23-year-old finds out her roommate has been stealing $25 dollars a month from her for "pet rent" by hiding her ESA cat from their landlord and lying to her about it: 'This entire time I trusted my roommate'

Okay, so look, we understand the hesitation when it comes to some landlords and cats. We have heard some serious horror stories - everything from landlords evicting people because of their cats, landlords asking their tenants to declaw their cats even though it's literally illegal, all the way to some landlords being so superstitious about black cats that they demand their tenants get rid of them. We get it. But you still have to let your landlord know that the cat is there.

If they don't allow cats, then this is not your apartment to live in. And if pet rent - which is already ridiculous - is too expensive, then again, it might not be the right apartment for you. What happened here, in today's story, was way beyond not okay. Not only did the tenant lie to the owner and tell them that they don't have a cat, they were also demanding half of the nonexistent pet rent from their roommate - who's been paying it for 10 months before she found out that she was being scammed.

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So, you're roommate was stealing from you and lying to you. That's the worst part of this thing for us. Honestly, we don't think that anyone should live with a dishonest thief. You sound like a decent person, and you should not be going through anyof this. Whatever you decide to do, we would get out of there the sooner we could.
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Maybe confronting her about the pet rent and asking for the money back is one of the better options as to what you could do. Or maybe you should just stick it out. Don't pay anymore, don't confront her, don't risk it. Wait it out, and then get the heck out.
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