Struggling 26-year-old Kira demands her 28-year-old roommate cover her share of rent, but she refuses after discovering Kira's been overcharging her $80 a month for utility bills and pocketing it for herself: 'Secretly adds charges without telling me'

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Emma Saven
Oct 25, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

This woman is furious to discover that her roommate has overcharged her by double for their utility bills in an attempt to cover her own portion of the rent. She is truly trying to disguise it as an efficient method of covering the 'little extra' expenses she owes, but when you look at the situation clearly, it is just straight-up theft. Charging your roommate excessive, inaccurate fees so that you can pocket the change is a new form of roommate-low and may require her to give up the keys… 

The worst part is that almost immediately after being confronted, admitting, and going on to play the victim card, she proceeds to ask her roommate, whom she stole from, to lend her money to cover this month's rent, as she simply can't afford it! How can you blatantly and repeatedly manipulate someone in their own home and still be entitled enough to ask them to help you!? Whether she got $80 or $8000 out of her, there is something truly uncomfortable about knowing someone so deceitful is sharing a roof with you…because we're sure they have access to a lot more than some dodgy utility bills.

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  • It never ceases to amaze us the rate at which people expect forgiveness…It's like ‘Hey, I burnt your house down…speaking of houses, could you please help me with my down payment?' and then they act all surprised and betrayed when you refuse. I don't know if it's the lack of social cues or a complete lack of consideration for those around you, but if she were in such extreme financial trouble, she could have tried being honest and explaining her circumstances, instead of editing a few bills and lying like it's a second langauge. 

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  • AITJ for refusing to help my roommate with rent after finding out she’s been secretly charging me for utilities I already pay?

    I (28F) live with my roommate Kira (26F). When I moved in last year, she handled setting up all the bills electricity, water, Wi- Fi and I just sent her my half every month through Venmo.
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  • Last week I got an email from the internet company addressed to me (since I used my name for the Wi-Fi install).
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  • The bill was only $55 not $110 like I'd been paying Kira monthly. I checked the other utilities and found the same thing.
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  • She'd been overcharging me about $80 total each month. I confronted her, and she admitted it.
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  • She said it was for my share of household supplies and little things she covered. I told her that's not how it works you don't secretly add charges without telling me.
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  • She started crying, saying she's been struggling financially and didn't know how to ask for help.
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  • Now rent is due, and she says she can't pay her half this month. I told her I'm not covering for her after this.
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  • She called me cold and said I'm punishing her for being honest. AITJ for refusing to help her now that I know she's been lying about money?
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  • Dry-Bandicoot-2556 She didn't ask for help she stole from you and then cried when caught. Financial stress is real, but secretly upcharging a roommate isn't survival, it's manipulation. You're not heartless for setting a boundary.
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  • Spiderisinmyhead Punishing her for being honest? Lol that's classic. She's mad she got caught and is now deflecting.
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  • barleygood NTJ Is she seriously thinking that admitting a crime she was already proven guilty by you is being honest?
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  • BeautifulChaosEnergy Those are crocodile tears. Figure out exactly how much she's over charged you and deduct it from next month's rent And start looking for a new place to live. This is only the beginning of her bullshit
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  • catladyclub The crying is just emotional manipulation. She is a thief and a liar. She needs to figure out how to pay her own bills. I would not pay her half and start looking for a new place. It is ingrained in her soul to take advantage of others and not feel guilty about it. She has shown you who she is- believe her.
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  • JCBashBash NTJ, you need to tally up how much she stole from you and figure out how you are going to get retribution for that.
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  • Foodielicious843 NTJ. How can you possibly punish someone for "being honest" when she has been lying and stealing from you all this time?
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  • roxywalker NTJ. If she's been padding the shared expenses, cries when confronted, and claims to not have her half of rent that's due, she just can't afford to live with you. Plain and simple.
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  • NYCStoryteller NTJ. She's been stealing from you for months. $80 a month over the course of a year is almost $1,000. Not sure how much rent is, but you definitely don't have to cover her ass, and I would insist on seeing every billing statement going forward.
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  • jo_dnt_kno Punishing her for being honest? You caught her. She should consider herself lucky you don't ask for the money she stole back.
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  • Novel-Tap5619 Strange, never heard someone calling theft as them being honest. Also she wasn't "honest", you caught her. Had you not confronted her I very much doubt she'd have suddenly told you about what she was doing. She can't play the honesty card if she didn't actually admit what she'd been doing in the first place.
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  • Spirited-Explorer99 NTJ honestly isn't prodded out of someone that's being caught up in a lie and getting the truth out. If she really wanted to honest she would've gone to you like the adult she is and communicated that she needs help or done a side job to keep up with her expenses.
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  • StrictShelter971 No, NTJ. She lied about what you needed tp pay. She was trying to buffer HER payments by making you pay more than you were supposed to.
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