I (F19) was put in a random roommate selection for my freshman year of college. My (now ex roommate) roommate and I were completely different people, she’s a cali Bay Area party girl, tall, skinny, long blonde hair, unnecessarily mean, you know the type. I’m from the Midwest, a bit shorter, far more alternative, extremely introverted, not much of a drinker, and when I was entering college I was in the process of detransitioning so I still had some more masculine features and style from that era of my life. We had an immediate “as it goes” boundary where we had access to each other general stuff that was out until the other person said something. I’m a middle child and am used to compromising all of my belongings and spaces and she’s an oldest sibling and very obviously dominated her household and siblings. As time went on she became extremely close with the people on our floor and I to as well. I’m in a long distance relationship and have admittedly spent more time cultivating that to make sure it survives than making friends throughout the first semester. I noticed during semester 1 finals that my Roommate started being increasingly more aggressive towards me, snapping at me for joking about our homework while we were working, slamming the door and having a hard time conversing about room boundaries. We came back from break and everything was fine, I assumed it was just finals stress (she’s not the most motivated student and was facing the consequences of skipping more than three classes a week when we have 4) but three weeks ago I woke up, sat up in bed and she was waiting for me in a full face of makeup and outfit with her legs crossed waiting for me to wake up. She told me “get up, get ready, and we need to have a little chat.” I assumed it was another bout of aggression and I hadn’t taken the trash out or something. I came back from the bathroom and asked what was up and she told me she was moving out that day. She told me it was an unhealthy environment and gave me a list of everyone on our floor who knew and was helping her move, it was everyone who I still had to live with. In the next three weeks I have been isolated and bullied by everyone around me. No one talks to me, my ex roommate might as well have just continued to live here because she is outside my door every night until midnight (later on weekends when she’s drunk), and spends the day in our communal areas on our floor. She moved one floor above me with a girl she told me not to become friends with because she was “bad news” and I was falsely reported for mental health concerns and had to meet with a guidance counselor. I have not found a single reason she’s moved out, but somehow everyone l meet has managed to hear about the situation. (I got to a small private college, roughly 1100 people) I’m getting exhausted of people knowing more about this than I do, I’ve racked my brain for our past conversations about boundaries I may have crossed and have come up empty. AITA?
NTA because she has never communicated with you and caused problems when you have tried to. I’d be happy that a toxic person like that is no longer living with you, though it’s unfortunate she’s still around your residential hall.
this, you can’t do anything for someone who won’t tell you what they need.
NTA – You weren’t compatible, and she wasn’t able to deal with it. How does that make you the asshole?
Good riddance, asta la vista, arrivaderci, goodbye.
Don’t worry – be happy 🙂
The story is completely missing its counterpart. You can’t even think of anything you could have done. She’s now spreading lies about you and behaving badly. How could you possibly be the “A” in this?
NTA.
Many people have the same question! I’m not necessarily blaming myself, I just want to make sure I’m not crazy in doing so! Hence the post, I really wanted to make sure I was taking as much accountability as possible
Definitely NTA, but there has got to be someone meant to oversee the students who you can report this behavior. A lot of campuses don’t tolerate stuff like this.
Just out of curiosity, obviously she’s telling some kind of story because of the way others are treating you. Has anyone actually told you what she’s saying about you? I’d try to figure it out to see if you can disprove it
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You’re right, I’ve been in contact with my RA and his boss about her behavior, do not worry internet stranger we’re in the works with that
No, anyone I’ve talked that knows anything to has refused to give me her reasoning behind leaving. Extremely frustrating, trust me I’ve tried to disprove.
this situation is definitely a 3 sides to every story situation. I have no idea what you did in this situation. the way you’re speaking about kinda gives me the impression you already had a bias about her and maybe that contributed but again, we have no idea what truly happened. so I will say NAH
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That’s a completely valid assessment, I will say any biased language stems from my frustration towards her and the current situation, up until her move out I considered her one of my best friends. If I had the information to provide her perspective I absolutely would!
NTA she sounds mentally unbalanced and likely projected onto you who she really is.
She then went and likely told everyone lies about you and turned them all against you for attention. She gave them made up stories until one of them said ” you can stay with me.” She sound extremely hostile and aggressive insisting she needed to talk and proceeding to tell you nothing of substance.
She did you a favor by leaving. If she’s can’t honestly pinpoint anything you’ve done thats bothered her she is a gaslighter.
Let her move on she will eventually do the same thing to someone else.
It doesn’t sound like you need an AITA judgment. It sounds like you need to talk with a counselor and the RA of your dorm.
Done and done!
so hard to read. don’t you know how to use punctuation & paragraphs?