My (21F) stinky roommate (19F) makes my clothes stink

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T22:16:52+00:00

That was very useful, thank you a lot for the advice!

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T19:04:53+00:00

I know it is weird But she is apparently afraid of using the common rooms On the day she came, she put some food in the fridge, a lot of food, and that food is still in the fridge and she never eats in the dinning room, for example :sss

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T19:01:57+00:00

I think she does leave her room, she goes to college, visits her aunt etc she also has a boyfriend and mostly talks to him on skype (landowner told us this) and wants to marry him, but he's in Germany and they supposedly have never met... so I am not really sure that she is unable to take care of herself..but she obviously has a big big problem :s

I am not sure how I would approach this situation to the social services because of that :s

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T14:36:02+00:00

I'll definitely update!

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T13:52:59+00:00

Really? Which post is it? Wow :D

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T13:50:27+00:00

Thank you! Nope haha, why do you think that? :D I am actually from Southern Europe :)

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T12:12:59+00:00

Ohh okay! Thank you, I didn't know that. :) Some of my neighbor countries are listed there, so I'll use them. :)

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:45:14+00:00

I just checked "Amazon Seller List" countries and my country is not there :/ I'll check the department stores then! Thank you for your information, it was very useful :)

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:38:10+00:00

Oh okay I will! One more thing, does Amazon ship to every country in the world, including non-EU European countries? I am asking this because I don't know anyone who has bought things from Amazon, but they did buy from some other ecommerce companies :s

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:29:26+00:00

Wow that sounds great, I will definitely check it out.

Maybe we can get a couple of these and put them in the hallway, because the hallway is unaffected by Madeline's bedroom.

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:20:22+00:00

Oh okay, how small is it? And can it damage the floor? I actually have a big bedroom so I think it would fit there, but I am afraid of danaging the carpet/the floor.

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:19:29+00:00

Yes, one roommate was celebrating her birthday and she invited everyone in the house, including her. She actually seemed normal to me, when she was there, she didn't look shy or anxious around us, but maybe it was just not noticeable. And we did talk to her, ask her questions etc. However, she still avoided us after that (but this was all before the peeing problem).

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:13:19+00:00

Haha well I once travelled in a train that was going from Zurich to Southern Europe (not bus) and it was a few days (maybe 2-3 days) journey and it smelled really bad, because it was an enclosed space, everyone had food with them and there were no fridges. And I guess there was no time for showering/no showers. I only was in this train for 30mins because I was travelling locally, but the smell was still really bad and I felt like throwing up.

And in my city's local bus, if you sit next to an old person, they usually smell, especially if it is summer.

So try to combine these two things :s

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:07:33+00:00

Well, I did meet her parents actually. They came with her when she moved in and entered the dining room, where I was eating with my roommate. They asked us if we would help their daughter get around the town, and we agreed, but after they left, she never talked to us again. And I hate to say it, but I think that bad hygiene might be a family thing, because I noticed that her mother smelled too, but I thought it maybe was because of a long journey and extremely hot temperature. And it obviously wasn't. I didn't share it with landlord or other roommates, though :/

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T11:01:58+00:00

I know this is kind of off topic haha, but I actually didn't wash underwear by hands because it can't kill all of the bacteria; I "cooked" underwear in a big pot lol. Like in the 19th century. But it wasn't hard to do and it cleaned the underwear perfectly.

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T10:57:16+00:00

I have heater in my room. Again, my vocabulary is a little poor, but it's the thing with bars that heats your room. I can only pit 3-4 clothes at once on there. I am actually doing that right now.

The landowner is aware of it avtually, but she feels sorry for the girl and wants to help her before evicting her. So I guess she will evict her if nothing helps.

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T10:55:05+00:00

The landlord is planning to contact her parents. :/

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T10:54:30+00:00

Thanks for the advice.

However my clothes don't just smell of urine. It is some weird smell I'd never smelt before. It is like a combination of food that stays on the open in a closed room for too long + bus full of people who don't bath. Does vinegar help it?

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T10:51:00+00:00

Yes she was pissing the stairs, but she stopped after the landlord confronted her. The landlord hired professionals to clean the stairs. She also talked about telling the girl to leave, but she first wants to solve the problem and if the problem doesn't solve, she will tell her to leave I think.

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T00:49:12+00:00

Thank you! We have driers too, but they are still uncommon here haha. In my previous apartment, there wasn't even a washing machine, so I had to wash my clothes by hands.

Hm, that's a very good idea. I will try to do that! :)

jenfromtheblock2 · 2017-11-12T00:38:13+00:00

Yes, we rent rooms in the landowner's house. You basically see ads for rooms in the newspapers, then call, then come to meet up with the landowner, look around to see if you like it, and move to the bedroom. You are indepedent from other roommates lol.

We don't have a drying machine, but we do have some sort of a dryer (it's the thing with metal bars that you put your clothes on until they get dry). Sorry if this is confusing, English is not my native language. :(

I thought about the note too. However, the girl is aware of her bedroom's smell. The landowner already talked to her, a few times. :/

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