Me (26/F) with my roommate (25/F). Her friend just got me a cease and desist and now I want her out.
Sorry in advance for errors. English is not my first language.
So a few months ago, my boyfriend, me, and a fellow roommate moved in together. I had only met her on Skype but since she was a friend of a mutual friend, I figured she would be alright. We all ended up being close friends and also work at the same company. While we were driving to work one day, she asked if a friend of hers could stay with us for a little bit. She was leaving a rough environment and wanted to get back on her feet. She said that she stayed past the month, she would pay her rent, though she doesn’t anticipate staying that long.
That was two weeks ago and it seems that nothing has changed. Now I understand it’s hard to find a job, especially where we live (Chicago), but I don’t think she has done anything. She just seems to go on the internet all day and watch movies and on the weekend, they just go shopping. My boyfriend has had this happen to him before where a person, who’s only staying for a week, ends up overstaying his welcome and never leaves and really wants to nip this in the bud or at least ask for a progress report. I agreed, but could never think of hard reasons for her to leave. Yes, she didn’t have a job yet, but wasn’t that normal?
However, a couple days ago, I got a cease and desist (Don’t know if that’s the right term) from our cable company. Apparently, she has been downloading illegal movies while she’s at home. That had me fuming because all the bills are under my name. That looks bad on me and not anyone else. I told my roommate about it and she said that she would tell her. No apologies on either end. I realized that that was the evidence I probably needed.
So here’s the problems I’m having:
- Not good with confrontation. Pretty shy myself and never really knew how to be taken seriously
- My boyfriend is also not on the lease. However, I told my roommate about him before we moved in together and she was cool about. He was able to find a job within a week of moving and was able to pay rent regardless. I just don’t want to seem hypocritical if I try to talk to her.
I can't help feel like a bitch for wanting her out. I feel like this was set up so I would feel bad because she most likely has nowhere to go. I’m thinking of waiting until the month is up to bring this up because I did agree on that, but is this enough evidence to wanting her to not be in our apartment?
TLDR- Roommate's friend has not been fulfilling her end of the bargain of looking for a job and I just found out I got a cease and desist because of her. Now I want her out, but I feel terrible doing it.
Posted Aug 12, 2015, 4:58 PM UTC