She was doing her crush’s laundry until one call exposed him — her revenge left him walking out of her door humiliated
The 28-year-old neighbor walked in with three giant black trash bags full of clothes
Getting over a one-sided crush can be a little devastating, especially if you really like this 27-year-old Reddit user. On March 13, u/TensionNo5762 shared about a six-month crush she had been harboring on her 28-year-old neighbor. They even flirted a few times in the past. One day, he told her that his washing machine was broken and the landlord was taking forever to repair it, so she offered her own washer. She was excited to spend some time together and even offered to cook dinner. However, the night did not go as planned, and her crush on him promptly faded after a striking conversation. The now-deleted post was reshared by Bored Panda.
The woman was busy cleaning her house and preparing dinner, only for her neighbor to arrive an hour late — and that was not even the worst part. She explained, "He brought three GIANT black trash bags full of dirty clothes. It literally smelled like a gym locker room." She continued with dinner while her crush was lounging on the couch, not offering to help her at all. He was busy on his phone and did not try to have a conversation with her. After a while, he helped himself to dinner and did not bother to help her with the dishes. He did not even say thank you for the meal.
She tried to be patient with the man because she liked him, but she overheard him talking to a friend on the phone. He was saying, "Yeah, man, my clothes are almost done. I'm just killing time here. I'll meet you guys at the club in like 20 minutes. Nah, she's not coming with us," and laughed. She knew that he was just using her "for a free meal and a laundromat" and left the dishes half done. She went to the room where the washer was, took out all of his wet clothes, and told him to get out of her apartment.
This did not go well with the man since she dumped his wet clothes back inside the trash bags. "He started freaking out, calling me crazy and saying I was the one who volunteered to help him in the first place. He said his clothes were ruined and dripping everywhere. I told him that was not my problem and slammed the door in his face," she explained. He is now going around, telling the other neighbors about what she did. Some people said that she took it a little too far by not allowing his clothes to dry.
This story is a prominent example that not all crushes bloom into something serious — sometimes they just fizzle out after a while. Karen Michele Nikos-Rose conducted a survey over a span of seven months in 2022 on 208 students who identified as straight at a Midwestern university.
The results revealed that the individuals had an average of five crushes throughout the seven-month period, and only 15% of the crushes developed into a romantic relationship. Paul Eastwick, lead author of the study, said, "What took us by surprise is that many of the important factors were the same things you would have seen in a committed relationship."
The majority of the comments said that she did the right thing by kicking him out of the house. u/dwarmed wrote, "At least he cured you of your crush very quickly. He sounds pretty dumb if he thinks clothes that were still in the washing machine would be done in 20 minutes and that his clothes were ruined by getting wet." u/Gold_Amount295 shared, "You're not the jerk; he was clearly abusing your goodwill and being a shitty guest. But also, I think your expectations and preparation were a bit wild for a 'date' that you never communicated was one."
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