Woman Says She Doesn’t Care That Roommate Justifies Being Messy Due to Her ‘Illness’: She Won’t Even 'Flush the Toilet’

A woman is at her wit's end with her college roommate, who refuses to clean — or even flush the toilet — because of her "illness."

The university student wrote on Reddit's "Am I The A------?" forum that she and another student have been sharing a place for eight months, and it was "weird" from the start.

"Her lowkey helicopter mother told me [before she moved in] that because of her illness (bladder/digestive problems), she let her be a little spoiled and would just clean up after her and asked for me to be patient with her lack of cleanliness," the woman wrote, then explaining the roommate's mom also asked her to wake her daughter "every day."

Though reluctant, the woman explained that she agreed, as she didn't think the rooming situation was going to be an "issue."

But, once she saw how the other woman actually lived, the Redditor said her frame of mind changed, as she explained her roommate "wouldn't do the dishes, clean up after herself, flush the toilet, or basically any shared housework unless I specifically reminded her (and it gets a little tiring after months of that)."

"She also had a weird habit of throwing food down the sink, and it starts smelling real bad if I wait for her to clean it up," continued the woman.

Another problem point, the Redditor further explained, was that the roommate would also leave food "directly on the couch," which stained the furniture. "[It was] pretty darn difficult to get off since the couch was made of fabric," she said.

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The woman eventually had to have a talk with the roommate about her messy ways. And though she would promise to do better, it would never last long, the woman said in her post, adding that her roommate's parents were aware of the situation she was facing but advised her to be patient since they said their daughter has an "illness."

"But honestly, I don't care," the woman wrote in response. "I don't think being ill justifies her making a mess and me having to be patient, waking her up every day and still cleaning up after her?"

"I'm not gonna lie, after coming back from my classes to a mess and weird odors, it's not the best feeling," she continued.

In the comments section of the post, other Redditors expressed concerns for the woman who shared the post.

"In my opinion, if the roommate's illness is seriously that bad, then they shouldn't be doing shared living. It's genuinely immoral to subject someone else to your inability to function normally, especially or even if just specifically to the point of them having to sub in as a caretaker for you," one person wrote.

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Another added, "If she's smart enough to attend university, she's smart enough to learn to take care of herself and her environment. I've been death's door ill and still ALWAYS flushed the toilet. This is weaponized incompetence, not illness. She's not living in a hotel."

"It is not your job to be an unpaid carer picking up the slack that her mom used to. And it is not fair that your living conditions should suffer because your roommate is actively making things worse. If you're in university housing, go talk to [a resident advisor], someone in Housing Services, or even your tutor," said one other Reddit user.

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