter beer from the fridge, and went back.

Well, this isn’t good!

He almost always smells like alcohol, cigarettes, and sweat, and his breath usually smells strongly of alcohol. After he uses the bathroom, there’s often a strong stale alcohol smell left behind.

I’ve also caught him using the bathroom with the door completely open when he thought nobody else was home.

Today I was using the bathroom when he tried to come in. I told him it was occupied.

Uh-oh!

A few seconds later, I heard what sounded like liquid hitting our metal kitchen sink. It wasn’t the sound of a running faucet at first—just liquid hitting the metal. A moment later I heard what sounded like someone washing their hands, and then he left the apartment.

Later I asked him about it because I genuinely suspected he’d used the kitchen sink instead of waiting.

He denied it and said he was washing a plate.

This guy is very odd…

The thing is, in the two months he’s lived here, none of us have ever seen him cook, eat in the kitchen, or wash dishes. Instead of simply saying “No, I didn’t,” he became defensive and started listing things that the rest of us do that annoy him.

I know I never actually saw what happened, so I could absolutely be wrong. I’m not asking whether he’s guilty, because nobody here can know that.

Would this be enough to make you question your flatmate’s hygiene, or do you think I’m connecting unrelated things because I already have concerns about his behavior?

How would you handle this without falsely accusing someone?”

Check out what folks had to say about this on Reddit.

This person shared their thoughts.

Another individual spoke up.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a man who is confronted by his high school bully and decides to steal his Nintendo DS.

And this reader weighed in.

Yeah, this is pretty rough.

It’s one thing to be unemployed, but to be a big drinker on top of that?

And just his overall creepy behavior.

No, thank you!

She might need to tell this guy to find a new place to live…