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A continuation of terribleness...
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A continuation of my wonderful roommate experience from this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/badroommates/comments/5sj87n/i_feel_like_im_being_taken_advantage_of_and_put/

So I spoke to my roommate about his girlfriend, saying she had until the end of March (a whole month and a half) to find a new place to live. A week later he drops a bomb on me saying that he put a down payment on a condo (it was actually his parents that did this) and that he'll be moving out sometime soon and find a replacement to sublet. I tell him that it says he can't sublet in the lease and he needs to talk to the owner about being able to do that. So I took the initiative to call the owner (cause I knew he wouldn't do it) and he said that he couldn't sublet, but if we found a suitable tenant that passed credit and background checks, then we could transfer the lease over. Meanwhile, I'm freaking out cause I don't know if I'll be able to find someone or if I'll have to find a new place to live and I don't want to break the lease two months in if I don't have to.

Over the next week, I reach out on Facebook and at my work to see if anyone is looking for a place. I get a couple responses from interested people and I send them a roommate questionnaire to fill out to see if they'd be a good match (courtesy of my lovely gf).

But here's where it gets even better! Monday, I get a message from him saying his gf will be moving out early March. Last night I decide to have a conversation with my roommate because I realized I don't have a move-in date for the new roommates, as he didn't tell me when he was going to move out. So I ask him, "Hey, have you spoken to the owner yet?". Of course the answer was "No, I text him, but I haven't heard back". I told him that I spoke to him and that the situation is that we have to find someone to replace him on the lease. I said I needed to know when he was planning on moving out because they would want to move in sooner than later. I asked if he'd be able to move out by the end of March, and he said that's probably doable.

Then I had the nerve of asking if his girlfriend found a place. He said yes, and that he thought it was very unfair of how I had been treating her. I was thinking "What!? You have got to be kidding me!" He went on about how she had built things and gotten furniture and cleaned the apartment for us and that I wasn't grateful for everything she had done. I said of course I'm grateful for it, but just because she does things for the apartment doesn't mean she then gets to live here. That when I agreed to be his roommate and sign the lease together, it was only supposed to be him and me. He really didn't seem get it and that's when I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't get it through his thick skull that she wasn't on the lease, I was nice enough to let her stay for not only two weeks, but almost 3 months, that they took advantage of my hospitality and generosity by not being considerate enough to keep me updated with what was going on and thinking that she could just move in. Then he tried the sob story that shes poor and has nowhere to go, that he'd be fine if I had my girlfriend or friends over all the time, etc. I just couldn't get him to understand its not the same and its not my responsibility to house her. Anyways, I just had to stop talking to him because at this point I kept repeating myself and was beating a dead horse.

I will be typing up a move-out agreement for him, which he will hopefully sign (wont hold my breath), but my recommendation to everyone who reads this is... MAKE A ROOMMATE AGREEMENT SO YOU DON'T GET SCREWED OVER! Thanks for taking the time to give me your sympathy and any input is appreciated! :)

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