These are my new glasses, and I am tastefully pairing them with my white Gap boxer briefs and my new Forever 21 sweater vest. I feel relatively cute for once :D
So my roommates went grocery shopping while I was at work. Usually, when this happens, (when someone goes out and buys groceries when any of the other roommates can't be present) the roommate that gets the groceries will ask the others what they want, and they will split the check when they get back, and the roommates that were not present would pay them back.
Well, this time that my roommates went grocery shopping, they did not ask me what I wanted, and when I came home, I found all of their initials on ALL of the food....but mine was not. I was never consulted about what I wanted, or if I wanted anything. I just came home to a fridge FULL of food with a K. for Katie, an S. for Sean, and an A. for Alicia on everything they bought.
It gets worse.
They bought a carton of eggs, and wrote either a K, S, or A on every individual egg. Just to make sure they get the point across. They wrote "if you drink this, you will die" on the orange juice they bought, and "if you eat this I will kill you" on the cereal they bought.
Ok, so they don't want me to eat their food. I get that, but the weirdest part is how out of left field this is. They have never bought food without consulting me before, AND, a week ago, I went out and bought a bunch of groceries because we were out of everything. I payed for it ALL out of my own pocket, and I even told them, "you can eat anything you would like to, just let me know if you do".
And this is how they repay me...
This happens a day after I hear my roommate Sean talking about me in the other room, telling Katie how he hates that I don't wash my dishes immediately after I eat out of them, or how much he hates that I leave clothes on the floor at the foot of my bed or leave more than one pair of shoes by the front door.
I am really starting to feel completely unwanted. I don't understand what I have done to upset any of them.
But, even with them treating me like this, I am still doing ok. I don't let mean people get to me, and I have already talked to all of them and scheduled an "apt meeting" so that we can all sit down and talk about everything together. Apparently I was the only one to be mature enough to actually try talking about the situation. I don't mind, someone has to do it.
As Mahatma Ghandi once famously said, "An eye for en eye makes the whole world blind."
No matter how hard we try, we are all hypocrites at times, and we are ALL guilty of trying to get revenge in some small way or another. It is a very human thing, but all that matters is that you are aware of it, and know that its not the right thing to do. When you are open enough to realize these things, you can then start to try to change it.
I am 100% guilty of this, and I try my hardest to fix it, but I always seem to fall short.
Do any of you have any advice on this? Any wisdom on trying to resist the temptation to fight back, or always get the last word in? I can honestly say, its one of the biggest downfalls in my personality and I wish I could change it more easily. Any advice for me on how to deal with my roommates or how to talk to them in our "meeting" this next Monday? Help me out guys!
