I had this one complaint that
started last year with my roommates that I have today. I am usually not one to
complain about something but this problem just had me confused and kind of mad.
Last year I had gone in on renting a house with 5 of my friends to live in for
this year. I went home for the summer so I could work and make money to pay for
my colleges expenses and so did 3 of my other roommates. The two roommates that
stayed up here were working in Duluth and living at the house for the summer. The
problem arose when they wanted the other 4 roommates that went home for the
summer including me to have to pay for utilities over the summer when we were
already paying for rent. I just thought it was kind of stupid because I was
paying for stuff that I wasn’t using. It wasn’t that big of a deal but I just didn’t
understand why they couldn’t just pay for the things they used when we weren’t even
living there. Also, some of the bills in for the utilities were just crazy for
only 2 people living there. The electric bill came to $63 for 1 month. I was a
little bitter about that because that is pretty high for two people. I asked
them why it was so high and they just said they must have left lights on or
something.
I’m not going to lie, at first I wanted to call them up right away
and tell them there was no way I was paying for that stuff but then my dad was
the one that talked some sense into me. He told me not to get in an argument
with them because it wasn’t worth the fight. I wanted to have a fun year this
year without any tension going into the year so I just bit my tongue and moved
on. Sometimes people just need to stop and think about what they are fighting
about. The small things that get people angry are not worth losing a friend or
messing up a relationship. So far I am having a very fun year and making lots
of memories with my roommates.
I'm impressed that your dad was the one to "talk you down" from your anger over this issue. In my mind, most dads would be indignant, too. Heck, I'm not even involved in this, yet I think your roomies were wrong to charge the rest of you.
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Thats a tough pickle to be in, I too would've been pretty irritated being told to pay when I wasn't living or getting anything out of it at the time. It is good that you were able to bite your tongue though because I'm sure it would've been tough going into this year with some unwanted tension with roommates.
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