Some houseguests arrive with flowers, others with a suitcase of demands. The childhood pal of a brand-new driver lands firmly in the second group. Twelve months of warning produced zero planning, so when the pal shows up the same week the homeowner’s mother faces risky surgery, chaos moves in. The friend insists on free airport …
Seguir leyendo ‘I feel like I have no peace in my own home’: Host refuses to accommodate freeloading friend who arrives for a 13-day visit, demanding airport pickup, daily rides, free meals, and control of every shared space
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‘He’s not on the lease, doesn’t pay rent [but] I wake up he’s in the kitchen, I get home from work he’s on the couch’: Roommate’s boyfriend moves in rent-free and quickly takes over the apartment, forcing fed-up housemate to demand he move out
They say you can’t choose family, but that’s not the only thing you can’t choose because none of us would choose to live together with some random person, their boyfriend, and unacceptable dishes and laundry habits. In this lovely living situation, your rent covers not only your own misery but also the silent audition of …
Seguir leyendo ‘He’s not on the lease, doesn’t pay rent [but] I wake up he’s in the kitchen, I get home from work he’s on the couch’: Roommate’s boyfriend moves in rent-free and quickly takes over the apartment, forcing fed-up housemate to demand he move out
Friend group’s annual cabin trip spirals into drama when newcomer boyfriend Ed demands the master bedroom that a couple had paid extra for, ruins the vacation until he gets it: ‘Ed said he didn’t feel comfortable in open spaces and insisted on the master’
Look, I don’t want to be ageist or anything, but your late twenties are the golden hour for growing weary of «quirks» in the friend group, prime time for developing rare allergies to drama, posturing, and any new guy who thinks flexing his big boy muscles is a substitute for basic decency, especially on someone …
Seguir leyendo Friend group’s annual cabin trip spirals into drama when newcomer boyfriend Ed demands the master bedroom that a couple had paid extra for, ruins the vacation until he gets it: ‘Ed said he didn’t feel comfortable in open spaces and insisted on the master’