"I am a man in my late 20s, and I have rented the same three-bedroom house with my best friend, "Gail," since we graduated college seven years ago. Gail is a woman, but she is gay, and there has never been anything between us. The landlord likes us since we are quiet and clean. He has barely raised the rent."
"Gail was worried about having three other people move in, especially kids. But she agreed after I reminded her that her rent would go down by a third and also offered to switch rooms so she would have the biggest bedroom and private bath. Gail agreed, and she has been great. She sold her guestroom furniture so the girls could have that room, and she even took them shopping for new stuff for their room."
"Every time I think I find a solution, my girlfriend moves on to another complaint. My relationships with both Skye and Gail are strained. I'm stuck in the middle."
A man in his late 20s has rented a three-bedroom house with his best friend, Gail, for seven years under a landlord who rarely raises rent. The man invited his girlfriend, Skye, and her two daughters to move in after she was priced out of housing. Gail accepted after rent and room adjustments and helped prepare space for the girls. Tensions arose as Skye repeatedly clashed with Gail over discipline, space, shared expenses, and small actions like ordering food. Skye then brought home a kitten despite a no-pets lease and Gail’s severe allergy, prompting Gail to threaten leaving and breaking the lease.
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