Bed-Bug Hitch Hiker
My boyfriend and I moved into a cute little apartment together in south Florida. Shortly after, an older gentleman moved in next door. He initially seemed like a nice enough guy, but kind of lonely.
We invited him over for dinner once because we noticed he’d get take-out often, and we could tell he didn’t know how to cook. Biggest mistake of our lives. Well, apparently, he had bed bugs that hitched their way over and infested not only our apartment but multiple others in the complex.
The worst part is the guy knew about them, yet he made no efforts to treat the issue or get rid of them. We also later found out that he was a heavy drinker and I once had to call an ambulance after he lacerated his arm by punching out the windows of other units in the complex.
I spent the next three years constantly having to pay for repairs to my home and car, and I ended up throwing almost everything away and starting over because of him. Story credit: Reddit / (nymeria1031)