'If you don't like it, move out': Couple Splits but Cohabits Until Lease Ends; Few Months Later, He Invites [New] Girlfriend to Move in With Them

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Jan 17, 2024 8:00 PM EST

There are a few situations in life that you always hope will never happen to you, considering how awkward and unpleasant they can make your life. Moving in with another person, whether it is a friend, a partner, or simply a roommate, can cause many awkward situations to deal with. Some of them happen while actually living together, and some of them happen when you decide to break it off and move out.

The couple in this Reddit story tried to avoid the awkwardness as much as they could. And I must say, they managed much longer than I thought they would. OP tells Reddit she and her fiance called off their engagement and broke up, but decided they would still live together until their lease ends, approximately 10 months from breaking up. Wonder how that turned out for them? 7 months in, the ex-boyfriend invites his new girlfriend to come live with them. OP didn't love that idea, and when she expressed that to her ex, he told her she could just leave. Oh and leave she did…

There is so much more to it, so I suggest you scroll down for the full tale. Once you are done, and in the mood for some romantic comedy, click here for a collection of cute couples memes.

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    "If you don't like it, you can leave." Okay!
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    Buckle up. I (24F) lived in an apartment with my ex-fiancee (M28, we'll call him "EF") for about 4 years. Due to us equally not being great to each other, the relationship did not last. We called off
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    the engagement in September of 2022, but our lease didn't end until the following July. We agreed to live together until then. Fast forward to April 2023. I wake up on a Tuesday morning to get ready for
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    work, and find a lady's (we'll call her L) clothes in my bathroom. No big deal, EF and I were coexisting as roommates just fine, so there were no hard feelings about romantic guests on my end. The issues arose when EF explained that I would not be
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    spending one night, but rather living with us for an undetermined amount of time. For context: EF has a bit of a savior complex, and L is in the business of being a damsel in distress. EF had "rescued" her from a situation that she made up because she caught
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    feelings for him. I let them both know that I expected to split the bills 1/3, and EF did not like hearing this. Hel told me we would NOT be splitting 1/3, but rather he and I would continue to split 50/50. I told him that
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    wasn't going to work, and his response was, "If you don't like it, then you can leave." One thing EF didn't learn about me in the 4 years we were together: I will accomplish anything I set out to do.
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    And with that one line, I was determined to leave. By Divine Intervention (or sheer luck), an opportunity came up on FB marketplace for a room in MY SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. I messaged the poster that next Thursday, and by Friday I was moving my stuff in.
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    When I told EF about my decision, he was floored. He didn't think I would actually move out that quickly. He tried to convince me to stay. I simply told him I didn't like it here anymore, so I was going to leave. That week between L's arrival and my moving out
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    was awful, and we had both become animals towards each other. It was so toxic, and although it was scary to leave the comfort of where I'd been, it was such a relief to leave all of the bad parts of that chapter behind in one swift action.
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    Fast forward a couple of months, L got a part time job and blew her paychecks on alohol. EF despises alcohol for personal reasons, so I guess the romance did out quickly. L ended up calling the guy EF had initially "saved" her from, and made
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    EF the new bad guy. She left that night and never came back. EF kept me in the loop (we were still friends at this point, and I knew his situation was about to go to so I wanted to be around to sip the tea). Apparently, EF had given L so much money that he could no longer afford rent. He had to
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    move back with his parents after two months of my departure. **Bonus pettiness! During the week that I was looking for another place, had gotten so bad. Like, I was still on his phone plan and he decided to cut my phone off without telling me
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    first. The man loves video games more than air, so I figured the only way I could get his attention would be to change the wifi password. LIGHTBULB MOMENT. Why not make a point and take the whole modem? So that's what I did. Yoinked that from the wall, and 10 minutes later
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    my phone turns back on. He texted me to bring the modem back and I told him I would as soon as he released my phone from his plan. Problem solved! TLDR - I didn't like it, so I left. And took the modem on my way out.
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    Cfwydirk 10 hr. ago 28 and loves video games more than air! Given L so much money he could not afford rent. (Idiot) Lucky boy got to go live with his Mama. You dodged a bullet.
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP. 10 hr. ago You know it. He had a good core, but there was so much financial stress during and after the relationship.
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    Narrow_Addition_8157. 10 hr. ago This is excellent on so many levels. Karma does exist. Bravo pettiness!
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP. 10 hr. ago The nice thing was that I didn't have to go the extra mile/feel the need to cause him additional pain during the situation. Just did what I needed for me, and the rest played out on its own!
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    IndependenceNo2060 · 9 hr. ago You made the right call, ending toxicity is empowering.
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP. 9 hr. ago Leaving the first home that I established was definitely rough, but that toxicity I left behind was exactly that! Empowering!!
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    goldenlover1218 . 9 hr. ago I'm glad you stood your ground and moved out when you did. Hopefully you can soon cut all ties so no more games can be played (games he starts).
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP. 9 hr. ago Ultimately I had to block him. We tried to be friends for a while, and we were good with each other, but certain things would come up in conversation about the past and I just couldn't deal anymore
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    Content-Purple9092 · 6 hr. ago Ha! Loved the modem part. My ex stepdad was a piece of work. When my husband went to retrieve my mom, my son packed up the router. Mom made him get it out of the UHaul. I don't know that he actually plugged it back in properly or not. Knowing him, probably not. You go!
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    Matt_jf 2 hr. ago "We were still friends, but then he cut me off my phone and I stole his modem." I know he started it, but you were not friends and definitely just there for the tea!
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP 1 hr. ago I mean to be fair, we were always better as friends than in a relationship Once we broke all relationship ties it was easier for us to get along. But you're right in the sense that I still had to block him afterwards
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    likeablyweird. 1 hr. ago Good for you! Do you think he learned a lesson or did he chalk it up as you being "unreasonable"?
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP 1 hr. ago I think you already know that answer I really hoped he would see it as a wake up call for himself, but I ultimately blocked him when he refused accountability on something after he moved back home.
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    DynkoFromTheNorth · 46 min. ago But did you actually return the modem to him or was it yours and did you decide to just keep it?
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    Mundane-Increase-423 OP. 30 min. ago I was a woman of my word and gave it back that day since he took my phone off his plan
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