Irresponsible woman asks her roommate to cover her rent because she spent her money on concert ticks, friends say she needed to go for her mental health: ‘I don’t want to be someone’s safety net when they make poor choices.’

Roommates can either be a saving grace or a pain in the tuchus. If you have a responsible roommate who pays their rent on time, cleans up after themselves, and is friendly but not too friendly, you will probably feel pretty good about the arrangement. If you’re the roommate who sends the collective money to …
Seguir leyendo Irresponsible woman asks her roommate to cover her rent because she spent her money on concert ticks, friends say she needed to go for her mental health: ‘I don’t want to be someone’s safety net when they make poor choices.’

38-year-old daughter refuses to let 65-year-old father move into purpose-built in-law apartment because of childfree stepmom: ‘They joked about kids being ungrateful, expensive, needy’

Rebuilding a life after a divorce is often difficult. The relationship that a person most likely thought was going to be forever didn’t work out, and now they have to figure out how to make things work without it. Assuming they want another partner, they have to experience all the drama of the dating game …
Seguir leyendo 38-year-old daughter refuses to let 65-year-old father move into purpose-built in-law apartment because of childfree stepmom: ‘They joked about kids being ungrateful, expensive, needy’

Married couple asks their 30-year-old roommate to leave the apartment for a week so they can have a «staycation» while their kid is at his grandparents: ‘They want me to stay at their parent’s house’

Most people have roommates during a very particular time in their lives. College students have to share a room with a complete stranger in their first year. This person will either be their future best friend, a fatal enemy, or a distant memory. In later collegiate years, having roommates not only makes your off-campus apartment …
Seguir leyendo Married couple asks their 30-year-old roommate to leave the apartment for a week so they can have a «staycation» while their kid is at his grandparents: ‘They want me to stay at their parent’s house’

34-year-old homeowner refuses to let his brother’s family of 5 live with him after they got foreclosed on, brother refuses offers to stay with their parents: ‘They don’t want to live by my parents’ rules.’

Single people are so disrespected in society. No piece of art embodies that idea better than season 6, episode 9 of S*x and the City. In this episode, Carrie goes to a party at a no-shoes household. When she goes to leave, she finds that her $400 shoes have been stolen from the pile of …
Seguir leyendo 34-year-old homeowner refuses to let his brother’s family of 5 live with him after they got foreclosed on, brother refuses offers to stay with their parents: ‘They don’t want to live by my parents’ rules.’

‘No, I like my space’: 26-year-old brother refuses to let his older sister crash at his place rent-free after she spends years insulting his apartment

Did you ever share a room with your sibling?  I shared a room with my sister for almost my entire adolescence. At first, when we were kids, it was amazing! My best friend slept a few feet from me and I was never alone. Then, as we got older, suddenly our little shared room started …
Seguir leyendo ‘No, I like my space’: 26-year-old brother refuses to let his older sister crash at his place rent-free after she spends years insulting his apartment

Boyfriend refuses to cover full rent after his 27-year-old girlfriend quits her job out of the blue and doesn’t try to find another one: ‘She got upset, saying I should want to help her because we’re a team’

The number one thing you never want to hear from your roommate is, «I quit my job out of the blue today!» It would be a totally different situation if they got laid off or fired, because then at least they might have some severance or be able to collect unemployment. It is also totally …
Seguir leyendo Boyfriend refuses to cover full rent after his 27-year-old girlfriend quits her job out of the blue and doesn’t try to find another one: ‘She got upset, saying I should want to help her because we’re a team’

Woman gets roasted for having male guest to her apartment, criticizing him for complimenting her furnishings: ‘Dudes need a mommy to take care of them their whole lives’

I have long reviled the commonly uttered sentence «it’s not that deep». It is the kind of thing that people say when somebody else says something that comes dangerously close to the kind of critical thinking that might make them question things that they don’t want to question, and besides, almost everything is deep in …
Seguir leyendo Woman gets roasted for having male guest to her apartment, criticizing him for complimenting her furnishings: ‘Dudes need a mommy to take care of them their whole lives’

Daughter demands inheritance after mom leaves everything to neighbor instead: ‘I never expected me to be the only person who Valorie left in her will’

We could all use a little bit of an inheritance in our lives. And with the economy today, we could really use a little… like, right now. You could end up as one of the lucky ones who inherits a fortune, or you could get stuck with a distant relative’s antique spoon collection. But what’s …
Seguir leyendo Daughter demands inheritance after mom leaves everything to neighbor instead: ‘I never expected me to be the only person who Valorie left in her will’

‘I don’t appreciate randos at my house’: Woman house-sitting for free lets friend inside for 5 minutes to pick up food, homeowner freaks out on her

House-sitting for someone else can be a tricky job. If they’re chill, then you’re chill. You can relax and not worry about if they’re going to notice that you moved one of their forks. But some folks are weird about their dwellings. They’re protective over their spaces, whether they know how to enforce that well …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t appreciate randos at my house’: Woman house-sitting for free lets friend inside for 5 minutes to pick up food, homeowner freaks out on her

27-year-old man allows mom to temporarily stay in apartment he pays one third of the rent for, girlfriend protests when she’s still there 6 months later: ‘She is constantly giving me a hard time’

Sometimes when somebody gets into a relationship, the biggest challenge isn’t living with the other person, but living with their family. Dealing with in-laws has been the issue that breaks up many otherwise stable connections, and it is not difficult to see why. It can be a shock to the system when you think that …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old man allows mom to temporarily stay in apartment he pays one third of the rent for, girlfriend protests when she’s still there 6 months later: ‘She is constantly giving me a hard time’