How do I deal with my roommate ?

I guess the key question here is if the apartment is a rental is he or you or the both of you on the lease? But it sounds like the apartment is only in his name. If not then you would have to have him sign you off the lease or arrange another roommate to take over your half of the lease. However, you also stated moving out was not an option. You could attempt to sit down and draw up an agreed written arrangement as to the shared household chores. But from what you posted I don’t think that is going to work. It sounds like he may be suffering from a form of depression. Maybe trying to talk to him about seeing a doctor for it….. may help, if he’s put on some medications he responds to.

Tell him to shape up or ship out. You don’t need all that hassle in your house so step up and tell him to change his ways or move out. Contact your landlord and get them to cooperate with your objective; it will be easy given the description you gave.

Confront him, or leave. it’s that simple

of course you should deal with your roommate friendly.

of course you should deal with your roommate friendly.

Yeah, the apartment is in his name. I’m basically referred to as a guest on the lease.

Well the good news is that you can’t be liable to the owner. Unfortunately if you’ve tried to talk to him and he’s not willing to help himself. Or more upset by your attempts to talk to him… you may have to find other living arrangements. It’s no fun walking on egg shells never knowing what to expect when you come through the door.

I actually just moved out/got kicked out on the first of the month. I acidentally left a banana in his car (we went grocery shopping and it fell out of the bag) and his son sat on it, and despite repeated apologies and admitting it was an accident, he saw fit to use it as an excuse to scream at me for an hour via text. So I broke down and called him out for all of his BS (including the fact that his garbage ALWAYS gets into my stuff because he’s too lazy to even throw it away properly) and the fact that I once had to throw out a brand new Blu-Ray after he got moldy food all over it and damaged the disc, and I left. And of course, it’s all MY fault, according to him. It’s better that I fled. He has issues and won’t even try to function as an adult, despite being almost 15 years older than I am.