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My friend and roommate ditched me.


Question Posted Friday June 20 2014, 10:31 pm

I'm a 47 yo gf. My 41 yo close friend needed a place to stay, so we decided she would stay with me, paying half the rent. There was a problem w/her paycheck the first month, so I told her I'd cover and she could pay when she could. Well, that time never came. After 3 1/2 months she started seeing someone, and that person started staying over every single night. When I made a remark about her s/o paying rent, our whole relationship went south. 2 wks later she told me she was moving out. Well, she left, but left her stuff here and she still hasn't paid me. And now she hates me. We were great friends before all of this, and this breaks my heart, but I don't think I was wrong. Help?

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Additional info, added Friday June 20 2014, 10:40 pm:
I want to add that my friend has a history of not paying me back, and I knew and accepted this about her. I was really just upset that she moved this other woman in without talking to me first (and she was also living here for a month). We also spent significantly less time together as friends, and I was a little jealous of that, and it came out after some drinks one night, but I apologized immediately. It bothers me that the day she left, she promised to come back on the weekend to pay me and pick up her stuff and she has ignored all attempts to reach her since. I did write a couple of heartfelt letters, but she has completely turned her back on me. Should I write it off, or am I justified in asking for the money? She's going to want her stuff back eventually..

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xx-me-xx answered Sunday June 22 2014, 2:18 pm:
Hi!

I think you are totally entitled to asking for the rent money, heck! She should've offered to go 50/50 with all of the things she's using. (Electricity, food, and whatever else she may be using while staying with you.)

I understand she's your friend, but maybe that changed in these last months? If she doesn't respond in say, a few more weeks, just sell all her stuff. If she ever comes back for them, tell her you needed to pay rent.

Best of luck!

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