'You can't claim residence when you don't pay rent': Karen tenant refuses to pay rent, roommate submits paperwork to get her evicted

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    Font - Posted by u/Alarmed_Pilot_5802 13 hours ago I have a Karen as a roommate I share a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment with someone who gets triggered by the most minor things. She thrives on conflict. I do my best not to cause conflict, but that is nearly impossible with this 38-year-old woman
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    Font - who WFH. For example, she doesn't want me to be in the common area, such as the small outdoor patio, because she told me her stuff is there. She has a lot of stuff btw. She has so much stuff that she feels the need to put some of it in the living room and on the patio. She also told me she is a germaphobe. She doesn't want
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    Font - me to touch anything, such as the light switches and door knobs, or if I do, I need to wipe it down because she thinks my hands are gross and sweaty. Ok, whatever. As long as she is paying rent, I can tolerate it. This changed when she became a deadbeat. She said she would pay me sometime last week but hasn't. She actually needed to pay me on
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    Font - June 1st, but I made the mistake of trusting her. I am a bit frustrated. Not only at myself, but at her too. I already submitted paperwork to get her evicted. Today, I decided to sit in the living room. When roommate Karen arrived and saw me sitting near her stuff, she freaked out. She called me out and told me not to sit near her stuff. I asked her when she'll pay
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    Font - me back. She ignored me and walked into her room. Then 15-20 minutes later, she walked out while talking on the phone. I asked her again, and she ignored me. She walked around me to go outside to the patio and closed the sliding door behind her. I pretty much just chilled next to her stuff in front of the sliding door.
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    Font - When she came out of the patio, I decided to go out on the patio and close the sliding door behind me. After 20 minutes on the patio, I was dumbfounded that she hadn't tried to argue with me yet. That's when I caught a glimpse of her on the phone on the other side of the sliding glass patio doors,
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    Font - glancing at me and hearing her say, "he is sitting on the floor watching videos on his phone." I didn't think much of it. She was probably telling her friend how triggered she was, which is the reaction I wanted. She should know that I have a right to use this space.
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    Font - 10 minutes later, a female cop opened the sliding door. I was baffled. The cop asked me what was going on. I told her my roommate and I had some conflict on rent, and my roommate was mad that I was sitting on the patio. First, she told me my roommate can take a walk if she is trigged by me sitting on the patio. Second, she asked me if I was going
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    Font - through the legal process of kicking her out. I said yes and showed her the emails. She told me to sit tight, then walked back inside. I heard my roommate talking loudly. I couldn't make out what she was saying. Probably talking about how bad of a roommate I am.
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    Font - After 10 minutes, the same cop returned and told me my roommate was rambling about stuff. I just nodded and told her it doesn't surprise me. She went back inside. After 10 more minutes, the cop came back and told me they couldn't do anything and that this was a civil matter. We were told to avoid and not to talk to
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    Font - each other. Then they left. My roommate went to get her blood pressure checked by a paramedic. She later returns to her room to lament. Fuck you, Karen. I'll be sitting in the common area next to your stuff!
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    Font - TL:DR Roommate called the cops on me for asking her when she'll pay the rent and for sitting on the patio next to her stuff Update: She has been crying in her room for over an hour. I think she was talking to her mom because I suddenly received $956 in my bank account. I wasn't expecting this at all.
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    Font - Text Update 1: she texted me this "If it's not too much trouble, please do not come physically near me or talk to me in person. Paper and text work fine. Your conflict caused enuf damage for me to be further behind and I need to take responsibility for that by asking for
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    Font - space from you like this, and for my. to be fully understood. boundaries Please stay away from my desk as well" Text update 2: Final note, please no longer refer to me by my first name or nickname . Kindly refer to me as i should have in the first place : Ms. "Last Name (not Remy)” This is my.
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    Font - name in school and business outside of family. P.S. She is an ar er, and she vehemently hates the Juneteenth holiday, so she might be racist
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    Font - satans_toast 12 hr. ago I hated having roommates. Nothing inspired me to save and earn more money than to get the f*** away from roommates. 4599 Reply Share
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    Font - yersinia_ Nope. "Thanks for finally paying what you owe, but this isn't working. You're incapable of sharing space, and I'm not going to continue to pretend your behavior is normal. You will have to find somewhere else to live by XDATEX." 4372 Reply Share . 11 hr. ago
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    Font - Alarmed_Pilot_5802 OP 11 hr. ago. edited 10 hr. ago We already agreed that she'll move out in July. If she doesn't, then that's ok because my lease is up by the end of July. I'll file small claim court on the second because she already told me she'll be late.
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    Font - I'm not going to continue to pretend your behavior is normal So true. The crazy thing is she thinks my behavior isn't normal ↑ 272 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - geonerd85 11 hr. ago Even though she did paid you, give her 30 days notice and say this isn't working out. You shouldn't have to feel like that in your own home. 260 Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - the_popes_fapkin 12 hr. ago Get cameras for the common areas and your bedroom door 127 Reply Share
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    Font - ShaMaLaDingDongHa 10 hr. ago Well, looks like I'd be spending a majority of my time in the common areas from now on and touching every light switch and door knobs in the house repeatedly. 80 Reply Share
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    Font - enzoblue64 12 hr. ago My roommate is a Karen too, (not as bad as yours though sheesh). She loaded up the spare room and takes 90% of the kitchen and kept the
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    Font - Christmas decorations up until June. I can't remember her saying anything positive. In the process of kicking her out and she's livid all the time. 66 Reply Share

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