Moving in with another couple....
By juliemarie84
@juliemarie84 (642)
United States
June 4, 2007 10:39pm CST
I have a guy friend that is considering moving in with one of his buddies. They will be getting a 2 bedroom apartment. The roommate's girlfriend MIGHT be moving in with him but that's not for certain yet. The thing is, the future roommate and his girlfriend broke up until she can get her act together. She's 19 and pretty immature. He's unsure about putting her on the lease in the first place because of their relationship. I went to look at some apartments with them and the guy said, "and she might be on the lease." every time they spoke with a manager.
A different friend of mine said that to move in with another un-married couple (especially one that openly fights constantly even when they're visiting and spending nights over at other people's house) that he'll be completely miserable living with that couple.
Does anyone have any experience or opinions about this? Is this suicide? I mean, the guy is super nice but his "girlfriend" / "ex" or whatever is all ready making rules about the apartment like "No cats allowed" ect and she's not even for sure going on this lease. I would find it weird if I was a guy sharing a bathroom with my guyfriend's girlfriend as well. This is just my opinion, but was wanting to hear yours.
If anyone had good experiences moving in with another young, unmarried couple mention that too. I wanna hear both sides of things.
2 responses
@coolseeds (3919)
• United States
5 Jun 07
The only way someone can make rules is if they pay their share of the rent.
If I was the guy and the girl was allergic to cats... I would have 7. =) That should keep her away. Just to make sure I would get a rabbit too. And lets not forget about hang out in my underwear.
He can manage it if he has some balls about it. A friend of mine wanted me to share a house with him but when I said his girlfriend which was an ex at the time could not stay there he lost the idea.
It is also how his friend is going to act. Such as move his girlfriend in and eat all of your food.
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@juliemarie84 (642)
• United States
5 Jun 07
I agree. Unless she's paying her equal share she should have really no say. Just because she's mooching off other people and living there doesn't mean she's queen-bee.
@inallduetime (741)
• United States
5 Jun 07
My opinion on this is, the bills should all be divided up among the number of people living in the residence. It doesn't matter if they are a couple, if they are a couple that is fine but the bills should be divided up among all parties.
This is the biggest problem in situations such as this, is the couple thinks they should only pay "their" share once. When in fact, the bills should be split in order to be fair. I have seen this happen before and it happen to me.
I would advise anyone to lay down the law going in and establish some ground rules regarding bills and other responsibilites early.
Keep up posted....
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@juliemarie84 (642)
• United States
5 Jun 07
Yeah from the sounds of it they would only be splitting the bill like 1/2 so like if the rent was like $900, the guys would pay $450 each and the girl wouldn't. I told him that if there's 3 living there, it should be split 3 ways so like everyone pays $300... but then there's the argument of, "well they'd be sharing a room."
The girl doesn't go to school and doesn't have a job. Supposidly she'd be getting one. But others have told me the big reason she's pushing on living there and getting on the lease was to make it harder for her to get dumped cause she'd be living there. I think she's very insecure and it's a very shakey relationship. =/
