Woman Kicks Roommate Out Abruptly, Roommate Retaliates By Taking All Furniture Out of the Apartment, Despite it Being Rightfully Hers

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jan 1, 2025 1:00 PM EST

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Living with roommates can be incredible, or it can be a nightmare. When times are good at home, it's like having friends and social activities built into your life. You don't even have to leave your apartment! Just turn on a movie, talk things out when you get home from work, or have a shoulder to cry on. But when things are uncomfortable, it can get hairy to say the least. Feeling uncomfortable in your own space is one of the worst feelings. It can lead to harbored resentment, ill feelings towards each other, and the inability to comfortably or safely live in the space you're paying for. 

In this Reddit thread, the original poster (OP) is a woman who is abruptly kicked out of her apartment. She shares it with her friend, and her friend did everything to situate the lease and apartment. But there's a caveat, OP bought all the furniture and items for the apartment. So when OP moves out, she takes her things with her. Her roommate comes home to an empty apartment.

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  • 01
    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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    r/AITAH ⚫ 15 hr. ago Vivid-Technician-829 AITA for taking everything that's mine when my roommate asked me to move out?
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    Some of these stories are so funny…who would be in the wrong for taking their own belongings? Only an entitled Karen would kick someone out of their leased apartment, only to expect the person to leave their paid belongings in there. Some people expect unreasonable things, but think it's perfectly reasonable. I would hope no one would abandon their belongings to anyone. 

  • 03
    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 didn't even know you could kick someone off the lease. Isn't that the point of a lease…? That you've signed in reliability to the home? 

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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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  • 07
    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
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    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 • 14h 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
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    relocate. She found another house... and took the garden with her. All the garden 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
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    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_Resource_8... • 13h ago • Top 1% Commenter 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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    Ok-Try-85714h 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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    Certain-Risk2100 • 15h ago • NTA, she's an entitled baby
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    TarzanKitty 14h ago NTA Top 1% Commenter You no longer live there. There is no reason for your property to be there.
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    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... 14h ago • NTA Top 1% Commenter Op, its kind of sounds like she kicked you out thinking she was going to keep some of your cool stuff and is ped you took what belongs to you.
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  • 20
    Don't be feel bad, everything about your ex- roommate sounds shady, so course she spreading lies and rumors.
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    Salt-Finding9193 • 14h ago • You should have taken the mini fridge if it was yours.
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