She Agreed To Share An Apartment With Her Disabled Friend, Then Ditched Her
A 25-year-old woman has a 28-year-old friend named Lea, and Lea is disabled. Lea heavily relies on her wheelchair to move around, and despite her disability, she has a job, a car, and can independently live her life.
Any time that Lea has asked for her help, she has happily pitched in. A couple of months ago, Lea was curious to see if she would like to share an apartment with her since her lease wasn’t getting renewed.
She agreed to be Lea’s roommate, figuring she would be able to move into a larger place while not paying more rent since they would split their expenses.
“Of course, her mobility issues have to be taken into account, so we made a list of what both of us wanted/needed,” she explained.
“Most rental places are not made for wheelchair users. No surprises here, but what I was not expecting was how Lea kept changing her mind on what we agreed on (rent, neighborhoods).”
“Noting that I am the one contacting landlords and rental agencies, and doing most of the search. She lets me go and see places on my own by canceling last minute and then asks me to go again with her when the place is already rented.”
A second thing that she found irritating was that Lea suddenly insisted on her throwing out all of her furniture because Lea wanted to buy everything brand new for their place.
She didn’t want to throw out all of her belongings to get new ones since what she had was fine.
“It’s been exhausting, and I started to see how I would be expected to take care of everything, not just the chores she physically can’t do,” she said.
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Well, a week ago, something happened with Lea that made her realize that she needed to ditch her and their plans for being roommates.
She and Lea went to see an apartment that Lea shockingly liked, but there was one problem; the place only came with a single parking space, and they each have a car.
Lea just stated that she could drive her everywhere she needed to go, but she wasn’t ok with being turned into Lea’s personal driver.
She said nothing until they were done looking at the apartment, and when they were finished, she let Lea down as gently as she could, pointing out exactly why she could no longer move ahead with living with her.
“She ended up crying, telling me how awful it was to abandon her less than one month before she has no place to live, and that driving her was a logical thing to do for a friend,” she continued.
“I told her I was pissed because had I known that it would end up this way I would not have agreed in the first place and now I felt stuck because I already gave notice for my lease.”
Since that day last week, she quickly found a new roommate and a lovely apartment, but she’s left feeling guilty about Lea.
Right now, she knows Lea has nowhere to go, and she has not even 3 weeks to find something.
Should she feel bad about this?
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