25-year-old living with 26-year-old coworker gets promoted, coworker now wants her to pay all the rent: 'Now that you earn higher, you won’t come asking me about the money'

This shouldn't have to be said, but it's never a good idea to live with a coworker. Even if it seems like you're starting out in an industry together and that your sensibilities match perfectly, it's only a matter of time before the two of you start to compare notes and compete with one another in ways that are bound to damage both your personal and professional lives. After all, by electing to live with your coworker, you are inevitably choosing to blur those boundaries and to allow for little distinction between your work and social life.

For this author, she made the foolish mistake of living with her coworker, who, despite being a year older, seemed to be lacking in maturity. One month, the coworker admitted to having money problems and asked the author to pay her share of the rent for that month with the promise that she would be paid back in a couple of weeks. You know what they say about giving a mouse a cookie? Well, let's just say that once the author gave her coworker/roommate permission to manipulate her, it didn't exactly stop there, especially when the author got a promotion!

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