windsparrow -
she is rather hoping to learn from others' experience.
thanks so much for pointing her in our direction!
laga - your roommate agreed to pay a certain portion of the bills. You should not have to play mind games to get it. That's their issue. Not yours.
Baltimore-bound tomorrow, but just for the day. Early train - which = not enough coffee in the world (which I will promptly spill all over myself, so I should probably wear dark clothes).
Happy birthday, Lillian!!!
Oh yeah, Happy Birthday, Squeak! (And belateds to all I've missed in the last month)
You still can't afford to pay your share? I'm so sorry. So how is your progress in finding a less expensive place to live going, cause I can't afford to carry your share
I completely agree. Because seriously, none of his business whether you've got $10K in the bank or are flat broke. As long as you're paying YOUR portion of the bills.
I still have bad memories of the night they came to turn off the cable RIGHT BEFORE Buffy started. And my roommate and I (we had a third roomie, who hadn't been paying the cable bill) had to scramble around and give the guy a check right then and there.
Also, to go back to where we started, I don't think the dynamic of asking a friend for money they owe and asking a roommate to cough up his share of the bills is remotely the same. The correct number of times to ask for that is exactly as many as it takes, in as irritating a fashion as needed.
The correct number of times to ask for that is exactly as many as it takes, in as irritating a fashion as needed.
Although it's considered polite to ask one last time before releasing the rabid weasels....
Although it's considered polite to ask one last time before releasing the rabid weasels....
"Release the Richard Simmons robot."
My brother's friends would occasionally drive around town shouting "Release Davros!"
waves to meara who should be awake. Oh blessed iPhone, you bring me bitches on commuter rail.