Roommate Question: Can she do this?!?

Can she do this to me?! My roommate recently financed a used truck and just today got back from a 2 week cruise. She's on this kick live life like today is the last day thing cause she had a friend die. Well, anyway I wrote her this email while she was gone. Good news is! Remember how I wanted to ask my boss to borrow money to pay off my truck payment? Well I finally did it, and he said yes! BUT he only loaned me half of it. So, I have to make payments to my boss to pay him back, and I have to make payments to the truck to pay off the balance. I figured out all my bills and at the bare minimum, I have 395 left over every month. My boss is getting 200/month, and the truck people want 247/month. It's a little bit over my budget but I can make it work by giving myself less spending money, and living very frugally. I will have everything paid off by April, 2010. Debt-free by my 30th birthday! So that's the good news! On to the bad news. I'm going to ask you to take the cable box out of my room, maybe the TV, too. Cutting out the Direct TV bill will help me to come up with that little bit of money that I'm short. And I haven't even figured in the cleaning lady at all. I'm not going to be able to pay for her anymore. I'll be more than happy to do the cleaning myself! Actually last night I did the bathroom tub and sink, tonight I'm sweeping and mopping, and I'm going to clean out the refrigerator. I think having the TV gone will be a good thing for me because I'll less distracted and be able to study better. We can plan it out so it's the end of the billing cycle, and I'll of course pay the following bill. Hope you're having fun! I'm super excited that I'm finally getting this debt taken care of and my ex now has NO reason to bother me! Yay! Ok, so that's the end of my email.This is what I got in reply: I sympathize and understand what you're going through because I also am going through tough times with my expenses as well. I need someone who can help me more financially than less, therefore, I decided that in order for me to catch up with my expenses and climb out of debt, I would have to raise what I'm asking in rent for the room. At this point, I need someone who is financially able to pay more a month, so that I won't have to struggle with carrying such a heavy financial burden. I realize that this this would hard for you to fit into ur budget, so I understand completely if you have to look for another place. Well, talk more when u come home. Okaaay so wtf is this?! She wants me to become a part of her income? What do I do? Just because she's living beyond her means does that mean I should have to help her live her lavish life style? I'm trying to get out of debt by cutting costs! I'm so mad. No, I'm not on the lease. Thanks everyone for your support I am so distraught over this! No, I cannot find this anywhere else. She found the apartment at a great price because she is friendly with the landlord. But everything happens for a reason. I hope she can't find a roommate in time to help her with bills, and I hope that they are the worst roommate ever who trashes the house and never pays bills on time just like herself! Ha! Everyone please feel free to email me because I'd love to talk about it some more. On a happier note, my boyfriend of 2 years has agreed to look for an apartment with me, I've been trying to get him to move out for the longest! Maybe it was God's will?

5 months ago - 8 answers