‘She refused to pay me back': Woman demands roommate pay entire rent after losing her job, then proceeds to eat all of their frozen dinners

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 17, 2024 1:00 PM EST

What would you do if your roommate was a leech, sucking you dry of money and food? I think a lot of people might run of the rails, but some people are less comfortable with conflict. Myself included. I shudder when I think back to my 'roommate' days… Thankfully I have since grown a spine.

You need some nerve to force someone to pay your half of the rent, and even more nerve to eat all of their dinner, and refuse to pay them back. But this woman was a bold freeloader, and her parents obviously didn't raise her right. She first got OP to pay her rent after losing her job, and then went even further by eating every single one of OP's frozen dinners. Worse, she refused to pay OP back… But I won't spoil the whole story for you. Scroll down and check it out. Then, here is a story about a nurse who got some petty revenge on a former coworker when they applied to the hospital she worked at.

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  • 01
    What are you talking about? You took all five of them? I was going to eat those for work this week. I "I can't keep paying for her rent and food..." why a didn't have anything else to eat Imao
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    I can't believe people like this really exist, but my roommate doesn't seem to care about anything. I feel so alone
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  • 03
    She lost her job a month ago and I had to pay her side of the rent so that we didn't get kicked out. Today, I came back from my parents' house to find that she had eaten my frozen dinners for work. All of them. Probably with her boyfriend. I just sat in my room and cried (tmi I know) and I'm just at the end of my rope.
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    Did you eat my frozen dinners? thought they were for everyone What are you talking about? You took all five of them? I was going to eat those for work this week. I don't have anything else. why are you getting defensive. I didn't have anything else to eat Imao you went on a vacation, why do you care Are you serious right now?? I went to my parents' house for two days. Can you pay me back??
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    i'm looking for a job right now, do you want me to starve or something Please can you send me at least $20? You ate what I had for lunch and half of them were wasted, I saw them in the trash. If you do that, you can pay me back half of what you owe me and I'll forget the rest wow you really bringing that up now both of us live there so you had to pay the rent don't act like it was niceness I have to eat. I don't get paid until Friday? You know that. Please just pay me back half for the food?
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    So Much_Angry01 . 1 day ago It's not your job to pay for your roommate to live and eat. You aren't their parent, time to be stern, you've got this OP! Your roommate clearly thinks they can just act like you're crazy and you'll give up but roommate is a mooch Reply Share 2.0k
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    anonbeetroot 1 day ago Time to stop being nice. She's walking over you. ✩464 Reply Share apology_pedant - 21 hr. ago Ya it's almost infuriating the way OP keeps saying please and using question marks. I feel for OP: they're in the right and this isn't their fault. but I can't help but think roommate knew they'd get away with this and that OP wouldn't cause any consequences for roommate
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    throwaway177251 - 17 hr. ago "Could you pretty please pay me back for some of what you stole, if you feel like it and it isn't too much of a bother?" This isn't going to cut it OP. Stop asking nicely and stop using soft language when dealing with a shameless thief. 48 Reply Share
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    NinjaPlease716 - 1 day ago The laughing emojis are f. n irritating. I'd do some heinous things to her toothbrush and anything else that may end up in her mouth. 1.2k Reply Share SiegelOverBay - 1 day ago You think an individual of this caliber actually uses a toothbrush? That's pretty generous of you lol 280 Reply Share
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    Individual-Listen-80 · 1 day ago My b Jis literally boiling at those emojis omg??? Stop being so nice to her with all the "pleases"!! She clearly does not respect you, and she does not deserve a shred of courtesy. You sound like a really kind and wonderful person, and I'm really sorry you are going through this alone, but please stand up for yourself, or she is going to continue to walk all over you. Reply Share 132
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    puppy-pupperson · 1 day ago This ch thinks the world owes her by association. So condescending it's infuriating. ↑64 Reply Share Quiet Isopod_4752 - 1 day ago Condescending is a good word for her 34 Reply Share
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    No-Instruction-56691 day ago edited 1 day ago I think this warrants a nice, stern "you did not buy those and you know it, and I'm not your Mommy and Daddy. It's not my job to feed a lazy bh. Pay me back or get me 5 new dinners NOW, entitled c. "!" Seriously, just copy and paste what I wrote, OP! It will make you feel better than getting walked all over. 4 463 Reply Share
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    Significant-Show-782- 1 day ago She sounds like a terrible person who likes to take advantage of people. I'm so sorry that you have to go through this. I wish you could get out of that place soon. I used to live with roommates, but not anymore. They all suck. Owed me rent, ate my snack, left a huge pile of dishes, etc. These people have no desire to understand others, they thought what belongs to you, it belongs to them too. 112 Reply Share
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    Poorchick91 1 day ago edited 1 day ago there or if Honestly. Find a new place and leave her you're tied into a lease make the landlord evict her. I had a roommate like this. Missed rent one month. Said he'd have it next month. Come next month dude "lost his job. ( he later let it slip that he quit his job ) He would also get high, go in the kitchen, eat all the food and then say it was ghosts. Stopped as soon as we told him we'd put up cameras to get evidence of the ghost
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    for YouTube. Dude was a on. After two months of that we talked to the landlord. Found a new place. A month after we moved out my landlord was asking for roommates legal name and let us know he was starting the eviction process because he never paid rent after we moved out. Edit: the laughing emojis would have me wanting to throw hands. 100 Reply Share
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    Complete-Plenty-236 - 1 day ago Tell landlordt lost her job and is stealing your things. I'd be selling some of her things to pay for it and laugh in her face. And see if you can leave and stay with your parents who love you sounds like she's jealous 67 Reply Share
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    . Isnt-It-Grand-Boys 1 day ago I wonder if she would eat homemade food not sealed by the factory. Im not saying do anything bad cause that isn't right but you could allow her to think that and then after a day send her the dumb crying laughing emoji she sent to several times. Don't do this but hopefully it makes you laugh. Reply Share 30
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    Ok-Ad-7247 1 day ago Never pay some one else's rent ever again. D e on this hill if you have to. But never do it again, and you now see why. You aren't to blame for this person, or their attitude. My best guess is she wasn't raise well at all. I wouldn't even try getting a thing back as it will not happen. I genuinely feel bad for you as you are going with out, because of a bad attitude in some one else. Some people just don't give af. And that's on them. No compromise with a 's like this.
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    Pleas, for your own sanity and freedom, do everything you can to help you, and only you. As we all know, someone lending money for anything is the easy way out, and will only keep coming back. Don't let it happen anymore. Good luck OP. You need all the luck you can get rn. Reply Share 32
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