Friday, January 30, 2009

Personal troubles

So my roomates and I are having a problem coming to an agreement on how to split the rent and bills of our new palce. The biggest issue is that one of my roomates wants to have her boyfriend live in our apartment in her room. But that would be her and her boyfriend would only be paying half of what we have to pay because they are sharing a room. My problem is that she is choosing to have less space by having him live there so why should she get to be compensated with the price. It just doesnt seem fair that we have to pay twice as much as they do to live in the same place. I do understand their viewpoint but its just hard for me to get around.
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. StevenJanuary 30, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    I know what you're talking about. A friend of mine actually went through a similar situation with one of her roommates. My advice is this: don't let her do it. First of all, everyone is then being cheated as far as price (except those 2) and this will cause resentment and an increasing amount of problems between your roommate and everyone else. Unless they are willing to split the price for rent evenly among EVERYONE, you should not allow it to happen. Especially in situations like boyfriend/girlfriend...it may seem permanent or long-standing but with a connection that unofficial, at any time and for any reason they may split up. Then there's just that much more drama for you and your roommates.

    I guess my point is this: if there is no way to get the boyfriend to NOT live with you, resplit the price so everyone, including each of them, has to pay the same price. But you all would probably be better off with him just not living there at all.

    ReplyDelete
  2. NadieaFebruary 4, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    thanks for the advice, he isnt going to be living with us

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)