Am I overreacting to my roommate giving away my sticker collection?
This morning, I woke up to a knock on my door. It was one of the kids in our building, and she handed me a box and said "These are the ones I don't want." I was confused and when I opened the box, it was the remainder of my sticker collection that I had been working on for years. Vintage stickers, band srickers, anime stickers, and stickers from all my friends over the years. They were organized, and some were in sandwich bags for me to mail to my long-distance friends.
I had talked about giving some to the neighbor kids...but my roommate took that to mean...all of them. I am devastated. I ripped his head off...he apologized...but was mostly saying "you told me they were for the kids" which I never said. I said that I had to sort them out.
Some of them are irreplaceable, and I'm still so sad and angry. Am I overreacting?
Reddit consensus: NOT OVERREACTING (NOR) (100% confidence)
Top comment: “Nah NOR. Those weren’t just stickers, they were yrs of memories. Some of them are literally irreplaceable. Your roommate heard “I’ll give the kids some” and somehow got “give them EVERYTHING”, I’d be pissed too. Just make it clear he **doesn’t give away your stuff without asking**. Hopefully you can get most of it back.”
Notable comment: “NOR. They weren't your roommate's stickers to give away, and he deprived you of the actual act of giving them away. It was a bullshit move worthy of seeking a new roommate.”
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Originally shared by Coping_Alternative on r/AmIOverreacting on August 16th, 2026 at 1:32 PM UTC. Credit to u/We_aint_cool_ and u/jimmychitwood317 for the quoted comments.
