i would leave.
i would say "you got drunk, deal yourself."
this is also probably why when my best friend and i roomed together in college, we stopped being friends. she didn't like me spending a lot of time with my boyfriend, and when i tried to talk to her, she'd ignore.
finally i just called and said "i'm moving out, you've been ridiculous."
and... now we dont talk.

I'm personally a weakling for these kind of things, so I'd feel bad, but at the same time, I'm not one for missing work. I'd (hopefully) straight out tell her, I have to go to work, I have to make my money to pay these bills, I can call her every hour but that's about it. Sometimes with roommates and especially if they have been doing what this girl has been doign I get very annoyed and that might be the morning/early morning that I just lay out tell her what's been goign on lately. Like the situation states, she's probably drunk and won't remember me saying any of the things I say in the morning anyways.

I'd just try to tell her in a "friendly" tone to get her act together. My question is, Why would I live with someone that i'm not close with? This is why some people have screwed up roommates. They don't think properly before they act!

I wouldn't skip work to stay with her, but maybe check up on her during my lunch hour and bring her some soup. When she feels better i'll address all those issues. I've had an inconsiderate roommate before (she ate all my food and then waited weeks to replace it, took all my tupperware to her boyfriend's house until one day it was all gone, left her dog in the apartment while she would be at her bf's place, do laundry at 3 am, come back to the apartment with her friends at 3 am and start cooking garlicky stuff for them at that hour...) so yeah, I wouldn't want to deal with somebody like that again. That's why I live alone now, and I love it!

Find a new roomate. She is pathetic.

I would take her to the doctor/emergency room to get her checked out. If they give her the all clear, I'd go to work.

Who knows? She says she feels different, she could have been slipped something while she was out partying. Some blood work will be able to tell if something's up. I wouldn't leave her alone in that situation. Just because she's always out partying, doesn't mean something isn't desperately wrong this time.

And if she's just being a baby, she won't ask to be coddled next time, knowing she'll just get taken to the doctor.

i'm sorry - how old is she again? if i got sick, i wouldn't ask her to stay home and take care of me. i'm an adult, i can take care of myself and she should be able to do so as well. she obviously has an issue with acting like an adult so why should i reinforce her immature behaviour? i may bring home soup and 7-up but that's about all she gets.

ignore her and tell her that she has 3 days to get her sh*t out. done, son!

I would tell her that I had something really important that I had to get taken care of at work. But that I would keep checking in on her and if she still didn't feel better once I was done, I would come home. Then depending on what I thought about her situation and how severe it was the next day would decide if I would come home or not. But most likely my project would keep me exhaustingly busy all day.

Good thing I live alone.

I'm a softie so I would make sure she has soup, crackers, some movies, and a pitcher of water and tell her I'd see her when I get home from work.

I'd take the sick day if I was really her only option, and see if I could work from home or come in late if she's really fine. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I'd feel terrible if I left someone that had alcohol poisoning and really needed watching after. The next day we'd be doing some serious talking.

OMG - that girl in the picture's lipstick is HORRIBLE

lemme rephrase that:

that girl's lipstick in the picture is HORRIBLE!

(better!)

I'd tell her to call her mommy and then go to work.

I'd go to work, but I'd probably make sure she was comfortable and come home on my lunch break to see how she was, and probably call her a few times during the day. And when I got home, if she was still really sick I'd take her to the hospital to get checked out. Then we'd have a serious talk about her actions, and how if she doesn't clean up her act, she'd looking for a new place to live.

Tell her to grow the hell up and that if she can't handle her alcohol and doesn't know her limits...then maybe she shouldn't drink and should start looking for a new place to live! I have no patience with immaturity like that!!

I would make sure her hair was out of her face (in case she gets sick again) & make sure the phone is close by (on the off chance that she needs an ambulance!). Then, I would go to work & check on her later.

In a few days, after she's fully recovered, we would be having a serious talk about the future of her roommate status.

I'd probably offer to bring her to the ER if she's THAT sick. If she's not that sick, then I'll just tuck her in, give her medication and soup.
The leave for work, and promise to call once or twice, and then promise to bring her something yummy from a restaurant.

Then, after she got better, a few days later, I'll give her 30-day-notice. That's why I NEVER had a roommate when I started to live in an apartment. I CAN'T handle sh!t like that.

Considering the amount of partying, I wouldnt feel too sorry for her- I would leave her with water and something to eat, go to work, call to check on her a few times throughout the day and when I came home I would bring her a home pregnancy test just to be sure there wasnt some sort of REALLY unexpected partying side effect going on (speaking as someone who had a roommate whose drunken make up sex with a new boyfriend led to a baby).
There would also be a SERIOUS talk when I got home.

gooniette~ i agree! call you mommy!

I am so glad i don't have a roomate (does my husband count?)

I have no compassion for drunk people that are "sick". I know that's mean but i don't drink and i don't like being around people who are drunk (that's what happens when you grow up with 2 alcoholic parents)

This is why i don't do roommates!

where does DearSugar get these questions from???

roll that heffa in her bed, but a bottled water and some soda on her night-stand, and let her sleep it off. that's about how much i'll do for her.

LOL^^^

Sure, everyone has had a bit too much to drink at one time or another (unless you don't drink at all). but after a certain age ( you know, when you GROW UP), you know your limitations and you handle your liquor like a lady, not a tramp.

I would tell her that if she's THAT sick...then I would call her an ambulance. If you were to buckle down and take care of her, then she would expect that to happen every time she came stumbling through the door.

I HAVE this roommate. And she's been there for me when I had to go the ER for actual sickness. I'd at least stay an hour or two to make sure she's okay. How awful would it be if you up and left her and she truly needed someone? Better safe then sorry and I'm never in THAT big of a rush to get to work anyway

I'd go to work, but I'd call her a couple times to make sure she's alive. if we had some mutual friends, I'd ask them to call her, too.
But there is no way in hell I would call out of work to play mommy to a drunk. put your big girl pants on, sista.

I would just make sure she had some soup and 7-Up and head to work. Plus she should be a professional drinker by this point and know what she needs to do to feel better!

Sounds like you live in ya'lls home town. If she needs someone to take care of her, tell her to call her mom. Then, suggest that she stop wasting her bill on money on alcohol and the bar scene.

first of all, I don't think I could ever room with someone I wasn't already super close or best friends with. because then it's just an awkward living situation. secondly, assuming she's old enough to be a roomie, she doesn't need me to "take care" of her. what I'd urge her to do is call the doctor immediately and try to schedule an appointment. but I definitely wouldn't miss work for that.

God, I don't miss having a roommate...

Oh wow, no thank you. I've heard of these type of nightmare roommates from my American friends. I on the other hand, had six awesome and considerate roommates. Again, maybe it's a cultural thing since we were all from Japan. *shrugs*

No way. It's her own fault. If she really feels bad you can call 911 and send her in an ambulance and then call her parents. She may whine that she doesn't have the money to pay for the ER or the ambulance, but then she should have thought of that before she drunk herself into a stupor.

No way would I waste a sick day on someone who made themselves sick by too much drinking. I must sound harsh, but growing up with an alcoholic parent, I think I've become hardened to substance abusers. It's hard for me to pity them. Plus - what about when YOU need your sick days because you have the flu and you have none left to take? You'll have to take an unpaid day at work, and then you'll be resentful.

And if you ask me, you need a new roommate. This was my roommate - and former best friend since 7 yrs old - a few years ago. (She did some even worse things actually and still owes me several thousand dollard.) Sadly we no longer have a relationship. We might have still if I hadn't been such a doormat and moved out sooner, but I didn't and she treated me too badly and with too little remorse that our relationship couldn't be repaired.

Hahah, okay, take her to the ER at 3am, get the bloodwork done, then when it turns out she's just a drunk idiot, dump her, hangover and all on the way home, she is an awful roommate. If she is throwing up, she has some degree of alcohol poisoning, I didn't realize this in college, but you are NOT supposed to be drinking to the point of throwing up, but that is her own fault that she got so sick.

Take the morning off, and sleep in, but sleep well knowing her pathetic butt will be out of your life.

"Sweetie, I'm sorry, but I can't. I've got this huge presentation/meeting/whatever at work today and I just can't miss it. But, if you're really feeling that bad, I will take you to the hospital on my way in to work." If she's not feeling too bad, put her to bed with a cool cloth and a bucket nearby, and promise you'll bring her some ginger ale home and you'll rent a chick flick together and have a girl's night in.