25-year-old first-time homeowner denies her cousin Tasha’s demands for rent-free living in her guest room: ‘I’ve seen Tasha move in with people before. It’s never a few months’

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  • You have an extra room and I’m family.

    "We were on the phone for two minutes and she figured she will just stay at my place for a while"
  • I am 25F and i bought my own three-bedroom house last year after working full-time and saving up which was a huge deal for me.
  • One room's mine, one is my study and the third is a guest room which was for actual guests. Like, people who would stay a weekend and leave.
  • Life was moving pretty good until i got a random call from my cousin Tasha 27F. A little background story, Tasha has always been a bit of a nutcase, even when we were kids.
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  • Constant drama, always lying, stealing little things, blaming others. My mom once said Tasha could smash a glass and somehow make it someone else's
  • fault. And as we got older, the rumors about her got worse, she going around town with sketchy guys, party scenes, possibly dr S nothing confirmed, but nobody's
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  • at a family event and even then, I keep it short. So we were on the phone and after two minutes of fake small talk she then says she broke up her boyfriend, and she
  • figured she will just stay at my place for a while. Like, a few months. Just until she get things together.
  • She said it like she was inviting herself to dinner no please, no do you mind, just I'll be there. I said no. Nicely, at first. I told her the guest room isn't for long-term
  • stays and I need peace to work from home. That's when she started getting nasty. She said I was acting all high and mighty because i bought a house like
  • that makes me better than everyone. I still stood my ground. A few days later, my aunt not even her mom just one of those
  • older relatives who tries to play peacemaker called me and said, You know, it wouldn't hurt to help her out. She's still family.
  • I told her flat out I've seen Tasha move in with people before. It's never a few months. She comes
  • with drama, a suitcase full of bad decisions, and she never leaves unless someone threatens legal
  • action. So, no. I'm not doing it. I work too hard for my peace and my space to hand it over to
  • someone who has always been bad news She can figure it out. Just not in my house.

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