His Roommate Expects Him To Pay More Money Towards Their Rent While Babysitting His Daughter For Free
This 22-year-old man’s roommate, 29, constantly expects him to watch his 5-year-old daughter.
Four months ago, before he moved in, he didn’t have a job and was at risk of homelessness.
His roommate suggested that he move in with him and told him that he didn’t have to pay rent as long as he agreed to babysit his daughter while he went out drinking.
He agreed to this arrangement and moved in with him, but it quickly turned into him taking care of his roommate’s daughter way more often than he originally expected.
A least five days out of the week, he babysits his roommate’s daughter at least three hours a day, and sometimes even overnight into the next morning or later into the afternoon.
“This childcare is always free, and I always sleep on the couch or an air mattress as I don’t have a room of my own,” he said.
He buys his own groceries, and he has recently begun contributing money to utilities.
Not long ago, he got a job.
Unfortunately, he is often late to work because his roommate still expects him to babysit, and he is often late to relieve him so that he can make it to his job on time. His roommate constantly leaves him with his daughter overnight, even though this makes it difficult for him with his new job.
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“He complains all the time about me not giving him more money, but the way I see it, the childcare is worth way more than what rent would cost, just for myself,” he explained.
His roommate now seems to expect him to contribute more money to rent and expenses, but in his view, this doesn’t make sense because he only asked him to move in with him because he needed someone to take care of his daughter when he was gone.
In January or February, he’s hoping to have a place to move to so that he won’t have to endure this current living situation anymore, but for now, he has to figure out a way to cope with things and still remain civil with his roommate.
Then, his roommate said that since he has a job now, he wants him to contribute $200 per week, plus money to go toward utilities, while continuing to frequently babysit his roommate’s daughter for free.
“He told me I could move a bed into the child’s room since she sleeps with him. In my opinion, it’s weird to be having a grown man sleeping in the same room as your own child, let alone daughter,” he shared.
While he doesn’t mind contributing to the rent, he doesn’t think it’s fair that he has to continue babysitting his roommate’s daughter.
Plus, he believes that if he is going to be paying $800 per month in rent, the least he should expect from his roommate is his own bedroom rather than sharing a room with his roommate and his roommate’s daughter.
Apparently, his roommate’s daughter doesn’t even use her designated bedroom.
What would you do if you were in his shoes?
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