What I love about these magical times we live in, where we all have a time in our lives where we have to share living space with other people we may or may not like or know, is exceptionally true in this story, both residents stuck on the lease, unable to escape without Herculean paperwork and mutual signatures that might as well be fantasy. Financial responsibility meets passive-aggressive gatekeeping, and good intentions get repackaged as obligations no one can shake. There’s a mildly heroic vibe to keeping a sense of humor when the bathroom trip feels like crossing international borders. If friendship has stages, this one is somewhere between sitcom and psychological experiment, starring two people who just wanted a roof and now share a whole saga.
Friend co-signs a lease to help her single mom pal, who turns the shared house into her family’s personal kingdom and refuses to discuss roommate rules or share space: ‘I told her we needed to talk about house rules, but she said she’s not interested’ – FAIL Blog
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