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AITA For telling my roommate she signed up for this? When my current roommate was looking for an apartment, I was honest and said that I'm not the cleanest. I try to be good but sometimes I go a day or two with dishes in the sink or crumbs on the stove-
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Anonymous 1w

I told her that while I want to be a good roommate, I sometimes have trouble managing everything and chores fall behind during the weekdays when I work/go to school and typically do "weekend refreshes" to deep clean which has been consistent. I told her that since I'm the only one on the lease rn, I'm hoping for someone who matches my daily cleanliest or somewhere in the middle. My now roommate said that was fine and signed the lease. Lately we've been having issues where she's tired of-

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

How I keep the kitchen. I've worked to find a middle ground but she wants all or nothing. Now she's mad that I've reminded her that she knew this was how I lived before she even signed the lease, and that I told her I couldn't live by her "5 star standards". I've been trying to be better but with how busy I am, I sometimes can't unload the dishwasher in the morning or hand wash my breakfast dishes before class.

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