ULPT request: Convincing myself to finally lose my temper at roommate
Posted by RevolutionaryMove584@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Okay so essentially I have a college roommate who is an asshole. It's your typical Long Island shit, people who are standoffish and like kind of just casually disregard outsiders, yet it's just like bro barely acknowledges my existence half the time in a way that goes beyond "shyness." He wouldn't even say hi to me on the street until I called him out for it, and even then he made an excuse that "he had headphones in" (not true.) He presents as a kind of loser, unassuming boy but hangs out with and worships the asshole popular kids in our major. (Which is as juvenile as it sounds.)
I am seething with resentment every day as I get closer to graduation and I just want to fucking scream at him, "Why are you so fucking rude and have non regard for other people, etc etc (although longer rant and with more profanity.) But for some reason I just can't brig myself to. I've already tried civil confrontation with him and many other cliquey people at my school but it doesn't do shit so I don't want to maintain civility anymore. (Fun story he also came back wasted one day and knocked over my full Brita filter and broke it. Then he still has the audacity to never talk to me.)
Please convince me to be "mean." I'm the type of person who was bullied a lot/had family trauma where I'm paranoid of stepping on anyones toes ever or ever causing inconvenience, and then I always picture a vignette if them talking about me to their friends, like "omg, can you believe what my roommate did."
I so deeply wish i was the type of person who could "lose my temper"/composure around people when they piss me off to this extent, yet no matter what I'm just paralyzed with fear and anxiety of expressing my feelings even though I've literally had it up to here. Please convince me to be an asshole. I live with this bastard and sleep next to him every day yet he barely acknowledges my existence.
Alaylarsam@reddit
This doesn't sound real and, if it is, then it's not a real problem. You should talk to a therapist or a counselor so they can help you deal with your feelings in a healthy way.
Steal the 20 bucks to replace your filter and ignore him for the rest of your college days.
Erizeth@reddit
So... he's kind of mean to you? I don't get it. Who gives a shit if he doesn't aknowledge your existence? I want to know if he puts his dishes away and doesn't steal food.
HouseMusicAndWeed@reddit
Are there any military facilities conducting gamma bomb tests in your area? Because if there are I have one helluva idea.
LeelaGorilla@reddit
This will be over with a piss disc and shit gnoccis
RevolutionaryMove584@reddit (OP)
TIL what a piss disc is
Aso... by shit gnocchis, do you mean like.... gnocchis FULL of shit?
Grant_Winner_Extra@reddit
dude... read the whole sub. Liquid ass. Piss discs. Shit gnocchi. and so many other fan faves.
Grant_Winner_Extra@reddit
Nope - if you snap, you're going to dissociate and probably end up dead or standing over someone dead.
Just let it go.
This really isn't even a ULPT topic anyway - if you want ways to make his life miserable, then we're talking.
RevolutionaryMove584@reddit (OP)
Perhaps good advice.
How do I make his life miserable then
Gold_Clothes_3077@reddit
Talk to him again. Tell him he's overstepping your boundaries and that you feel like he's not respecting you. Because he's not. Get him while he's got no choice but to hear you.