Roommate refuses to pay 2 months of rent, goes to $200+ music festival instead: 'How can she be so irresponsible?'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Oct 19, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

These roommates are disagreeing over money matters, and they probably won't be living together for much longer! 

It seems like every friend group has that one friend who is utterly financially irresponsible. They're the one who asks you for $20 every time someone suggests ordering food. They're the person who immediately agrees to go on any vacation, any flight, any music festival or show. They have a job… but they somehow never seem to have a single dollar to their name. That would never stop them from tagging along to all the plans, and they're probably a lot of fun to hang with, you just have to know this about them so you don't end up giving them hundreds of dollars you'll never get back. 

Unfortunately, someone has to be the roommate of that "fun friend," and no doubt, they are going to be grouchy about living with this person. Like this person, who is very irritated with their "irresponsible" roommate who is refusing to pay back 2 month's worth of rent! Instead, she's got a bit of money to party it up at a music festival. These don't come cheap, either. A day pass is $200! Or if she's going for the whole weekend, it's $500! That's crazy expensive for someone who probably owes a lot more than that in order to afford their home. 

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    My roommate owes me just shy of two months of rent. And even before that the rent would trickle in over the month.
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    She just texted and asked me let her dog out because she will be gone until late attending the local concert festival thing. Day
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    tickets are like $200, weekend passes are $500. And absolutely no outside food or drink so she will be spending a fortune on that as well.
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    I'm just so p ed off at her. How can she be so irresponsible
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    no advice wanted, just venting about a bad roommate. Yes I do talk to her and remind her of the missing rent every few days. I've been thinking about
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    kicking her out, but it's not as easy as that.
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    This person had some good advice!

    Mis... Stop bailing her out.
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    That's the unfortunate thing with roommates: you're kind of in this together

    Internal Use8954 OP I'm primary tenant, she is a sublease. If I don't pay the rent, with or without her, it's my butt on the line
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    ho... Bro, ask her to pay you or kick her out and look for someone else to sublet
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    Well if the passive-aggressive Venmo has already been deployed, you're really in trouble now

    Internal Use8954 OP I literal have. I asked 2 days ago and she Venmo'ed me $180. I remind her every few days. And it's the worst time of year to find a new roommate, no one seems to move oct-dec. Getting partial payments from her is better than an empty room
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    Sea... Before next months rent is due, tell her that you're short and that you need her to cover the full
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    month's rent. See what she says
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    Another great idea! Shame her into paying!

    Effective-Log3583 Make sure you have full contact information her. Eg. Have her parents information, job etc. If you are going to file in small claims you are going to need info. Worst case you call her mom. Seems silly but sometimes family embarrassment works.
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    Internal Use8954 OP I've got an emergency contact form, I can't remember who it is, hopefully her mom. I do have her work and a copy of her id
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