Roommate demands guy move out of their shared apartment, shocked and angry when he takes his things when he leaves: 'When she came back to the apartment, it was basically empty'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jan 4, 2025 12:00 PM EST

When living with other people, it's pretty common to share stuff; it just doesn't make sense to have two (or more) of everything just so that everyone has an equal stake over their own things and no one has to touch each other's stuff. Sure, you'll probably have personal, possibly sentimental items like mugs and things that you keep for yourself—and that your roommates will happily use and carelessly break for you—but by the time you have two TVs, two fridges, four couches, and three washing machines things are definitely getting out of hand. 

So, yeah, it makes a lot of sense for one person to have these big items if they're not already in the place you're renting. Usually, it will just work out that one of the roommates already had a lot of furnishings from a previous living arrangement anyway.

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  • When this guy's roommate randomly asked him to move out five months after moving into what had otherwise been a functional living arrangement, he was pretty surprised. He agreed but noted to his roommate that pretty much everything in the apartment, everything essential at least, had been purchased out of his own pocket.

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  • So, when moving day came, everything was packed and went into the moving truck, leaving a stunned roommate behind who had not quite grasped when their request and the ensuing warnings had met.

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    AITA for taking everything that's mine when my roommate asked me to move out? My (21M) roommate (21F) and I moved into an apartment together about 5 months ago. We're friends, and she was the one who found the place and put me on the lease to sign. I was nothing but respectful as a roommate. We split chores, I did my dishes, and there wasn't any tension between us-or so I thought.
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    One day, while I was out, she texted me saying she needed to talk when I got home. When I returned, she sat me down and told me she wanted me to move out. She said she didn't think she wanted to continue living with me. She'd already talked to the landlord and set a move-out date for January 1st.
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    I was blindsided but didn't put up a fight. I decided to leave as quickly as I could because why stay somewhere I'm not wanted? I scrambled to find another place, and in the process, I realized something important: I paid for pretty much everything in the apartment.
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    The plates, couch, TV, router for the Wi-Fi (which I also paid for), and all the "cool stuff" in the apartment were purchased out of my pocket. So, I told her I'd be taking everything I bought when I moved out. She said, "Okay."
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    On the day I moved out, I rented a truck and took all my things. She wasn't home, so when she came back to the apartment, it was basically empty. She freaked out and started texting and calling me. When I answered, she went on a rant about how I "shouldn't have taken everything," how bad the apartment looked now, and how she was supposed to explain the situation to her friends.
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    I calmly reminded her that I'd told her I was taking the things I bought, and she agreed. She hung up on me but then started telling our mutual friends what happened. Now some of them are calling me an a**hole for leaving her in a "bare apartment," while others say I did the right thing because it was all my stuff anyway.
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    For what it's worth, I didn't leave her with nothing. I left the mini- fridge (though I took the liquor that was inside it), so I feel like I was considerate enough. AITA?
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    Srvntgrrl_789 · 8h ago • NTA. This reminds me of another Reddit story about a renter who built a beautiful garden in the backyard of a house she rented. The landlord then informed her that he was going to sell the property and she'd have to relocate. She found another house... and took the garden with her. All the garden
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    components were above ground in planters and other structures. When she moved, the landlord started to harass her for taking all of it with her since the house details included pics of the garden, which raised the overall property value. You only took what you brought with you. Your ex-roomie can kick rocks.
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    Ok-Try-857 8h ago NTA she wanted you gone and you took your belongings with you. That's normal and expected. You should never leave a roommate to deal with things that don't belong to them.
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  • The funniest thing about this is that surely you'd be able to look around the apartment and take note of the things that you owned and the things that weren't yours. So, the roommate being surprised by the situation is a level of cluelessness that is so ridiculous it's almost admirable. Commenters responded to the poster's story, largely declaring that he was not in the wrong for taking his own things out of the apartment. At the end of the day… how could he possibly be wrong here?

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    Certain-Risk2100 • 9h ago . NTA, she's an entitled baby
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    Ok_Resource_8... 8h ago. She let you pay for the apartment she wanted. When she got it looking good she asked you to move out. She NEVER really expected you to take 'everything' you bought. Poor baby, got what she deserved.
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    TarzanKitty • 8h ago • ΝΤΑ You no longer live there. There is no reason for your property to be there. Tell your friends that they are welcome to furnish your former roommate's home if they feel so strongly about it but she isn't your responsibility. Have you cancelled the WiFi yet?
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    Vegetable-Cod-... . 8h ago . NTA Op, its kind of sounds like she kicked you out thinking she was going to keep some of your cool stuff and is p ed you took what belongs to you. Don't be feel bad, everything about your ex- roommate sounds shady, so course she spreading lies and rumors.
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    Secret_Sister_S... . 9h ago If this is real, you're obviously NTA - she doesn't get to evict you for no reason then keep all of your stuff. lol. Friends who are divided is why I think this might be Al; in real life, only idiots would call you an a h le for keeping things you bought with your own money. (If this is real, those people are *her* friends, not yours.)
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    Salt-Finding9193 • 8h ago You should have taken the mini fridge if it was yours.
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    Virgogirl1984 • 8h ago • This was hilarious!! If it's real kudos OP!!! She thought she was doing something kicking you out until she realized most of the apt was yours lol!! Chef's kiss!! Tell the friends who are on her side to help her furnish the empty apt!!!
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    RJack151 • 8h ago • NTA. Let your friends know that she no longer wanted you to be her roommate, so you took everything that was yours and moved out. She knew you were going to do it and failed to realize that that meant. This is on her.
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    Substantial-Rad... 9h ago • Is this even real? There are always these divided friend groups where one half sides with the most obvious ? You have a supposed "friend" who is so dilusional she thinks your property is somehow hers, and you ask who's the a hole? Is she a master manipulator but you outsmarted her? Well, if you are not som aber or something then you are NOT tah
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