I've shared so much in the last two years and want to be selfish for once. I bought a Pur water pitcher cos I need the filtered water. I drink so much daily. Only yesterday I noticed that one of my roommates has been using it too. It irked me. The first rule I was told before moving in was that we don't share food. Water is my food. Roommate writes her name all over her things in the fridge so no one will use it. My pitcher now has mine too.

I'm annoyed. If it was simply her using it and nothing else I'd be okay. The fact that the replacement filters are an arm and a leg and by her using it too, it'll need replacement faster than every two months. It will be getting refilled two to three times a day(it's a pitcher for eight glasses of water) instead of every other day. 

Deciding I may be crazy for feeling like I should be the only user of the pitcher, I asked co-workers about it. One said to talk to her or leave a note. Nolee said it was stupid to even be upset about it. And I would be wrong to ask her to help pay for the replacement filters. I got upset because I felt like Nolee was making me out to be a stick-in-the-mud about something that bothers me. I used the analogy about a friend using her car and wearing down the tires. Nolee said it would depend on the friend whether she'd ask them to help buy new tires. Then she got upset cos I asked another person for their input. I wanted to scream. It matters to me and I don't care if she thinks I'm being bitchy about it.

No free rides! So the pitcher sits in my room unused for the moment(I have enough water). If anyone asks, it needs a new filter and I can't afford one. I don't know what to do about this just yet.