Living with roommates is always a roll of the dice. Sometimes you get a best friend for life, and sometimes you get someone who eats your labeled leftovers and leaves passive-aggressive notes about the dishes. But one 37-year-old man on Reddit just experienced a roommate horror story that goes way beyond stolen yogurt. It involves a massive invasion of privacy, some truly disgusting body shaming, and an eviction that was totally deserved.
Our narrator sounds like a pretty decent guy. He owns a two-bedroom house and decided to rent out the spare room. Instead of going with a stranger, he did a favor for a mutual friend and let this early-30s woman move in. He even gave her a massive break on the rent, charging her only about 30% of the total cost because that was all she could afford. Honestly, that is saint-level generosity in this economy.
But the roommate came with baggage in the form of a “particularly good friend” who she invited over constantly. The OP hated this woman. She was loud, self-centered, and treated the OP’s house like her own personal crash pad. She “accidentally” ate his food and drank his beer multiple times. When the OP complained, his roommate brushed him off with the classic “the company I keep is my business” excuse. Actually, Jessica, when your company is drinking my expensive IPA, it becomes my business.
Things went from annoying to absolutely violating on a Saturday night. The roommate had her toxic bestie over. The OP was doing what any person should be allowed to do in the privacy of their own bedroom: chilling out completely naked while reading a book. He was minding his own business, expecting the basic human decency of a closed door.
Suddenly, his bedroom door flew open. He described it as being rammed by a “siege engine.” It was the roommate’s awful friend, barging in to “surprise” him. Now, a normal person who accidentally walks in on someone naked would apologize profusely and slam the door shut while wishing for the sweet release of death. Not this woman.
Instead of apologizing for violating his privacy, she burst out laughing while the poor guy fumbled to cover himself. But wait, it gets so much worse. The roommate came out of the bathroom, and her terrible friend shouted, “I saw his little __!” And what did the roommate do? She didn’t defend him. She didn’t kick her friend out. She “snort-laughed loudly.”
That snort-laugh was the sound of her cheap rent evaporating. The sheer disrespect of that moment is staggering. Not only was his privacy invaded in the most humiliating way possible, but he was then bodyshamed in his own home by a guest, and his roommate thought it was hilarious.
The next morning, the OP delivered the best kind of justice. He told the hungover roommate that her time in his house was over. He gave her 30 days to vacate, which is legally required since he is the only one on the lease. She tried to backpedal, claiming she warned her friend after the fact about privacy. Too little, too late, lady.
He told her he didn’t care. She brought that trash person into his home, and she was entertained by his embarrassment. He flat out told her if it were legal, he would kick her out that very second. Now she is crying about having nowhere to go and their mutual friend is siding with her.
Let’s be crystal clear here. He is absolutely NTA. This wasn’t an oopsie. This was a gross violation followed by cruelty. When you pay 30% of the rent out of the goodness of your landlord’s heart, the absolute bare minimum requirement is that you don’t laugh when your friends s*xually harass him. Enjoy paying market rate rent somewhere else.