If you don't want to hear/don't care about what's going on in my life right now, then you don't have to read.
I'm in sort of a mid-summer crisis. I moved into a house expecting my other 2 roommates to move in at the sametime. However, they didn't. Leaving me with the bills to turn on the water, gas, and electric. They also didn't pay the $500 deposit on the house with me. I had to pay it up front. It's been nearly 3 weeks and I'm still waiting for them to fulfill their spoken 'promise' to pay me back for that.
Turning on the water and that $500 deposit has left me bankrupt. Not to mention getting settled into the house and buying a bed. I've barely gotten any money from either of my roommates, and one of them has decided to end all communication for no apparent reason (His cellphone no longer takes incoming calls, and he hasn't been on the internet for quite a while, which is unusual). The other one is getting payed minimum wage for 15 hours a week, which is obviously barely enough to pay for the rent and pay me back on the house deposit. It's a wonder why he even decided to move into a house in the first place.
Basically, I've been shoved into an empty house by myself and have to keep it for these 2 other guys for fall, not knowing for sure if/when they'd move in or if/when they'd pay the bills and pay me back. I have to make a choice, because I don't have a place nearby to fall back to (my parents live several states away now), and I start summer classes in 2 days. Not to mention my job, which has me working afternoon shifts nearly every day of the week.
My question is, should I just leave these guys to their own devices, leave the house which I already payed $500 for, and move in with someone else who's in need of a roommate? Or should I stay with them and hope that they'll come through for me and actually move in and pay all the bills on time with me? My confidence in them is shaky at best. Especially since one of them gets barely any money at all, and has been quoted as saying, "I'm not moving into the house until I can pay for utilities."
There's a place on the campus website where I can find local people in need of roommates, and I've looked there and there are already several options available to me, some of which are far more convenient. So, what should I do?
I'm in sort of a mid-summer crisis. I moved into a house expecting my other 2 roommates to move in at the sametime. However, they didn't. Leaving me with the bills to turn on the water, gas, and electric. They also didn't pay the $500 deposit on the house with me. I had to pay it up front. It's been nearly 3 weeks and I'm still waiting for them to fulfill their spoken 'promise' to pay me back for that.
Turning on the water and that $500 deposit has left me bankrupt. Not to mention getting settled into the house and buying a bed. I've barely gotten any money from either of my roommates, and one of them has decided to end all communication for no apparent reason (His cellphone no longer takes incoming calls, and he hasn't been on the internet for quite a while, which is unusual). The other one is getting payed minimum wage for 15 hours a week, which is obviously barely enough to pay for the rent and pay me back on the house deposit. It's a wonder why he even decided to move into a house in the first place.
Basically, I've been shoved into an empty house by myself and have to keep it for these 2 other guys for fall, not knowing for sure if/when they'd move in or if/when they'd pay the bills and pay me back. I have to make a choice, because I don't have a place nearby to fall back to (my parents live several states away now), and I start summer classes in 2 days. Not to mention my job, which has me working afternoon shifts nearly every day of the week.
My question is, should I just leave these guys to their own devices, leave the house which I already payed $500 for, and move in with someone else who's in need of a roommate? Or should I stay with them and hope that they'll come through for me and actually move in and pay all the bills on time with me? My confidence in them is shaky at best. Especially since one of them gets barely any money at all, and has been quoted as saying, "I'm not moving into the house until I can pay for utilities."
There's a place on the campus website where I can find local people in need of roommates, and I've looked there and there are already several options available to me, some of which are far more convenient. So, what should I do?
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