Having a roommate is always a gamble.
Sometimes you hit the jackpot—someone who’s fun, reliable, up for late-night gossip or spontaneous dinners, and even willing to back you up in a neighbor feud.
Other times… you’re stuck with a nightmare that makes messy dishes look like a blessing.
And if you think that’s an exaggeration, take a look at the stories people shared after one woman on TikTok asked for their worst roommate horror stories. We’ve picked the craziest ones for you, scroll down and see just how wild it can get.
#21
She "tolerated" my rat (Behavioral Analysis class) until two days before my presentation, when my rat "got out." Failed my final, found the rat days later inside a Tupperware in the freezer.
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20points
#22
My roommate stole my brand new car and ditched it in a parking lot.
19points
#23
My ex-roommate Irish goodbye’d me while I was at work but left behind the mattress my dad bought her. She left the mattress with intense jealous messages written all over it and cut the mattress up. She even cut off a 2’ section off the bottom with MY kitchen knife. She poured an old milkshake and a bunch of rotting food all over it. I get we had a disagreement but that was psych ward level crazy leaving my house tbh. No complaints but WTH
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18points
#24
She said "oh i'm a lesbian too!" when I came out of closet, so i shared stories about my crush.
But in a few weeks she was making out with her bf and I overheard her saying "lesbians are disgusting."
But in a few weeks she was making out with her bf and I overheard her saying "lesbians are disgusting."
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16points
#26
I did nothing to her, just met her and a week into living together she threw my car keys/house keys onto train tracks and then helped me look for said keys in our house when I thought they were lost.
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15points
#27
She burned my room down.
15points
#29
A girl I knew had a dorm roommate that had an adult boa constrictor that lived in a box under her bed and when it didn’t, it freely roamed the dorm and slept with her.
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14points
#31
Used my credit to try and get herself a car. I was at 662 and now I'm at 447.
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13points
#32
4 of us in a room. One of my roommates caught the other two and their friends in the act of putting something in her food. what was it? Dirty stuff. And I'm talking, DRIED PERIOD, DUST and more.
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13points
#33
My roommate had a dog that ended up getting pregnant in her own HOUSE and then it had 7 puppies and she kept 4 of them without asking me. Mind u these are huge dogs. anyways, didn’t train them properly and they destroyed the house and pooped and peed on puppy pads still I believe to this day. That’s not even the worst story I have.
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13points
#34
My roommate took a pregnancy test, got caught by her mom, and told her mom it was mine. Then gave my mom a call🥲
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12points
#35
Found my antibiotics on my desk for a sinus infection I had at the time and told my entire floor I had chlamydia…
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12points
#36
She let her laundry in water for MORE THAN A WEEK until the water turn BLACK, MOLDY, STINKY. She did that each week, not just one time.
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12points
#37
She cleaned out her pumpkin carving stuff in the bathroom sink and a seed got stuck. She purposely left it there and grew a pumpkin plant out our drain for weeks.
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12points
#38
I worked as an opener at starbucks and had to leave for work at 4:00 am. She would be awake with the big light on in the dorm until 3:00 AM.
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11points
#39
Lived with 5 girls during an exchange. One had 3 boyfriends coming in on rotation. One was her actual bf, the other was her bf’s brother and the third was her ex from her home country who was on exchange.
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11points
#40
She became so emotionally, physically, and financially dependent on me that I had a mental breakdown and had to go on medical leave and go inpatient. Irish goodbye and never spoke to her again.
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9points