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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alice Wilkinson

The squabbling, the vomiting, the freeloading and the noisy sex: my 10 worst house-share moments

Illustration of a woman sitting at a table surveying a messy and chaotic kitchen
‘I found a sachet of MDMA crystals in the nicest mug I owned.’ Illustration: Veronika Pažická/The Guardian

The only people I know who speak glowingly about house shares are the ones no longer living in them. When I hear someone describe their house-sharing era as the “best time of my life”, I know they have had at least two years to forget their trauma. That is not a luxury afforded to me – I am living in my eighth house share with my 18th housemate, still holding on to past horrors like they happened yesterday and facing the anxiety they may happen again. So here they are: the 10 worst moments from my many house shares.

Finding my housemate’s stash of ecstasy in my favourite mug

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