'Why would she live in my HOUSE?': 25-year-old woman gets kicked out of her apartment, she asks coworker to stay at their place, leading to an office dispute when she's refused

When you're young, you figure out that you will meet your best friends when you finally start working an adult job. You think that getting a Real Job would somehow help you make friends, and that your coworkers would eventually become the people you want to spend the most time with. For a few people, that is truly the case, but for most of us, there is a line that we are usually never able to cross.

The line that turns your coworkers into your real-life friends. 

Usually, you view your coworkers as great people. You hang out at work, have inside jokes, and genuinely enjoy each other's company. But for some reason, you would never get together outside of work. No one is inviting anyone to their birthday party or baby shower–the relationship stays strictly within the office walls.

Whether you like that line or not, you might agree that sometimes it is there for a good reason. For example, when one of your coworker gets kicked out of their house, and they turn to you for help…

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  • The woman who wrote the story below was cornered in her workplace after a coworker asked to stay at her spare room. Not wanting to cross the line mentioned above, and not wanting to share her personal space, the employee refused. This led to quite an awkward situation at work, since the coworker did not like being refused…

    Keep scrolling to read the full tale.

  • "I don't want to tiptoe around a person I barely know" 11
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  • "AITA for not letting my coworker stay at my place even though I “have the space”"

    so I (23f) live alone in a small 2 bedroom house. one room is mine, the other one is basically my everything room. It's my office, my closet, storage, sometimes i
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  • just lay on the floor in there and stare at the ceiling when life s's lol. it is NOT a guest room. I've lived with horrible roommates before so I worked really hard to be
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  • able to afford my own place and I love having my space. it's literally my safe little bubble. anyways, one of my coworkers (25f) got into a huge fight with her
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  • roommates and they kicked her out. she was venting at work and i felt bad and was like "that socks omg" and even sent her a few places to look at. I was trying to be
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  • helpful without inviting chaos into my life yk? later that night she texts me saying "hey I was thinking maybe I could just crash with
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  • you for a few weeks since you live alone and have the space?" i literally got that sinking feeling in my chest. nooo. no no no. i'm not even close to
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  • her. we're cool at work but we've never even hung out outside of lunch breaks and complaining about our boss. she doesn't know anything about me. and i don't know
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  • her like that. why would she live in my HOUSE. so i replied super politely like "i totally get that you're going through it but i really
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  • value my space and I'm just not in a place where I can have someone stay with me" like i was NICE. didn't ghost her. didn't ignore her. just said no.
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  • next day she's acting really weird. then another coworker tells me she said i "let her be homeless" when i "have an entire room to myself." like GIRL. first of all,
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  • she's staying at her bf's. place. second of all, I pay to live alone. that's the whole POINT. I don't wanna feel tense or uncomfortable in my own space. I don't wanna
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  • tiptoe around a person I barely know. and I definitely don't wanna deal with "just a few weeks" turning into "i'm looking but nothing's coming through yet" for 2 months.
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  • now ppl at work are acting like I'm the bad guy. sorry for not letting a coworker move into my apartment bc she had a bad fight? idk. i feel bad but like. also no. Aita??
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  • UPDATE: she went to jail, lol. Don't know what happened but I feel horrible to say I laughed. Well, solves that issue.
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  • Edit cause I have to highlight my favorite comment: "Go up to the people that had something to say and tell them they are horrible for not bailing her out"
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  • Spooky Tea Time NTA - I don't understand why a coworker would feel entitled to your home? That's truly bizarre. Her life is not your responsibility. I mean, I
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  • could maybe get it if you were super close and good, long-term friends with a deep. connection... but a casual coworker??
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  • 8-Bit- NTA. You don't need to find out first hand why her roommates and boyfriend don't want to live with her either.
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  • ZookeepergameNo7151 NTA For the co-workers saying you're letting the girl be homeless etc etc... Do you see them offering a place for her to crash? Exactly
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