Imagine signing a lease for a quiet, two-person space only to be told that your roommate’s moving her boyfriend and his two little kids in too. Would you be flexible, or put your foot down?
This woman lives with one roommate, and throughout the last year, things have been going great between them. They equally split the rent and work full-time jobs, and living together has been virtually stress-free.
But not too long ago, her roommate started dating a new guy, and their relationship moved like lightning. Her roommate recently said to her that she wants her boyfriend to sleep over at their apartment more, and then her plan is to have him move in with them.
“The issue is he has two kids, and she said they’d be around a lot too. This completely caught me off guard because when we moved in together, it was just supposed to be the two of us,” she explained.
“I didn’t sign up to live with a couple, let alone kids. I work a lot and really value having a quiet space when I’m home. I told her I wasn’t comfortable with that and that I don’t think it’s fair to suddenly change the living situation like that.”
“She got upset and said I’m being selfish and unsupportive of her relationship, and that I should be more understanding because it’s important to her.”
Since that conversation, the mood in their apartment has been extremely strained. She thinks her roommate is trying to turn her into the villain for wanting to stick to their original living arrangement.
She’s left wondering if she’s somehow wrong for not wanting her roommate’s boyfriend and kids to be living in their place alongside them.
I wonder if her roommate’s relationship moved so fast and in this direction because her boyfriend is about to be homeless and thinks this is the perfect solution.
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I would be furious if my roommate wanted to add a whole family to our place! It’s unreasonable for her roommate to think she can casually move three people in while expecting her to be cool with that.
What about the utility bills? Those are sure to go through the roof with all of the extra additions, and she will probably have to worry about them eating her food.
I think she should give her landlord a heads-up on this, because I highly doubt they will be open to having three more people in a space intended for two, and she might be able to use them as leverage to put a stop to her roommate’s boyfriend and two kids sliding in.
What do you think?
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