End of my chain with boyfriends Gemini roommate

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One of the greatest challenges in my life rn is not verbally attacking my boyfriends roommate who continues to take advantage of my bf’s kindness & wallet. On one hand I want to respect my boyfriend and trust he’s doing what feels right, but on the other hand I feel like he’s not setting up proper boundaries.

My boyfriend keeps giving him second chances because they’ve been friends since childhood, but this dude continually tries (and succeeds at) to screw over my boyfriend.

•He makes my bf pay half the electric bill for the apartment, even tho my bf only stays there one weekend each month.

•He tried to make my boyfriend buy himself out of their apartment contract so le roomie could live with his other friends instead.

•Asked boyfriend if his friends could sleep in le boyfriends bed while my bf was staying with me during the work week. Then, when my bf said he might let his own brother stay at the apartment on weekends so he can be an Uber driver in Dallas, le roommate freaked out and said it was against their visitor clause in the contract. In actuality, it was no different than the roommate having his friend sleep there for a week...

THE LATEST INCIDENT:

Roommates girlfriend turned washing machine on and left apartment. Washing machine ended up flooding the apartment, and now the roommate is trying to make my bf pay half the damages because it was my bf’s washing machine.

This girlfriend bullies my boyfriend by calling him gay and weak, and saying she’s gonna cut his penis off and feed it to my dog. It hurts my heart hearing these things, and not being able to say anything because my boyfriend says it’s just her sense of humor.

Someone please help me cope. My boyfriend doesn’t want me to get involved, so I’m just supposed to sit here and witness all this shit. It’s getting on my nerves, as someone who likes to stand up for people who don’t stand up for themselves.
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Apparently since my bf has to pay half the electric bill he’s allowed to control the temperature of the apartment.

I’d like to just sit down and ask the roommate: “So, since [bf] dun’t live here full time but you still make him pay half your steep electric bill, who’s to stop him from turning the AC off? He’s the one who gets to control the temp in here, and that’s half y’alls electric bill anyways 🤷‍♀️“
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Posted by MyStarsShine
He needs to get out of there

They're taking the piss

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Maaaaaan when we talk about him ending the lease early he’s always like “I can’t do that to [roommate]. He’ll be put on the street if I end my part of the contract early. I’d have to make some sort of deal where I give him some money each month to help pay my share of the rent”.

I’m like DUDE, if you buy yourself out of the contract that literally means you’re giving the apartment complex funds for your share, so your former roommate can continue to live there without paying extra rent 🙄🙄
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He tried to make my boyfriend buy himself out of their apartment contract so le roomie could live with his other friends instead.

Start looking for and showing him affordable places you guys could rent together. Plant the seed.

Then the next time they pull this shit he can be all "boy byyyyeeeeee"
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He said he is hesitant to leave his contract early because he thinks it’ll screw the roommate over & make me roommate pay extra rent.

I don’t think my bf knows that when you buy yourself out of an apartment contract you’re literally giving the apartment complex the money you’d otherwise pay in rent, so that your other roommates don’t have to pay your share.
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He tried to make my boyfriend buy himself out of their apartment contract so le roomie could live with his other friends instead.

Start looking for and showing him affordable places you guys could rent together. Plant the seed.
Then the next time they pull this shit he can be all "boy byyyyeeeeee"

He said he is hesitant to leave his contract early because he thinks it’ll screw the roommate over & make me roommate pay extra rent.
I don’t think my bf knows that when you buy yourself out of an apartment contract you’re literally giving the apartment complex the money you’d otherwise pay in rent, so that your other roommates don’t have to pay your share. click to expand
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How much longer is the lease?
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Have you talked about him moving out? He should call roomie’s gf fat to her face and say ‘it’s just his sense of humour’ (not really).

Why does he have the place if he’s only there one weekend a month?

I told him to call her fat and he’s just like “She’s not fat”. I’m like “she’s overweight at least”. Next time she jokes like that imma call her a fat cunt and then say jk.

He originally got that place because he thought he would be living there long term, until he got a job 2 hours away in my city.
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He needs to get out of there
They're taking the piss
👎🏻

Maaaaaan when we talk about him ending the lease early he’s always like “I can’t do that to [roommate]. He’ll be put on the street if I end my part of the contract early. I’d have to make some sort of deal where I give him some money each month to help pay my share of the rent”.
I’m like DUDE, if you buy yourself out of the contract that literally means you’re giving the apartment complex funds for your share, so your former roommate can continue to live there without paying extra rent 🙄🙄 click to expand
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Oh God?

Pisces Moon?
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I’m like DUDE, if you buy yourself out of the contract that literally means you’re giving the apartment complex funds for your share, so your former roommate can continue to live there without paying extra rent 🙄🙄 click to expand
A buyout of a contract, does not mean the former roommate does not have to pay an increase in rent. It is simply "buying" yourself out of a lease and financial responsibility for any damage or future rent after the date of contract termination. This is usually the difference between the rent discount from signing a long term lease versus month to month rates, and that doesn't mean the rent is then covered. That just means, rent will need to come from a different source, that is not your bf. I.E. his best friend.

In all likelihood, to get your boyfriend out of the situation, he could easily try and find a replacement for himself.
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A buyout of a contract, does not mean the former roommate does not have to pay an increase in rent. It is simply "buying" yourself out of a lease and financial responsibility for any damage or future rent after the date of contract termination. This is usually the difference between the rent discount from signing a long term lease versus month to month rates, and that doesn't mean the rent is then covered. That just means, rent will need to come from a different source, that is not your bf. I.E. his best friend.

In all likelihood, to get your boyfriend out of the situation, he could easily try and find a replacement for himself.

Agh well son of a biscuit. My boyfriend is so “nice” that he’d want to give the roommate the extra money le roommie would have to pay each month. He literally said, “I can’t screw him over like that”.
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A buyout of a contract, does not mean the former roommate does not have to pay an increase in rent. It is simply "buying" yourself out of a lease and financial responsibility for any damage or future rent after the date of contract termination. This is usually the difference between the rent discount from signing a long term lease versus month to month rates, and that doesn't mean the rent is then covered. That just means, rent will need to come from a different source, that is not your bf. I.E. his best friend.
In all likelihood, to get your boyfriend out of the situation, he could easily try and find a replacement for himself.

Agh well son of a biscuit. My boyfriend is so “nice” that he’d want to give the roommate the extra money le roommie would have to pay each month. He literally said, “I can’t screw him over like that”. click to expand
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Honestly, given there is only 4 months left, it is probably more monetarily economical for your boyfriend to pay his portion of the rent until the end of the lease. Most contract termination fees are expensive. Here in California, it is about 3500 to 4000, so I would probably think in your area, it would be at least half that cost, if not a little more, so a few thousand.
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I’m like DUDE, if you buy yourself out of the contract that literally means you’re giving the apartment complex funds for your share, so your former roommate can continue to live there without paying extra rent 🙄🙄 click to expand



A buyout of a contract, does not mean the former roommate does not have to pay an increase in rent. It is simply "buying" yourself out of a lease and financial responsibility for any damage or future rent after the date of contract termination. This is usually the difference between the rent discount from signing a long term lease versus month to month rates, and that doesn't mean the rent is then covered. That just means, rent will need to come from a different source, that is not your bf. I.E. his best friend.

In all likelihood, to get your boyfriend out of the situation, he could easily try and find a replacement for himself.
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Great advice.

Have him post a 2 month sublet for the last 2 months left in the lease. You can speed up with house search.

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A buyout of a contract, does not mean the former roommate does not have to pay an increase in rent. It is simply "buying" yourself out of a lease and financial responsibility for any damage or future rent after the date of contract termination. This is usually the difference between the rent discount from signing a long term lease versus month to month rates, and that doesn't mean the rent is then covered. That just means, rent will need to come from a different source, that is not your bf. I.E. his best friend.

In all likelihood, to get your boyfriend out of the situation, he could easily try and find a replacement for himself.

Great advice.

Have him post a 2 month sublet for the last 2 months left in the lease. You can speed up with house search.
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He said he would need his roommates permission to do that and the roommate doesn’t feel comfortable with strangers staying there.
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A buyout of a contract, does not mean the former roommate does not have to pay an increase in rent. It is simply "buying" yourself out of a lease and financial responsibility for any damage or future rent after the date of contract termination. This is usually the difference between the rent discount from signing a long term lease versus month to month rates, and that doesn't mean the rent is then covered. That just means, rent will need to come from a different source, that is not your bf. I.E. his best friend.
In all likelihood, to get your boyfriend out of the situation, he could easily try and find a replacement for himself.

Great advice.
Have him post a 2 month sublet for the last 2 months left in the lease. You can speed up with house search.

He said he would need his roommates permission to do that and the roommate doesn’t feel comfortable with strangers staying there. click to expand
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"I'm not comfortable commuting 2 hours to work and paying half a utility bill I'm not using"

*Shrug

Let them be part of the interview process. Or sublet to a mutual friend. Or they can cover utility and comp him for gas money on his commute.
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Oh God?


Pisces Moon?

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...and where is his Mars @Whorpio ? click to expand



I doubt it's his Mars. He finds her funny so he will put up with it.
Geminis tend to like Aries energy. They aren't stuck up. click to expand
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He doesn't seem to assert himself too well though ?
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I don't get it. What's there to be assertive? He isn't bothered by her words.

This is why scorp gemini relationships end up badly because Scorps want to take over Gemini's life. Our friends are ours. As long as we aren't messing with them, Scorps should stay in their lane.

I like this Gem guy. He respects his friendship... And doesn't want to give control to his gf. Because we all know this is how Scorps try to grab hold of control...

Except his whole family agrees that the roommate is no longer his friend, and is more so a con-artist now. And when I told them the things the Aries says they also didn’t find it funny and say he needs to get out of that situation...

So it’s not just me “trying to control” his personal relationships. I don’t complain about his childhood friends who made consistent efforts to visit him in college, who don’t try to screw him over, who aren’t jealous of his standing in life, who don’t judge him, and who genuinely act interested in him.

This roommate is literally toxic and taking advantage of him. Even my bf admits it, yet some how it’s acceptable. My bf blames the Aries girlfriend for making the roommate like this, but the roommate has been shitty pretty much ever since they left high school.

He never visited my boyfriend at college. He went to my boyfriends college town to visit a DIFFERENT friend, and made my boyfriend find out where that friend lived if he wanted to hang out.

Or when my bf got this high paying job that requires travel, the roommate said it was too good to be true and that the company will probably screw him over.

Or when my bf got a luxury sports car the roommate downplayed it and said he would race him over 500 miles (roommate has an economy car, which can drive farther but slower than a sports car).

The negative things the roommate says pile up, and my boyfriend gets upset by them.

So tell me how I’m trying to control him when even he feels the same?
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I doubt it's his Mars. He finds her funny so he will put up with it.

Geminis tend to like Aries energy. They aren't stuck up.

He doesn't seem to assert himself too well though ?
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Yasssss assertiveness is the key issue here!!! I just remembered he’s Capricorn dominant tho. I recall it takes A LOT for Capricorn moons to finally burst...is it the same with the cap-doms?
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Posted by Squishy_Marshmallow
Fair enough.

This is my opinion. Be supportive but don't put him on the spot and make a rash decision.

If they are friends since childhood there must be reason/s why they are friends despite the issues you stated.

There are men who will try to one up each other and not discuss the good part of their friendship.

His moon may struggle to let go of a lifelong friendship.

Give him time and he will decide what's best.

Most geminis don't count money in a relationship/friendship. We may get frustrated here and there and voice our opinions but we have the ability to let these things slide.

Parents have their own opinions. But they are his friends.

Listen to what he has to say... Be patient with him. Be supportive as his girl. If you get annoyed it might make him react rashly and if later on he regrets his decision, he might blame you. Let him decide. Trust him to do the right thing.

He seems like a good guy who isn't reacting rashly, seems good to me. Idc for all this alpha behavior. Personally I think a cool headed guy who accepts his feelings and emotions and takes time to decide is worth his weight in gold.

Thanks for the support and new perspective 🤗 You have slowed my roll and I guess I can hold out a little longer.