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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do
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Crooked Jack wrote: »Hmm, some of the stories in this thread, particularly the ones about housemates have made me a bit paranoid. They made me think about a fall out I had with a few friends in uni. It would be interesting to hear what people think.
So basically, uni was over. For me anyway, the other lads in the house were repeating years. But seeing as I was working up there and seeing a girl I decided to stay up for the summer. We all decided to stay on in the house we were in so we extended the lease for another three months.
My girlfriend at the time was also staying up there and seeing as we were both working ****ty jobs and neither of us would be getting any student loans or anything like that we decided that she'd just move into my room.
We didnt think it would be a big deal as it was a big house, it wasnt affecting what anybody else was paying and household bills like electricity and all that would now be split five ways instead of four, but we told them beforehand as a courtesy.
However, the other three lads flipped out and said it wasnt fair that I'd be paying less for my room.
After a few days of not speaking to me they came to us with this "compromise."
Basically the GF could move in with me but instead of paying just for our room, what would happen is the cost of all the rooms would be put together (different rooms cost different rents based on size) and divided by five.
So it basically worked out that everyone else got a tenner or so knocked off their room per week whereas me and the girlfriend would now be paying 72 quid for a 40 pound room.
I was gobsmacked, told them to **** off and took my name off the lease.
So, was I they stinge? Were they? Was everybody wrong?
Well, deciding to move your gf in then announcing it to your house mates isn't really on. It's one thing to say "all bills will now be split five ways" but you don't know how much of an increase there's going to be in those bills. The lads are now sharing their space with an extra person who wasn't there when they signed the lease, so you've changed their living conditions. When it comes to decisions affecting the household everyone should have an equal say. (On thatnote, they're now dealing with two people who will probably side with each other automatically in any further decisions, that can be awkward.) Telling them this is what you've decided, and so it's happening, isn't a courtesy, it's actually kind of an insult.
As for how they reacted personally I would've pointed out those things rather than saying "it's not fair you'll be paying less for your room." Are you sure that was the reason for their objection?
How fair their compromise was depends on what the original arrangement was.
If you all came along individually and rented rooms, then they're not being fair by suddenly changing that to five people sharing the rent on a house.
OTOH if you were renting on the basis "the four of us will pay the rent on this house together" then they're totally in the right.
Er, just to clarify I'm not a lawyer, I'm just talking about fairness as opposed to legality
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Well, deciding to move your gf in then announcing it to your house mates isn't really on. It's one thing to say "all bills will now be split five ways" but you don't know how much of an increase there's going to be in those bills. The lads are now sharing their space with an extra person who wasn't there when they signed the lease, so you've changed their living conditions. When it comes to decisions affecting the household everyone should have an equal say. (On thatnote, they're now dealing with two people who will probably side with each other automatically in any further decisions, that can be awkward.) Telling them this is what you've decided, and so it's happening, isn't a courtesy, it's actually kind of an insult.
As for how they reacted personally I would've pointed out those things rather than saying "it's not fair you'll be paying less for your room." Are you sure that was the reason for their objection?
How fair their compromise was depends on what the original arrangement was.
If you all came along individually and rented rooms, then they're not being fair by suddenly changing that to five people sharing the rent on a house.
OTOH if you were renting on the basis "the four of us will pay the rent on this house together" then they're totally in the right.
Er, just to clarify I'm not a lawyer, I'm just talking about fairness as opposed to legality
Maybe I confused people with the way I wrote that. She didnt move in. We talked to them about it before we did anything, like we asked them if it would be ok. We just genuinely didnt think it would be such a big deal. Rent was different for everyone based on the size of your room.0 -
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Spanish Eyes wrote: »It costs so much more for a guest to go to weddings these days than it does for the couple. New outfit, getting there, stay over, drinks, lunch next day and so on.
No need for a new outfit, don't have to drink, you can then drive home if it's close enough, give the present you can afford, not the "going rate". Sorted!
I agree with you that most weddings are a bit of an ordeal.0 -
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Alan Partridge fan? 
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