26-year-old woman sets deadline for roommate’s boyfriend when a one-week stay turns into five, gives him the option to start paying for utilities but he refuses to stop freeloading: ‘It feels like I’m sponsoring a staycation’

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where a "temporary guest" turned into a full-time, rent-free roommate? It's unfortunately not an uncommon situation. One moment, you're doing your flatemate's boyfriend a favor out of the kindess of your heart, and the next, the weeklong stay has stretched into five weeks of free showers, borrowed groceries, and vanishing toiletries. He's even turned your personal space into a gaming lounge! 

What do you even do in this situation? If you're the narrator of today's story, you might try to get him to pitch in on utilities and vow to stop raiding your fridge as a compromise for a longer stay. However, the freeloader in question didn't react well to the idea of pulling even a fraction of his own weight. In fact, he went and accused her of being "controlling" for not wanting to bankroll his extended sleepover. 

Back in my early 20s, my roommates and I came to the agreement that guests were like leftovers. That is, having a little bit is fine, but once they start to linger too long, they start to stink up the fridge, so to speak. We all tolerated each others' partners or siblings spending the night over the weekend, but if the number of nights crept into week-long territory, tensions rose fast. It's not an easy balance; no one wants to be the unempathetic roommate, but no one wants to end up funding a staycation, either. 

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