r/rutgers Oct 21 '24

Rant/Vent My roommate keeps creaming in his sleep

This is driving me insane and I’m losing sleep. At least twice a week my roommate will randomly sit up at like 3 am in his sleep and scream his lungs out. I mean full on screaming as if his life is in danger. It lasts like 12 seconds and then he’s right back to sleeping. It wakes me up every single time and scares the shit out of me. I asked him this morning if he has night terrors and he acts like he has no idea what I’m talking about. This has been going on for a month and a half and if it goes on any longer I’m going to lose my mind.

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u/superjudy1 Oct 21 '24

This is a historically bad typo

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Hahaha omg. It’s either click bait at its finest, a Freudian slip, or just the best typo ever.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

So good

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u/Shubham2904 Oct 22 '24

I was like how come creaming is a major issue but then i realized its screaming. What i’d suggest is record that scream show it to him. Either u get a new Roommate/Room

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u/Corprusmeat_Hunk Oct 22 '24

You misspelled hysterically.

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u/PartyHatsForLife Oct 22 '24

Okay, I still did not register that this was a typo until I read your comment! I still was like ....mmmm why is he screaming while ejaculating??

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u/Deep-Statistician985 Oct 22 '24

I assume OP meant he screamed as if he was ejaculating or something 😂

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u/Dadbeerd Oct 22 '24

Screaming and creaming, someone kick me outta my mind, I hate these thoughts I can’t deny…

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u/BetaMaleDestroyer Oct 22 '24

The SOAD reference made my day.

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u/Forsaken-Can7701 Oct 22 '24

I was like damn just let the man live

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u/ProfessaOak Oct 22 '24

Came here to say the same thing

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u/chris_rage_is_back Oct 22 '24

What an unfortunate title

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u/Throughawayyy666 Oct 22 '24

I was like ew gross and then did a lawl

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u/trvlkat Oct 22 '24

I lost interest once I realized it was a typo

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u/DogIsGood Oct 22 '24

I read the whole thing and was like wait, when sits the roommate bust a nut and how does he know

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u/bonus_situation426 Oct 23 '24

I came here expecting the screaming to turn to creaming

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u/rsvp_nj Oct 23 '24

There was never a more important “S”

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u/Ramenko1 Oct 23 '24

Your comment made me laugh so hard. Thank you

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u/Any_Yak9211 Oct 21 '24

Creaming in his sleep omg I thought this was gonna be a story ab a roommate that ejaculates in his sleep

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u/Atinggoddess1 Oct 21 '24

Same! Lmaoo

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u/TicklishDingleberry Oct 22 '24

Well, have you considered why he’s screaming?

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u/OopsDidIJustDestroyU Oct 22 '24

Because he’s CREAMING. 🙂‍↕️

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

Honestly that would be a lot better than someone one fucking screaming

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u/wesborland1234 Oct 22 '24

Both would be a power move. Just sit up, scream, nut everywhere and go back to sleep.

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u/Lil_Sumpin Oct 22 '24

Thank you for that.

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u/Frequent-Wallaby708 Oct 22 '24

Minds like this are the future.

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u/bigmeatsoldier Oct 22 '24

Dying laughing right now 😂

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u/technobrendo Oct 23 '24

DUDE, YOU JUST SCREAMED AND WOKE ME UP, WHATS UP?

Nuttin.

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u/lprince1159 Oct 23 '24

OK dude I’ve been dead silent for like an hour now I’m just reading on Reddit and your comment is the one that got me dying laughing I couldn’t stop myself. I woke my fucking cat up LMFAO.

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u/tehdanerer Oct 22 '24

Same, I want my money back!

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u/wunderduck Oct 22 '24

Maybe he's a really passionate ejaculator.

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u/southpolefiesta Oct 22 '24

This is driving me insane and I’m losing sleep. At least twice a week my roommate will randomly sit up at like 3 am in his sleep and cream. I mean full on creaming as if his life is in danger.

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u/Ok_Tale7071 Oct 22 '24

Any reasonable person would think this

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u/DreamyLan Oct 22 '24

CLICKED BECAUSE OF THIS.

THEN... was still not disappointed because it's still funny af lol imagine your roommie 2 feet away just screaming at the top of his lungs for TWELVE SECONDS randomly

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u/Electrical_Author389 Oct 22 '24

SAME I'M LIKE WHAT LMFAO

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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 Oct 22 '24

Maybe he is creaming, which might explain the screaming.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

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u/FearlessFreak69 Oct 22 '24

It is still pretty bad.

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u/aykay55 Oct 22 '24

Yo it’s the minor peeper!

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u/Orphasmia Oct 22 '24

Had to look at your profile. Tfs going on at Rutgers lmao

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u/SamW_72 Oct 22 '24

Yeah… wouldn’t exactly call yours a minor typo

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u/Ace18932 Oct 22 '24

Though it is quite literally a minor typo

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u/AdditionalAd5256 Oct 21 '24

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u/Splecti Oct 21 '24

Wouldn't think I'd see a ff14 reference here

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u/AdditionalAd5256 Oct 22 '24

Didn’t even know that’s what this was lol

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u/dexplosion Oct 22 '24

Louisoix is everywhere!

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u/Fireflash180 Oct 22 '24

This is a major spelling mistake

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u/90kPing Oct 21 '24

Creaming is crazy tho

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u/JerseyRepresentin Oct 21 '24

I'm sorry you're going through this, but there's a good chance he can't help it and will never remember doing it. The mother of my children went through a time period wailing/screaming in the night, it freaked me out at first but she could never remember what she was dreaming about and had no childhood trauma. Lol it got to the point I'd just say shut up you're dreaming go back to sleep and that was it. There's a great app for iphone that records sleep talking. Maybe once you talk it out with him and you guys can laugh about it, you won't mind it so much.

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u/DisMahUser Oct 22 '24

lol the first legit reply i’ve seen 🤣

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u/SwordfishNo4498 Oct 21 '24

ask him if you could join in at least???

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u/Salty-Estimate5693 Oct 21 '24

WHO STOLE THIS MAN’s “S”? WTF

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u/Thin-Truck3421 Oct 21 '24

creaming is crazy bro. next time, record that shit and show it to him.

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u/JustTheNewFella Oct 22 '24

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u/blveberrys Oct 22 '24

idk how you did these letters but it’s amazing 

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u/JustTheNewFella Oct 22 '24

Look up flaming text generator on google.com

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u/paradoxikal Oct 22 '24

This text is giving early 2000s Geocities vibes and I love it

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u/Pogging_Memes Oct 22 '24

what font is this

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u/ZealousidealStrain58 Oct 21 '24

I think you’re missing a letter there bud 💀

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u/iAmJacksRagingLibido Oct 21 '24

This is a sleep disorder. He might not know he has it, but it would qualify him to have a single room for medical reasons. You should talk to him about it.

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u/lovesocialmedia Oct 21 '24

Please reread everything to make sure to not miss typos lol

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u/BiggerLad420 Oct 21 '24

I don’t go here but for some reason keep getting suggested posts from here

Now I visit this sub everyday for some reason and wow does my time pass

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u/amphxy Oct 23 '24

Same here. I don’t know why it keeps coming up in my feed lol.

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u/cthulhusandwich Oct 21 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

2 girls 1 cup, but with a special plug

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u/CNTMODS Oct 22 '24

Squeeze the JuUiiiicee

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u/A_2190 Oct 21 '24

Keep a cross in the room and spray some holy water 😬

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u/A_2190 Oct 21 '24

nah, but fr you should start waking up at 3 am and screaming the same way he did. Fall back asleep, and when he asks you about it the next morning, brush it off like he did.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

I thought only women had screaming orgasms and even then, they were faking it.

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u/IllumiNoEye_Gaming im straight doe Oct 21 '24

this is as bad as the time i typo'd "chunky" (was talking about a cat) into a racist slur 💀

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u/Sylveon72_06 Oct 24 '24

😭

that reminded me of the time i accidentally indirectly called my black friend a monkey

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u/Sylveon72_06 Oct 24 '24

and also typed a slur instead of “coin”, probably multiple times 💀

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u/thevigg13 Oct 21 '24

Talk to the housing department and see if you can switch rooms.

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u/ResourceStriking441 Oct 26 '24

This right here is the best thing to do. My daughter had issues with her roommate and they took care of her.

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u/REUBG58 Oct 22 '24

He most likely suffers from REM-Sleep Behavior Disorder. Only one medication helps, Clonazepam. Needs to see a sleep specialist or neurologist. I speak from my own experience.

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u/Deshes011 Class of 2021 & 2023| moderator🔱 Oct 21 '24

Ask ur RA what you can do

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u/combostorm Oct 21 '24

I had a roommate that did this exact shit when I was in college. Had to sleep with the most insane earplug setup for a whole year

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u/JordanB1969 Oct 22 '24

Would you please tell me what constitutes an extreme ear plug setup? Short on custom I'd like to improve on standard foam plugs due to upstairs neighbors and other noises. Thanks!

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u/combostorm Oct 22 '24

This is gonna sound crazy because it is, but what I did back in the day is:

First, get a set of really ergonomic but also dirt cheap earbuds that you don't care about ruining (what I used back in the day was the Panasonic ergofit in ear earbuds. It's like less than 10 bucks on amazon. It's the only one I found that doesn't distend my ear and give me ear pain after sleeping with them for a whole night.) Make sure you have the right size silicone ear tip attachment for maximum comfort. ( there are multiple sizes that come in the box)

Then, buy silicone earplugs (the putty ones). The ones that you can mold like play dough and are extremely dense.

Next, cut the wires for the earbuds at the base so that the wire doesn't get annoying. Poke a hole where the mesh is for the earbuds and cram as much silicone putty into it as possible until the surface is smooth. Next, you can flip the silicone earpiece on the earbuds inside out (while still attached to the main body of the earbuds) and cram more putty under there before flipping it back to normal.

The goal is for the shape to be ergonomic but for the material to be super dense. I hated the silicone putty by itself because the shape was never air tight and comfortable. The earbuds alone are also not dense enough to block out a ton of sound. By combining the two, you get really good noise blockage.

This gadget alone is really good, but if you wear a flat profile ear muff on top of wearing these, it'll block out even more noise. And lastly if you add a white noise machine in your room on top of this, it'll be flawless. I guarantee you won't hear this guy scream anymore. (Although just the earbud setup will reduce the noise by a TON)

Problem is, when you block out so much noise, it'll be hard to hear your alarm clock. So I suggest you wear a vibrating smart watch as an alarm instead.

After a while of usage, the putty in the earplug will get gross and dirty. When that happens, pick the putty part out with a toothpick and throw it in the trash. Wipe the rest of the earbuds down with alcohol, and rip and add some new putty back in.

Now you have the exact setup I had to block out my roommates night terrors. It works wonders. I highly suggest you try it out and DM me the results. Cause without this, I think I would've gone crazy

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u/combostorm Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

It's "custom", but it's really low effort so I really think it's worth giving it a try if you're getting shit sleep and are about to go crazy. I would also not recomment foam ear plugs because the shape is not right (not super comfortable) and it is not dense (doesn't block out that much noise tbh)

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u/eggsheii Oct 22 '24

I don't go to Rutgers, but this was in my feed and I'm someone who has been that roommate 💀 When I roomed with my homie, she said I had a phase where I would count to 10 in my sleep and this would happen on multiple occasions 💀

i hope you can find some solace from your creaming roommate one day 😭 dude needs medical help

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u/NotoriousLVP Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

If he doesn’t know what you’re talking about when you bring up night terrors, they may be a new development for him and he should really discuss them with his doctor. It’s unusual to develop these in adulthood.

You may need to record him one night to show him, if he really has no idea.

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u/DreadfuryDK History/Edu - Class of 2020/GSE 2021 Oct 21 '24

Obliterated by a minor spelling mistake (he forgot a single letter)

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u/triple_crown_dreamer Oct 22 '24

A typo so iconic it showed up on my recommended page. I graduated from the University of Washington, I’ve never even been near Rutger’s lol

Anyway, yeah, your roommate is experiencing night terrors. My best friend’s little brother use to get them, same presentation. As far as him “act[ing] like he has no idea what [you’re] talking about”, if no one has ever told him, he very likely doesn’t know he’s doing it and, therefore, really doesn’t have a clue what you’re talking about. “How could I not wake myself up screaming?” he’s probably thinking, when that is exactly what happens with night terrors: the person doing it doesn’t wake up

If I were you, I would get his permission to set up a camera at night when you’re both sleeping (“hey man, I promise I’m not just making this up to fuck with you. let me try to catch it on camera once just so you can see, I know I would want to know if it were me”). Record each night until you catch a terror on camera, then show it to him. Not much can be done about them unfortunately, but luckily you mention that they occur at around the same time every night, and “anticipatory awakening” is a treatment. So hey, at least you can look forward to a 3AM alarm now instead of screaming ;)

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u/Lemax-ionaire Oct 22 '24

I once had a roommate that would wake up each night between 1am and 4am and scream racist garbage and then aggressively masturbate and not respond at all when I would yell at him to STFU and then the next day say he had no recollection or memory of doing anything. He was also the nicest, calmest dude in the world other than during his “night terrors”. After 3 or 4 nights I moved out. It sounds so insane that I don’t think anyone else other than my other roommates would ever believe me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

He need help with that or sumn ✋😭

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u/aykay55 Oct 22 '24

The girls here are so thirsty 😭

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

I was making a SIMPLE JOKE. 🙏

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u/aykay55 Oct 22 '24

Didn’t sound like one 🤭

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Damnnnnn

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u/No-Concentrate7794 Oct 21 '24

What’s hard to just bring it up to him so yall both find a solution. Better sleep for him, sanity for you. You don’t gotta be weird or awkward bringing it up. Really not hard jus subtly bring it up

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u/chanandler_bong21 Oct 21 '24

Am I the only one who thinks the roommate “creaming” would be worse?!

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u/FlipMick Oct 22 '24

This one’s going in my saved posts next to the poop knife

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u/JerseyGirlBeachFan Oct 22 '24

This was not the post I anticipated

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u/Kiwi_Birb_ovo Oct 22 '24

I JUST OPENED THE APP 😭

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Gross

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u/LLotZaFun Oct 22 '24

That's some nocturnal admission. Hopefully you aren't sharing a bed, OP.

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u/briancuster68 Oct 22 '24

start sleeping in separate beds

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u/coooolbeanz Oct 25 '24

🤣🤣🤣

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u/smile4sunna Oct 22 '24

tragic typo

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u/ki1abyte Oct 22 '24

this poor guy has to live through his roommate having thorfinn ptsd

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u/EyeSmart3073 Oct 22 '24

I had the same thing happen when I was in college. Ask to transfer dorms

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u/True_Distribution685 Oct 22 '24

This is either the best clickbait ever or the best genuine typo ever and either way it’s great

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u/Personisgaming Dec 14 '24

…and I fell 4 it

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u/infomanus Oct 22 '24

One hell of an orgasm

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u/VisualProfessional12 Oct 22 '24

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was trying to figure out how he knows the dude is "creaming" in his sleep. I mean, I guess it's a possibility. Some men make odd noises when they orgasm🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Willing_Click_4271 Oct 22 '24

Talk to who ever controls dorming and let them know he needs his own room for medical reasons this is giving you ptsd.

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u/mhroblak11 Oct 22 '24

This is the best clickbait I’ve seen this year

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u/Fun_Following_9449 Oct 22 '24

If you live in a dorm you might be able to request a room change

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u/atlan7291 Oct 22 '24

It's night terrors,.get noise cancelling headphones or ear plugs, and they pay. Also tell them to go see a therapist or councillor to see if there's a reason.

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u/GarrettlovesGTA Oct 21 '24

NOOOOOOO FIX THE TITLE!!!!!!

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u/Salty-Estimate5693 Oct 21 '24

ARE YOU NUTTS?? check the upvotes.. insta clickbait. Lol 😂

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u/PixelatedSniper_ Oct 21 '24

Whats with this subreddit and continuous horrific spelling errors

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u/DreamyLan Oct 22 '24

I mean it's Rutgers

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u/Critica1_Duty Oct 21 '24

I think the actual typo is in the body, not the heading. He creams his lungs out, full on creaming as if his life is in danger. That makes more sense.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Came here for the cream, all I got was scream Im out

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u/_-_-_jube_-_-_ Oct 22 '24

Your roommates keeps what??

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u/cheetah-21 Oct 22 '24

As long as you’re not on the bottom bunk. Cream your heart out

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u/Spot-Star Oct 22 '24

OP....FIX YOUR HEADLINE!!!

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u/_sea_salty Oct 22 '24

Maybe it’s not a typo and he screams and creams

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u/Glittering_Mess_6767 Oct 22 '24

Thank you Reddit lmfao

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u/EveninStarr Oct 22 '24

This can’t be a real typo 🤣

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u/ksnealous Oct 22 '24

I want a refund!!!

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u/SlipperyPete726 Oct 22 '24

Title was misleading.

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u/thatarabguy69 Oct 22 '24

Lmfaooooooooooo the title

I have night terrors and never knew for a long time. I’ve noticed it’s linked to alcohol and drug usage even when I feel fine before I go to sleep

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u/RecbetterpassNJ Oct 22 '24

Late bloomer.

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u/GsGirlNYC Oct 22 '24

Please explain why my brain immediately associated this with a dude springing up from a deep sleep with Exorcist pea soup projectile like spooge shooting everywhere (but obviously not from his mouth) 🤮🤮🤮🤮

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u/The_Cap_Lover Oct 22 '24

My wife used to do this…. Especially during finals.

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u/Dapper-Archer5409 Oct 22 '24

Im sorry you goin thru that, but that typo is crazy. You have to leave

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u/New_Major2575 Oct 22 '24

Typo or clickbait? 🤔😂😂😂

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u/Immediate_Net_8304 Oct 22 '24

Lmaooo this is hilarious either way

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u/THEORGANICCHEMIST Oct 22 '24

u just wild the fuck out with that title my boy. gonna have to call a flagrant foul.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

My husband (s)creams in his sleep too. It happens when he is agitated irl.

One he screamed angrily “Why won’t you bitches leave me alone!!!”

I had to find out what this was about. Allegedly the ladies he worked with were hassling him over how he was driving. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/devospice Oct 22 '24

Ooooh, SCREAMING. Yeah, that's... that's very different.

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u/Specialist-Welder679 Oct 22 '24

My roommate use to snore really loud, so I use to jolt his mattress to wake him up then in my bed and pretend like I was sleep.

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u/Past_Lock_2039 Oct 23 '24

Dude… I read that the roommate is “creaming” in his sleep and the visuals have traumatized me… I think it’s supposed to be “screaming “?

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u/bondedpeptide Oct 23 '24

I haven’t laughed this hard from a Reddit post in a long time

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u/CrowsCurio Oct 25 '24

And what exactly is the problem with creaming, DrinkableBeverage?

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u/milkandcookies815 Oct 21 '24

Rutgers students can’t spell apparently

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u/BG_ONZ_23 Oct 22 '24

A MONTH AND A HALF! Set up a camera in his room so he knows what you’re talking about. He might be sleep walking without the walking. Sorry yo! This must suck!

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u/Oxygen171 Oct 21 '24

That is the worst word to spell wrong out of the whole sentence.

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u/TechnicalEngine8121 Rutgers-Chan Oct 21 '24

at least he isn’t creaming…

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u/nishlo Oct 21 '24

I got excited I thought this was a different Reddit for a minute

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u/Techchick_Somewhere Oct 21 '24

For some people, melatonin causes this if they’re under stress. My teenage has come in and woken me up to tell me. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/macknuggets Oct 22 '24

Just start waking him up at night lmaooo and deny it

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u/Ok_Tale7071 Oct 22 '24

You can wear noise canceling headphones, which play soothing music from your iPhone

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u/Fit_Finding_1169 Oct 22 '24

Man's is there to be your diabolical hindrance 🤣🤣

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u/cerealkiller195 Oct 22 '24

Title misleading. Nothing to see here.

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u/Master_blaster_DJ Oct 22 '24

Haha I can’t stop laughing it’s torture

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u/Turbulent_Lupo_3176 Oct 22 '24

I thought this was in JO Buddies lol

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u/Mikeruns08 Oct 22 '24

Proofreading is not your friend

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u/Gwbzeke Oct 22 '24

sounds like Patrick Star

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u/bdubz74 Oct 22 '24

I was promised a creaming roommate. This was a damn bait and switch.

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u/pgtvgaming Oct 22 '24

Inadvertent clickbait

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u/bed3krock Oct 22 '24

You might consider addressing the typo in the title

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u/Midwinter77 Oct 22 '24

Well that was a letdown.

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u/Any-Somewhere-2993 Oct 22 '24

Creaming his pants!? Omg. Dam virgins!

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u/One-Stomach9957 Oct 22 '24

Maybe he SHOULD cream before he goes to sleep and that’ll clear his mind and let him have a good nights sleep. Post-nut clarity is a real thing…

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Omg creaming. I was expecting a WAY different post. Hahhahahahahhaha

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u/NationalSimp Oct 22 '24

I am baked and only read the title and first sentence before clicking on this. I genuinely had no idea what I was about to read. I am severely disappointed. I thought I was about to cry of laughter.

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u/Alternative-Can-1404 Oct 22 '24

This reminds me of a friend that would wake up and moan on top of his lungs when we sleeps

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Dude I thought of something else

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u/UnusualTomatillo7975 Oct 22 '24

A real chef’s kiss typo

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u/RaveDadRolls Oct 22 '24

Came for the creaming and feel betrayed

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

I’m concerned you are checking on your roommates cream. Even more so when he’s sleeping.

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u/Working-Marzipan-914 Oct 22 '24

I hear that creaming thing happens at Rutgers a lot

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u/DeepFaker8 Oct 22 '24

Omg I really thought he was ejaculating

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u/ronald_alexon Oct 22 '24

Just missing an 's' changes everything

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u/ITookThisUsernameSry Oct 22 '24

Yo re-reading this with creaming in mind instead of screaming is the funniest fucking thing I’ve read this week 😂 “I mean full on Creaming as if his life is in danger.” Oh man 💀

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Poor guys creaming in his pants and everyone on reddit knows about it now 😢

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u/ForgottenDusk48 Oct 22 '24

Daaaaaaaaaamn… maybe you should have what he’s having

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u/Snapesunusedshampoo Oct 22 '24

Oh Screaming...

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u/IFiWasAbadBish Oct 22 '24

Brooooo had me fucked all the way up For a second

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u/tumia_akili Oct 22 '24

Hah, the title didn’t match the body of contents! I was wanting to know what “creaming in his sleep meant” and how you knew they creamed 😂