Here's the situation: My boyfriend has a small dog and lives with a friend in a 2 bedroom duplex. He pays about $500 a month including the cable that's in his name which is about $140 a month (2 boxes, full package with DVR). The problem is, his roommate has a lot of personal problems. He has gone back and forth dating two different girls for quite some time and goes into deep depressions and disappears for days on end or vice versa where he stays home all day and watches TV.
The roommate's mother owns the house so he doesn't have to pay anything. What my bf pays goes to his roomie pretty much to cover water, gas & electric, etc. Lately, each month one or the other gets shut off for days at a time due to the bill not being paid. This coupled with the roommate not offering to pay part of the cable just seems wrong to me. My bf has had it but can't afford to move out since he's paying off debt. I'd take him but my place doesn't allow pets. What can he do?!
2007-03-20 12:52:30 · 8 answers · asked by Miss Linda 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
A few more details:
I'm pretty much in love with the dog just as much as he is... giving the dog away is not an option.
2007-03-21 07:34:27 · update #1
I also want to say... i think its heartless of anyone to ever even think of suggesting giving a dog away simply because of a bad living situation. I'm asking for more advice in what can he do to deal with his roommate, hence why this is posted in the "Friends" section. Anyone who said to "get rid of" our dog, or to give her away should be ashamed of themselves
2007-03-21 07:36:15 · update #2
I must stress - his friend's mom owns the house, yes - but his friend can very easily kick him out if they get into an argument over something. There is no lease. My boyfriend's in a bad spot financially, and I can't do anything on my end. I am in a year lease that started in February at my place that I can't break, as I don't feel like losing my deposit.
Unfortunately, there is no "landlord" in this situation. Just my boyfriend giving his friend money to live with him. Better communication is the only thing I could come up with, but I was hoping someone else would have a better solution.... so far I'm not really getting much help..
2007-03-28 05:26:04 · update #3
Your boyfriend is paying off debt but can afford $140 in cable?????? Duhhhhh.......... The roommate's mother OWNS the house so your boyfriend can eith deal with it or LEAVE.
2007-03-27 16:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gee, let's see, the gas electric water cable and every other utility is listed in the phone book. He could actually pay directly, then turn the receipts over to the landlord. As far as the roommate offering to pay for the cable, that should have been discussed before they moved in. Expecting it now is like expecting the car dealer to call you 6 months after you bought the car and offering to fill the tank. This sounds more like looking for something to complain about.
2007-03-27 22:07:29 · answer #2 · answered by Ice 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He needs to talk with the man. Tell your boyfriend just the man's mother owns the home doesn't mean that he has to pay every damn bill to them comfortable. If he wants to want cable too then he should have some input on the bills . And the man's not depressed he's probably lazy as he** double hockey sticks. Or he can buy services for himself and let his"roomy's" mother pay for it. Another thing tell your boyfriend to stick it out the situation may get better.Unless you are willing to move into another place where it allows pets and let him move in with you.
2007-03-28 11:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by Aila126 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my suggestion to you, that you may not have thought about, is: you might try to find a shelter or boarding house for the little dog. The money paid in rent now could go to that, but I know how hard it would be to leave pets, even if you could go visit them once in a while. Or you might give the pet away. That sounds harsh (I could never leave my puppy), but you have to consider all options.
I hope what ever you do works out for the both of you, and you're right it sounds like an unfair situation.
Wishing you the best~
2007-03-20 20:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by Crissie S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leave him to deal with the terrible room mate while you find a place that allows dogs then all 3 of you can start out somewhere fresh
2007-03-27 16:50:29 · answer #5 · answered by tarakootenay 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One thing is that he could give the dog to a friend for a while until he gets enough money to move out of your house.
That would be the easiest way.
2007-03-20 19:58:25 · answer #6 · answered by drewster 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tell him to get rid of the dog move in with you, or find a different place to live.
2007-03-20 19:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by Your_Star 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tell him he can move in without the dogs or find a new place!! good luck
2007-03-20 20:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋