Rent Free Roommates

The Pains of Womanhood

It's hard being a woman, especially in a country that just keeps showing you how much they hate women. But we digress. Ladies, Theydies and people with a uterus, never stop ranting about your period, but definitely stop apologizing for it. Also realizing all friends aren't necessarily forever is always painful, that one I guess isn't woman exclusive. But it still hurts. As always we are here to support you, to listen, to share. We will get through this difficult time together. But pace yourself, we all deserve time to grieve what could have been. If you or someone you know is in crisis or struggling with their mental health, especially in the wake of the election, there are resources:Suicide and Crisis Lifelinedial 988 or visit www.988lifeline.org to chat with someone online
The Trevor Projectfor LGBTQIA+ youthCall 1-866-488-7386 or visit www.thetrevorproject.org for gender-affirming and queer-friendly support.
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
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The Memories, The Nightmares, The Trauma

It's the most wonderful time of the yeeeear!! Happy spooky season to all who celebrate. The girls have had the decorations up for a month at this point, they've been waiting to talk spooky stuff with you roomies for sooooo looooong. Thank you to all the roomies who participated and shared their stories. Settle in for a nice, chill episode of reliving childhood trauma discussing the movies and random things that scared the shit out of us all as kids!
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors.
 
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Comin' Out of My Cage

"Oooh how it's been SO long, we're so sorry we've been gone! We were busy. . . . . . " We were just kind of busy. So sorry. But as always, we're so happy to be back and we've truly missed you so much. Lots to catch up on and lots to celebrate including the new roomies you'll hear from in this episode. Continuing to be a safe space for everyone, help us support these new roomies with some important, and exciting news, and a new relationship. 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors.
 
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Two Sides of the Same Coin

Hey sports fans! Um quick question, if we asked you to describe hibernation what would you say? Just wondering. While you think about that you can listen to these roomie's stories that happen to be opposing sides of very similar situations. Very "same issue, different font" if you will. Further proof you're never alone, I promise there's someone going through the same shit you're trying to navigate. We can learn from each other! 
 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors.
 
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Secondhand Embarrassment

We're more than a little embarrassed that we're getting this episode to you later than planned, but we're far from alone. We're piling on the secondhand embarrassment with a handful of stories from very brave roomies that were so vulnerable and made it through some tough situations. Hopefully they're laughing as hard as Abi and Bri are. We're laughing with you, never at you! love yoooouuuuus! And Happy New Year! 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors.
 
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My World’s on Fire, How ’Bout Yours?

Well, times are hard but that's what we have things like looking way too in depth into the realism of Home Alone for. We love escapism! This week we hear from two roomies who are struggling in their oen ways, but both are all too familiar to the girls. That's what we're here for though, right? To relate and commiserate, but mostly to support one another. 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music. 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors. 
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Back In The Habits

Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! This week we hear from a roomie on the road to creating a good habit, and another roomie who has fallen victim to a dating habit we can all relate to. But are you brave enough to take the chances this roomie did? Let's find out. 
 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors.
 
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What’s Keeping You Here?

This week we hear from two poor souls that are dealing with men, woof! The worst! But if you're a guy and you're listening to this podcast you're probably great, we appreciate your support. Join Abi and Bri as they quickly get heated while listening to the ridiculous hissy fits these boys throw. Listen ladies, you don't have to stay in anything any longer than you want to. Truly, what's keeping you here? And to the men who don't listen to "no", What's keeping you here?! We told you to LEAVE! hehe thanks for listening! Enjoy! 
 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
All stories and questions are read and produced with the consent of their individual authors.
 
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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween, Roomies!!! We hope you were able to stay warm and maybe still get some candy. The girls have been busy celebrating and continuing getting into the SPIRIT. . . . *wink*. We hope you enjoy hearing about some of the real stories that allegedly inspired some of the girls favorite and most unnerving shows and movies from their childhood. October may be over but spooky never stops. Not with these two. Don't forget to send in your own stories, spooky and otherwise.
 
Sources for used for this episode:
https://the-line-up.com/william-and-margaret-patterson
https://todaysfive.com/was-courage-the-cowardly-dog-based-on-a-true-story/
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/David_Parker_Ray 
https://thinkingaboutphilosophy.blogspot.com/2012/10/david-parker-ray.html
https://alexmatsuo.com/spooky-stuff-is-courage-the-cowardly-dog-based-on-a-true-story/
 
Special thanks to Rob Shepard for original music.
 
If you have a story or question you'd like read and answered on the podcast, email us at rentfreeroommates@gmail.com. Be sure to let us know if you would like your first name included or want to stay anonymous.
 
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Spooky Sleepover

BOO! They're bAAaaaack! Come on in roomies and make yourself comfortable. We hope you're ready for some scary stories. The weather is finally feeling like fall and Abi & Bri are ready to dive in head first. The girls had a lot of fun this time around and hope you do too with this very special spooky sleepover episode. Grab an Affy Tapple, popcorn, cider, and your comfiest pjs, lets get into to the stories. 
A huge thank you to you all for your patience and kind words in this tough time for Bri and her family. She can't thank you all enough for letting her be with her family when she needed to most. Thank you roomies! 
A very special thank you to Rob Shepard for the original and spooky music. And thank you as well to the following various creators for their music:  
Dark Forest by mcfunkypants 
Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ 
 
Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod | https://incompetech.com/
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Creative Commons Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 
Bittersweet  eerie horror vocals the siren  by Alesia Davina 
https://pixabay.com/music/horror-scene-bittersweet-eerie-horror-vocals-the-siren-142786/
crime city by univerfield
https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-crime-city-161861/
space storm by matthewmikecolemusic 
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-space-storm-145082/ 
mmm-Ominous by Nion_Official 
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-mmm-ominous-111728/
 
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