Do I tell my friends/flatmates to stop something they’re doing
For context I’m 20, my friends are 21 and 23 and we’ve been living together since September in student accommodation (also with 2 other guys but they kept to themselves) and will be again for the next year at uni.
For starters Ive been the only person to ever do the dishwasher for months but I didn’t mind as one of them always paid for the tablets but recently the other one bought them so now with the new pack they bought when I was at home they’ve made me send them the money for it. I would just tell them to do the dishwasher more often themselves if I’m now paying too but they’re both awful at doing it and leave so much space where other stuff could fit I’d rather not waste my money if I’m gonna be made to spend it. I also would just stop using the dishwasher and wash my stuff by hand to not pay but since they don’t do the dishwasher, the sink is too full to actually be able to use at all.
The big issue though is that they keep using my stuff without asking and then not washing it up, I only have a limited amount of things (2 trays, 3 glasses, one of each kind of chopping knife, one pair of scissors etc), they use all the things and don’t wash them basically leaving me to either wash up my own stuff that I didn’t dirty to use it or not be able to eat cause I only had the one option. This in itself is bad enough but they’ve also used tin foil, grease paper and half of my ketchup (which is the expensive kind where they usually get a cheaper one) also without asking.
If this was any normal case I’d just bring it up instantly but they’ve had an issue with me in the past where I spent too much time with my boyfriend and not with them (which I’ve apologised for and explained the the reason) but even after the apology and me spending more time with them, they seem to still have some sort of issue with me so I can’t be bothered for them to be even more annoyed if I complain about something but I also want to be able to eat and not have the stuff that needs to be rebought used and therefore making me have to spend more money that I wouldn’t need to if it was just me using the stuff like it should be.