I am living with a nutcase
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I am living with a nutcaseI live in a shared house (not with other students). The rooms are all let seperately and are all en suite so the only communal areas are the kitchen/dining areas.
One housemate lives here with her husband and is the aforementioned nutcase.
They are both pretty obnoxious in general, but she seems to have a problem with me specifically, despite the fact that I barely know her and have had only a few actual, proper interactions with her at all.
I have lost count of the times that she has sneered at me if I have the audacity to enter the kitchen whilst she and her husband are in there.
Earlier on this week, I was playing music (not very loudly and probably the first time I have ever played music out loud in this house) at lunchtime and she stormed out of her room, banged on my door and demanded that I switch it off because she is working nights and is trying to sleep. She caught me by surprise and I actually apologised profusely and switched it off.
Today, I woke up at 11.30 am (late night
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I'm sure it was her (only other female housemate is Chinese and barely even speaks English), but when I told the landlord what had happened, I didn't say I thought it was her - just told him the facts.
Landlord must have told her that I was the one who rang him, because tonight she has followed me into the kitchen both times that I have gone in there and deliberately tried to intimidate me whilst laughing manically. She didn't do anything in the kitchen, she just stood and watched me and then followed me back out again.
She is a 100% bone fide nutcase, isn't she?!
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Re: I am living with a nutcaseI suppose she is actually looking for a reaction isn't she? Probably best to ignore her.(Original post by McHumpy92)
I would just do whatever makes me laugh, but I wouldn't feel threatened. All depends how you are, probably best to ignore.
Unless that just makes her re-double her efforts to get to me??
Trust me to end up with her as a housemate! -
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Re: I am living with a nutcaseI was asleep, and woke up to the sound of her trying to kick the door in and screaming.(Original post by Flair91)
She was locked out and you didnt let her in?
By the time I had registered what was going on and got out of bed, she had pulled the light off the wall and stomped down the steps to the house.
Its hardly my fault if a grown woman can't remember her key, but I would have been happy to let her in had I realised in time that she was locked out. -
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Re: I am living with a nutcaseWell that seems fair.
She actually seems like a psycho. Based on the anecdotes you've presented she seems to be unhinged, unfortunately with people like that there isn't much you can do. They do not respond to reason, they are petulent if things do not go there way. With everything you've said, you have reacted reasonably - she doesn't register it.
The best advice I can offer you is too leave. If that is impossible keep your landlord updated, he is the only one with power over the tenants and can stop her childish beheavior. Frankly, her beheaviour where she stalked you in the kitchen and was acting quite agressively is something you don't want to live with and is scary. If she is devoting so much energy to do such a negative thing her mental state is questionable. You have my sympathies...(i've had bad housemates in my time). -
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Re: I am living with a nutcaseThanks.(Original post by Flair91)
Well that seems fair.
She actually seems like a psycho. Based on the anecdotes you've presented she seems to be unhinged, unfortunately with people like that there isn't much you can do. They do not respond to reason, they are petulent if things do not go there way. With everything you've said, you have reacted reasonably - she doesn't register it.
The best advice I can offer you is too leave. If that is impossible keep your landlord updated, he is the only one with power over the tenants and can stop her childish beheavior. Frankly, her beheaviour where she stalked you in the kitchen and was acting quite agressively is something you don't want to live with and is scary. If she is devoting so much energy to do such a negative thing her mental state is questionable. You have my sympathies...(i've had bad housemates in my time).
Sadly, moving out isn't really an option, but I will be letting the landlord know what she is doing.
Might also see if I can get some on the other housemates on board to support me in this. -
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Re: I am living with a nutcaseYeah thats probably the best route. Once you get other housemates onboard it puts extra pressure on the landlord to do something about it.(Original post by Vodka&Orange)
Thanks.
Sadly, moving out isn't really an option, but I will be letting the landlord know what she is doing.
Might also see if I can get some on the other housemates on board to support me in this. -
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Re: I am living with a nutcaseHaven't seen the nutcase today, although she and her gormless husband usually get to the pub for opening time on Sunday and stay there until closing.
I met the newest tenant properly for the first time tonight. He was in the kitchen when I went in there to use the kettle. He was stood in the way looking at his laptop (but not cooking anything - strange!), but moved over when I asked if I could please get to the kettle.
When I had made my tea, he moved over to let me out and I said thank you. As I left the room, he said "Didn't your mother teach you to say thank you?".
I took great satisfaction from replying that yes she had, but his mother had obviously neglected to teach him that it is good manners to listen when someone speaks to you, and if she had, then he would have heard me saying thank you.
Now I am feeling seriously fed up. There seems to be so much hostility going on in this house and it is p*****g me off big time.
Last edited by Vodka&Orange; 29-07-2012 at 22:58.
) to hear someone whose voice sounded very like hers thumping and kicking the front door and screaming. I then heard her throw something at the door, and scream 'I do ****ing live here you know'. Then I heard the light by the front door being pulled off from the wall and chucked onto the floor.
