When my roommate disappeared overnight to live with her boyfriend, I figured she\u2019d at least handle rent like an adult. Two months later, she was pounding on my door, screaming about changed locks and missing belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I first moved in, the landlord said someone named Milly already lived there and needed a roommate. Perfect, I thought\u2014company and split bills. Big mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Milly was nice enough\u2014sweet, chatty, even thoughtful\u2014but she never bought anything. Toilet paper, soap, coffee\u2014you name it, she used mine. And rent? Always late. Every month came with the same excuse: \u201cI promise I\u2019ll pay you next week.\u201d That week never came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was messy, too. Dishes piled up, trash overflowed, and somehow I always ended up cleaning. I tried talking to her; she promised to do better. She didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, one day, she vanished. Most of her stuff stayed, but she didn\u2019t. Friends said she\u2019d moved in with her boyfriend, playing house in his mom\u2019s basement. Meanwhile, I was covering all the rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I asked her about it, she texted, \u201cWell, I\u2019m not living there right now, so why should I pay rent?\u201d That was it. She ghosted completely\u2014no replies, just blue checkmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By July, I\u2019d had enough. I warned her I\u2019d consider her moved out if she didn\u2019t respond by the 1st. Nothing. So, I packed her things, donated the junk, saved anything that looked valuable, and called the landlord. He changed the locks the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three days later, Milly showed up, furious. \u201cWhy are the locks changed? I LIVE HERE!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I told her calmly, \u201cYou haven\u2019t lived here in two months and haven\u2019t paid rent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She broke down crying, begging to come in, claiming she had nowhere else to go. Then she found out I\u2019d donated her stuff\u2014including, apparently, her grandmother\u2019s wedding dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She lost it. Screamed, cried, threatened to call the cops. I told her, \u201cDo what you need to. I documented everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, she stormed off shouting, \u201cThis isn\u2019t over!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was. She\u2019d ghosted her way out of the apartment. I just made it official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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