Living in the trap house I was rarely bored. There was always some sort of excitement either in or outside of the house. One of the common themes of drama in the house was theft. Al Humduillah (Thank God), no one ever stole anything from me, maybe nobody felt like walking all the way upstairs, but most likely because God was looking out for me.
One of the most memorable theft moments was when the Boxer’s laptop went missing. I was living in the house for about a month and a half at this point, and the most I’ve heard him say was about 10 words. Until that night, he was yelling and fussing almost all night. He first started with calmly asking all the housemates if we have seen his laptop, and of course, everyone said no. Actually, he never did come all the way upstairs and ask me.
Then it was about 10 min of silence before all hell broke loose. I remember hearing a whole bunch of screaming and yelling, but one argument stood out the most. The pregnant housemate was telling the Boxer to get over it and quit disturbing the peace due to the fact she was also a victim of theft. She eventually revealed the item was just toothpaste and I sincerely hope she saw how the two things weren’t equivalent.
Eventually I heard another housemate step in to defuse the situation, but honestly, the more people tried to calm him down, the madder he became. I’m assuming someone called the landlord, at some point in the midst of the screaming and banging he walks into the house.
He takes the Boxer outside, where I had a perfect view and tries to talk to him. After a lot of going back and forth, the landlord agreed to replace his laptop.
The boxer ended up with an upgrade, our landlord bought him the latest Mac Book and the Boxer never seemed to learn his lesson. He still continued to leave his door wide open, even when he wasn’t home. Meanwhile, during all the drama I was upstairs sipping and enjoying my tea.
I really don’t miss living in that house and still amazed that I ever lived there. Hearing the Boxer fuss was a nice break from the bickering couple.
The Misunderstood Afro Muslimah 
Sounds like an interesting life to have lived. SO glad you’re not living in that situation anymore.
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Wow this story makes living in a trap house kinda comfortable well except the stealing. How many people lived in the house?!
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It was 10 people, big dog, and 2 kittens lol
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I didn’t read part 1 so I’m missing a lot of pertinent information. I had roommates in college but never had a problem with theft. I trusted my roommates but I made sure that I always locked my door when I left the house as a precaution. Whate made you live in such an interesting trap house?
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Lol, it was only for one semester and was studying abroad the next semester. I needed something cheap.
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What an interesting/ adventurous life to have lived!
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Now I need to go back and read the first part of the trap house chronicles. While I am of the mind that people should keep their hands off of the stuff that doesn’t belong to them, I’m not understanding not protecting your things at all costs. The Boxer needs a refresher for sure.
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LOL I can’t believe the Boxer didn’t learn his lesson!!! That was nice of the landlord to replace it with a brand new one!
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I’m going to have to go back and read. You would think that after it got stolen the first time he would lock his door.
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Oh wow, that’s some experience. I am very territorial and protective of my things. I would make it easy for you to take my things.
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Sounds like living upstairs had more than one advantage lol
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The Boxer gets an upgrade as a result of his irresponsibility. It didn’t appear that he learned a lesson to better safeguard his property. Or I could be wrong. Perhaps there’s a printer inside his room he want the thief to steal in hopes of the landlord replacing it with a newer one.
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