Living in shared accommodation can be difficult at the best of times. Even if you're renting with your best friends, disagreements are bound to pop up - and it's tough.
One woman who knows this only too well is now on the search for a new place to stay after struggling to coexist with her flatmates. When the renter moved into a shared flat, she hoped she'd get on with her pal and a friend of her friend.
But she said living with the stranger has felt like a 'nightmare'. In their latest spat, the roommates fell out over a noisy tumble dryer.
One of the pair, who later took to Reddit to voice her frustration, had put her sheets on to wash in the evening. So far, so good. But trouble arose when her flatmate returned from work with a headache. The woman, who the author called Anne, then ruled nobody could use the tumble dryer on account of her sore head.
Not wanting to leave her soggy sheets in the washing machine overnight, the post's writer refused and chaos ensued. As a result of the altercation, the 27-year-old woman took to the internet, baffled by the behaviour of her younger flatmate, Anne, aged 25.
The woman wrote: "Some days ago, I was coming back from visiting a house with a friend and we were eating in the living room. Anne comes back from work and makes a big scene about telling us how exhausted she is and how bad of a headache she has. She is nearly tearing up. As I have regular migraines when working, I can understand how painful it is so I tell her to go to sleep in a dark room. She agrees and leaves.
"It was early evening and I had just washed my bed sheets so unfortunately I had to use the dryer. We live in an apartment so when the dryer starts, we can hear it but it is a regular noise and not very loud. Once we are done eating, I went to put my sheets in the dryer and then, went back to talk with my friend. A few minutes later, Anne storms off of her room and starts telling me rather aggressively that it's not appropriate to put the dryer on when she has a headache."
The woman apologised and explained she'd already put her washing on before she knew her flatmate had a headache, but to no avail. Neither of the pair wanted to back down and neither ended up very happy as a result.
"She stood her ground, was very aggressive and forced me to only put the dryer for one hour (which was not enough to dry my laundry but since I hate conflicts I let it go). She then proceeded to complain about it during the whole hour," the author wrote.
"I was super mad and frustrated," she added. "But my mom says I should learn how to compromise and be more kind to people."
In response, Reddit users were quick to support the post's author, suggesting Anne had acted unreasonably based on the account of the argument they'd read.
One person wrote: "There's being considerate of others (which you were) and then there's others demanding the world stop if they want it to.."
Another commented: "I'm pretty sure arguing and working herself into a fury over this and the additional stress that caused her did more harm to her then the noise from you drying your bedsheets did."
But another said: "She shouldn't have come out and been rude to you, but your washing would survive for an evening, or you could've hung them over some doors etc. Turning something off for someone that says it's hurting them is a simple request and it seems a bit obsessive that you HAD to dry them then and there."
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