Really, REALLY wanna punch my roommate in the face...

Okay, so I have been living with this idiot for about 4 weeks now. When I moved in at the beginning of the month we went to the store and bought groceries for around a week - split it half and half. I cooked up some dank meals and when the groceries ran out, I would keep going back to the store to buy and cook more shit.

Now it's the beginning of the 4th week that I've cooked and FULLY paid for 90-95% of this kid's dinners. I would have stopped a few days ago when I realized he's going to be a selfish little bitch and not pay me back a cent, but almost all the recipes make way too much food for one person to eat, and since we share a fridge my creations are still getting munched on left and right.

I confronted him about this a few days ago and he flat-out DENIED that I had been making food for him and was generally dodging around trying to get out of paying his fair share. I went through my debit card bill for the last month and added up all the times I'd gotten food from the store. It worked out to about $15/day, which split in half for each of us is pretty reasonable I like to think.

This has been going on for so long that I have no idea how to confront it anymore. I've brought it up a couple times since then and all he's done is blown me off. Am I just going to have to take the ~$170 plunge for this fool? Or is there something I can do?

 

you can always get a mini fridge for your bedroom and move your shit to your room..
are you on a lease? make them leave and find a new roomie if your not.

im sorry about your problem
i don't think theres really too much you can do without breaking a lease

 

That Blows thats why living alone is the best thing

 

The lease runs out at the end of the month. He leaves in 4 days thank Science. I actually just talked to him about it again, a little more firmly with proof from my online debit card bill, and got an "I'll talk to my parents about it" out of him. AKA he's gonna whine about anything he possibly can EXCEPT the food to make me sound unreasonable (dirty kitchen, music selection, etc)

I'm actually only living here this month for summer school and asked him if I could take the living room couch in exchange for helping out with rent. At least it's over soon, but boy howdy did I need something to scream into.

 

Buy and prepare your own or eat it, or eat out in a pub. He will soon get some microwave meals in.

 

Yeah , you're prob. going to have to eat this one . He will prob. never pay you . Hey , look at it this way he's going to be out of your life soon lucky for you . Imagine if you had to live with a deadbeat for a whole year .

If there was a verbal agreement made of 50/50 split and you live in the same state, then you could take him to small claims court . Other than that , you're out 170 bucks . Lesson learned , next time make sure their money is in hand first . And if not the minnifridge in your locked bedroom is something to think about .

 

I vote for punching him in the eye. It's healthy to punch your roommate in the eye at least twice a year. You might not get your money back, but you'll sleep better at night, and you can't put a price on a good night's sleep.

 

Some lessons are cheap, like this one, others not so much.

Be thankful you're only down $170. I'm sure you'll know to be more careful with people in the future.

 

Thanks everyone. Him and his friend just came over and I couldn't help but bring it up again, and it looks like I'm going to be able to squeeze $100 out of him. He called his parents and of course didn't tell them the part about splitting the first round of groceries, making me look like one of those jackasses that shares shit with you and then demand payment later.



I'm just gonna splurge tonight and make a pound of crab legs all to myself. :devil:

 

Who cares what his parents think of you? You should squeeze as much money as you can from that cheap ass or else he can move back home.

 

yea i agree that is ridiculous.
Atleast you got some money out of him!!

Goodluck with choosing roomies in the future....

 

just do it

 

Well he finally moved out... but not before giving me a bunch of other good reasons to deck him.

Borrowed my bike and forgot to bring it home. Didn't help clean up at all before he left, leaving a bunch of food in the fridge and a lot of his possessions in his room. Told me "hope I never see you again" as he left. And to top it all off, he paid me by selling the couch to a friend and telling her only to give me $50 out of it. What. The. Fuck.

Missed my chances to punch him and now every time I'm reminded of him I get a little jolt of anger and sometimes punch the air. So much for closure.

 

Hunt him down and beat the balance out of him.

 

I've made mistakes that cost many thousands.

You probably will too someday. Probably not mine, but from crashed cars to crazy bitches, it will happen.....

Be thankful this was a cheap lesson.

If it was going to be longer, I'd say start eating out, and wait till he buys food, then munch away.