Right now because my roomate still owes him $190 and refuses to call him and make arrangements to pay it next week. So he keeps knocking on the door, which I am too scared to answer because he is usually borderline rude and mean, and very intimidating. I know he can hear me in here and every time I hear him knock on the door i break into a sweat and can't breathe right and start panicking. For some reason I keep thinking we are either going to be evicted when I open the door or he is going to come in without being invited. IT sucks. My roomate said hed call him to explain why he doesnt have it yet LAST WEEK and he still hasn't. So he is getting us in trouble and since I am home all day I am in a way having to take the brunt of it. Why should I have to deal with him when its the roomates fault(he took money out of the rent to go party and is waiting on his next check) that the rent wasnt paid in the first place.

Arggg anxiety.

This is making me freak out. I just feel like hes going to come bursting in at any minute or is going to slide an eviction notice under the door, even though I know he has to give us until we are 30 days late before he can evict us. I called my roomate at work and asked him to call again and he got mad at me for calling him at work and said I should just talk to the guy. Yeah, right. Id probably pass out.

[lenjan]

((((Rainbow)))) I'm hiding from my landlord too. Unfortunately, she lives next door! If I see she's outside when I head out to my car, I go back in for a few minutes. It sucks.

I did leave her a check today, knowing that 1) nothing gets processed on a Saturday and 2) she usually doesn't deposit them for a week anyway, and I get paid Wed. But, as it stands right now, if she cashes it Monday or Tuesday, it's going to bounce, and I knew that when I wrote it. My bank doesn't bounce checks anymore, they just cover it and then charge me up the wazoo , so she'll never know the difference....but I do.

At least I didn't go party with my rent money -- I spent it on gas (put over 400 miles on my car this week for work, gas is $3.19 a gallon here) and a bit of food.

Poverty sucks, fer shure. I hope your roommate comes around and accepts some responsibility.

Candy

[PlanningtoLive]

{{{{{{Rainbowzz}}}}}}} I'm sorry you are having to deal with the repercussions of your roommate's fault. I've been in your spot myself and you sure don't need all this on top of expecting and not feeling well.

Here's hoping he calls your landlord soon and things start looking up for you.

Mary Alice

[debbie_tabor]

Your roommate is rude and irresponsible and should get his act together (and let the landlord know what's happening). I know you don't need this right now. Do you have a chain on your door so you know he can't just burst in? Can you send the landlord a note, or leave one on the outside of the door "apologising" for the rent not being paid yet? (With your roommates phone number........???)

Candy,

yeah. mine lives right below me, and is NOSY as all get out. Hes even spread that im pregnant all over the building already I found out.

Everyone else,

yeah, tomorrow I am going to slide a note under his door explaining that my roomate was supposed to get ahold of him and arrange to pay him and that if he wants to call him first call him at work.

I refuse to play this damn game any longer.

[summerflower22]

Rainbow,
I understand totally what you're going through. First thing's first...your roommate is an irresponsible person. They should have their half of the rent, when it's due.
Anyway, me and my fiance also have a landlord who is a mean, pathetic old man. I'm very scared of him too, as he has said some indecent things. I will never open the door to him, if I'm the only one home. He complains to my fiance that I should open the door for him...but that's not going to happen. He stares and oogles at me.
I'm sorry that you have to go through this . I hope your roomy gets the rent paid, soon.
Take care.

[EJ711]

Rainbow,

That is a good strategy.

Men that are irresponsible with money when you meet them, don't usually improve. At least my husband hasn't to any great degree.

Keep us posted.

EJ

[Perna]

Whose name(s) is on the lease? If it is just yours, I would figure out how to pay and would start charging my boyfriend interest or make him pay ahead of time, etc. If it is just your boyfriend's, I would answer the door and tell the landlord you're ill and in bed and bf's at work, give him his number, etc. and that you'd appreciate it if landlord quit bothering YOU! If it is both of you, I'd still make a "new" rule that your boyfriend had to, from now on, pay his half of the rent before anything else/with his "first" paycheck of the month, make him "borrow" from some other of his sources/paycheck(s)/"friends" instead of jeopardizing you.

[EJ711]