Is this the weirdest flatmate yet?
You guys have sent in some very strange stories to me over the past couple of months about the weird stuff your roomies get up to. I got a submission overnight with a odd tale and a desperate plea for our help...
"We also have a weird housemate who never leaves his room. It’s really starting to bother everyone cos we want to know what hes doing. Its like being in a haunted house, theres just this presence there perminantly. He dosnt have a job, never goes to uni, never goes out except to the supermarket if he REALLY needs to and only comes down to cook food then disapears up to his room to eat it. He also never does anything around the house and when we ran out of binliners and convinced him it WAS his turn to buy them, he put one in the bin and stashed the rest in his room. Everytime he comes down to feed he always gets in everyones business but never gets involved in anything the rest of us are doing. When i first moved in i invited him out everytime i went to the pub or clubbing or a party but he always said no ive got stuff to do BUT WHAT??? No one in our house has seen him go and have a shower or bath, the toilet and the sink are in seperate rooms and he never goes in to wash his hands after using the toilet (unless he washes them in the toilet after flushing) and somehow always manages to piss all over the floor and doesnt clean it up. One weekend he had this equally weird girl over and they sat in his room all weekend. The walls are paper thin and there was no music, no talking and they definatly werent shagging! If anyone has any answers or theorys PLEASE PLEASE let us know as it is driving us up the wall. Thankyou" So can you help? What do you reckon he's doing in there? Does he have some new efficient way of cleaning himself without using water? Let me know what you think?COMMENT: AUTHOR: jason EMAIL: jgk.gh@ljghlk.com DATE: 2006-06-24 13:19:06 thats fookin weird alright
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DATE: 2006-06-24 21:47:57
You don't say. I hope he doesn't go postal on ya.
Posted by: Jacki | July 17, 2006 12:10 PM
DATE: 2006-06-25 09:57:51
got a similar one in York UK. Man, the guy can be in for like HOURS at a time, and you'll never know, and the wall between us is paper thin - and I'M quiet as well! This week, with exams I swear he's never even been for for a pee or a drink for like 12 HOURS at a time.
Posted by: the B Meister of Yorke | July 17, 2006 12:10 PM
DATE: 2006-06-26 22:18:40
People are strange. I'd say he's either on drugs, or has a mental issues that he needs help with. And I don't say the latter light-heartedly, it would be a cause for serious concern. But, it's not your concern, really, is it?
Posted by: secretstar | July 17, 2006 12:10 PM
DATE: 2006-06-27 00:46:27
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got an update on our weird house mate. We all found it funny that it had been put under the title of "could this be the weirdest flat mate yet" and thankyou for all of your responces.
Saturday just gone (24th June) we had a house party/BBQ for another one of our house mate's birthday. our weird flatmate came down for all of about 5 minuets and I was a little drunk and finally asked him straight up what he does in his room all day. He avoided answering the question and disapeared again. About an hour later i was even drunker and me and a crazy welsh man who was as drunk if not drunker went up and bangged on the door insisting he came down and stopped being so anti-social. He snapped at me and told me to "fuck off" (he did later apologise for this). Don't get the wrong idear, we don't dislike this guy, we just find his behavior a little strange and hard to deal with. Anyway if anyone else has any theorys please keep them coming, i don't think we're getting any closer to the answer but we are finding it funny reading them. Cheers guys
Posted by: Dave | July 17, 2006 12:10 PM
DATE: 2006-06-27 14:36:22
Had a similar flatmate who my other flatmate at the time knew from a local pub. I never had one single conversation with him, he went to the pub once every Friday night and would come home at 1AM exactly everytime. I didnt even know his name, I think it was Bill (Maybe?) I never saw him use the toilet, or shower nor did I even see him cook! I didnt hear him at all in his room (the walls were pretty thing too) except for 1 time when I heard a grunt! That was one of the weirdest 7months - living with this guy I hadnt even met!
Posted by: camilla | July 17, 2006 12:10 PM
DATE: 2006-06-29 11:19:14
Sounds like depression to me. I say make him come out of his room, invite him to the pub and don't take no as an answer. Once he's actually out and has a few beers in him you're sure to get to the bottom of it...
If not at least a night out can't hurt things any?!
Posted by: Anna | July 17, 2006 12:10 PM
This makes me feel better. I was convinced I had the most antisocial housemate in the world but now I'm not so sure. Mine goes away for days on end without telling anyone he's going away.
Once he went away for two and a half weeks and when he came back he didn't even come and say hello, he just went straight to his room - where he spends most of the time he's at home.
I know he's a free agent and I'm not trying to be his friend or anything but I think there are certain social conventions one should observe. It's just good manners.
Posted by: Susan Bradley | May 20, 2008 05:46 PM