Asking again for your roommate stories!

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If you have a good one, please post it on my blog. http://myworstroommate.com

Thanks in advance!

[HopeHoops]

1. Well, I can't do that. My best roommate was my wife in college. We lived in a closet.

I'm not kidding. A twin mattress took up pretty much all of it, 2' extra at the end and 2 1/2' on the side. There actually WAS a closet in it, but it wasn't that big and the boa constrictor owned most of it including the coat hangers (he was good at grabbing them). The major benefit was having a small bed - CUDDLES!!!!

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2. It sounds cozy!

[HopeHoops]

3. Up close and personal. Sometimes we slept.

[KurtNYC]

4. this was a friend's roommate -- hoarder with 3 cats and no sense of smell

(litterboxes uncleaned for weeks). Used to steal his stuff and claim it was hers. Anything that broke was his fault and she would claim it was worth way more than it was. And one of her cats would piss in the middle of his bed at every opportunity.

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5. Good one! If you get a chance, post it on my site.

It only takes a minute.
http://myworstroommate.com/

[Yavin4]

6. My Current Roommate Is A Hoarder

He has every NY Times paper since 2005 stacked up in the living room. He had so much crap piled up on the dining room table that it cracked in half.

I would move out, but it's a duplex in the West Village and the rent is extremely cheap. EXTREMELY CHEAP.

[KurtNYC]

7. in my experience many hoarders have issues around grieving and loss

The accumulation of THINGS is a dysfunctional mode for dealing with an inner sense of being less than whole due to the loss of PEOPLE. Elizabeth Kubler Ross pointed out that grieving can also be triggered by the 'death' of dreams or the end of one's grand plan for the future for example the end of a career.

I know how tough it can be to live with a hoarder because I have seen it. Hang in there. Btw, if it is a fire hazard the landlord may be of help.

[Yavin4]

8. Bingo. My Roommate's Hoarding Picked Up When His Mom Passed Away

and he was forced into early retirement at his job. He fills his days with watching TV and going out to plays, Yankee games, etc.

[bif]

9. Some great stories. Post them please.

Or do you want me to, using a made-up user name?

[bif]

10. Kick.