This is my first time sharing an apartment and I live with three people: a cuban couple and a spanish chick. We’re all in our mid 20s.
The apartment has two bathrooms and I share one with the spanish chick. We were supposed to split the cleaning of the bathroom but, when I noticed this girl wouldn’t clean it, I started doing it all because I can’t live in filth. This woman never takes out the trash when she’s the one filling the garbage can. She dumps makeup pads into the toilett and doesn’t flush it. She leaves pee, poop pieces and this last time she left period drops on the toilet seat. I was so disgusted. She drops my toothbrush and doesn’t pick it up. She never cleans the living the room and she also uses it and leaves food and garbage in it.
I have never brought this up to her because I just can’t change the habits of other people (who is not even my family). Also, socially anxious and not assertive enough. I’m starting to dread/loathe this girl and I tend to avoid all contact with her.
I desperately want to move out but I still don’t have enough money to find another place, the owner has my 280€ and contract is up until may. Also, don’t wanna share apartments with ppl I don’t know anymore. I want my privacy, space and cleanliness.
How can I get out of this? HELP!!
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I wanted to add: I’m okay with the cuban couple, they’re super nice and helpful but yeah there are some little things that annoy me about them (literally we’re all humans and always have our differences), like, they use the kitchen a lot the whole day but 95% of the time I’m okay with them, I actually like them and respect them. The couple and the spanish girl seem to get along a lot too, but I do wonder if the story would be the same had they had to share the bathroom with her and see that woman’s disgusting habits, lol.
*”when I noticed this girl wouldn’t clean it, I started doing it* ***all*** *because I can’t live in filth”*
if she sees you doing ALL the cleaning she might assume that she doesn’t have to because you’re doing it for her. Don’t clean for her, clean for yourself.
>I have never brought this up to her because I just can’t change the habits of other people (who is not even my family). Also, socially anxious and not assertive enough. I’m starting to dread/loathe this girl and I tend to avoid all contact with her.
You can’t, but you can tell her that she needs to change. If you don’t bring it up, you can only continue to suffer in silence while she enjoys having a maid to clean up after her for free.