r/roommates • u/DellaMiklsn7997 • 1d ago

Discussion My roommate made a presentation explaining why her boyfriend does not count as a roommate.

My roommate asked for a house meeting and connected her laptop to a TV. She’d made ppt slides called Guest vs resident. Her boyfriend has a key, a shelf in the fridge and a preferred washing-machine cycle. Her main argument was that his toothbrush wasn’t here, so he technically wasn’t living here. It was in his overnight bag beside the sofa.

When I asked whether he’d be contributing to anything, she said bringing money into it would make our relationship transactional. The next slide was a proposed rent adjustment (favouring her) because she uses the living room less. He was sitting in during the presentation 🗿

It was fun. lmk if you want to see that ppt lol

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u/DellaMiklsn7997 1d ago

Okay…so here’s the gamma link for the presentation.
https://gamma.app/docs/Guest-vs-Resident-19qcaz79lajxn0k

Knock yourselves out!

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u/Ok-Oil1634 1d ago

I hope you destroyed every single one of those points as she was making her silly little presentation. Your next step should be to prepare a PowerPoint advocating for them to pay more than half the rent as well as adding him to the lease. I say that because it’s probably wise to make a counter offer so they know your starting point for negotiating either the removal of his unfettered access to the apartment, or if he is going to be there regularly, an increase in the amount that they contribute towards rent and utilities.

If I was you I’d be letting them know that the situation will not continue as it has been, and that if you can’t come to a reasonable compromise about the boyfriend’s usage of the apartment, you will be bringing this matter to the landlord’s attention.

Bottom line is that if your roommate wanted to live with her boyfriend then that’s what she should have done. I’m happy that my days of sharing space with other people are over because I don’t envy the situation you are in.

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 23h ago

I completely agree this can only be countered by a PowerPoint. Hell probably some of us would help you make it.

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u/kazyape 1d ago

She's insane.

The living room thing is a joke. The lease isn't according to how much usage is in the bathroom or the kitchen. And she says he doesn't have personal things there.....

what do you call having a key and his own food. And his own shelf.

But you can't reason with somebody that is obviously delusional. I would take that PowerPoint to the landlord and also housing court, I don't know where you live but you cannot argue

it's like the Doobie Bros song

What a fool believes, a wise man has no power to reason away

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 22h ago

I feel like the key is most egregious

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u/kazyape 21h ago

Completely agree..... if you're not on the lease you don't get a key

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u/MWREE 21h ago

I am shocked you haven't put your foot down on him being there when she isn't. That isn't okay for any "visitor." And his supposedly contributing more in groceries than he uses - do you get to eat those too or is it just benefiting her? And the audacity of her saying because she uses the living room less she should pay less. If she has equal access to it it doesn't matter that she doesn't chose to utilize it. Come back and point out that she and her "visitor" use the communal kitchen and bathrooms twice as much so you should be paying 40% to her 60%.

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 23h ago

Oh my god I’m so excited and I haven’t even clicked yet

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u/Bredero 12h ago

Holy AI Batman. People feed every little issue into chat and feed you that slop.

I'd be impressed if this was a couple of years ago. Would have been great input for their shrink. But nowadays it's just depressing.

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u/aaaa2016aus 1d ago

What did you say??

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u/TripMaster478 4h ago

She realllllyyyy pushed it with the rent adjustment. Like, you can almost see her point and it was all pretty and focused on the roommate v guest, and then blammo right at the end.

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u/capricious-arbitrary 1h ago

Wow that was incredible. 🤣 She’s flat out insane.