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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > I need some legal advice, because my roommate is a paranoid imbecile!
 
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A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

by Fluffdaddy

Danger-Pumpkin posted:

I think that me not having the money, or the means to acquire it is an excuse not to repay it immediately.

Maybe I should clarify:

I'm not trying to get out of repaying the money. The only reason I'm even thinking about the legal status of the arrangement is because she has threatened legal action. Which to me makes no sense, because what on earth would that accomplish? I have $50 to my name, and no job. I'll have even less once the electric bill shows up, which is in my name, and which she refuses to contribute to because of the debt.

The only issue at all right now, is that she's insisted on making this an issue, despite knowing full and well that I'm not working yet, and can't pay the money back yet. There's simply no way. I mean, hell, SHE doesn't even have a job yet. So is it maybe, maybe just a little unreasonable for her to be considering taking me to court at this point? I mean, am I crazy for thinking that's unreasonable?

that you haven't started work and aren't showing any momentum on that front is the exact reason for her to need to get paid right loving now, rather than waiting around for your slack rear end to blow the rest of whatever savings you've got in the hopes she'll just like forget about the money you owe her or something. I don't really understand why she's moving, and not you, the jobless parasite, but I hope she lands on her feet and this will not be too painful a lesson for her in what generosity towards idiots gets you.

If you put her on the line I'd be happy to resolve your whole issue by offering her some advice in extracting funds (or, at least, a deadbeat-free place of residence) from deadbeats like you, while small claims is an option you seem cowardly and shiftless and could probably be motivated to cough up with simpler incentives.

A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Nov 24, 2015

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A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

by Fluffdaddy

Danger-Pumpkin posted:

Pretty much. If this was going to be an issue for her, why do me the favor in the first place? When I asked her why this was suddenly so pressing during the argument, she didn't really have an answer. She said something about student loans being due in two years. Which, if that was such a pressing concern, I'm not sure why she agreed to this venture to begin with. She certainly hasn't been scrimping and saving any of the other several thousand dollars she's got.

Also, people whining about me not having a job/being a bum and-or parasite: The whole reason I moved to THIS particular city was because of a job transfer that was %100 groovy, everyone was real happy to have me on board, etc, until I got here and it was suddenly revoked. I got a paycheck for it, for about $100. Despite that, I actually would have been able to pay my own way thus far, if my roommate hadn't reneged on her agreement to reimburse me for travel costs other than gas. I didn't choose to make an issue out of that at the time, because I thought we were friends, and that we could trust each other, and that it didn't matter as much as getting off to a harmonious start in a new place. My driving her vehicle here, packed with all of her stuff, saved her an estimate of over $4,000 in shipping. That's her price, that she quoted me. When this was brought up, suddenly the notion of a retroactive contract or agreement was not applicable, because it no longer stood to benefit her. I've been working on finding a job since I got here. Any job. I've been doing short term odd jobs to buy food and medicine with since. You can make a joke about prostitution if you wish.

I assume the lot of you are all gainfully employed, and that that gainful employment was the result of walking outside and shouting "someone give me a job, please," until someone gave you a job.

you're going to be homeless soon and you deserve it :)

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A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

by Fluffdaddy

Control Volume posted:

well i can't speak for everyone but i myself got gainful employment by walking into my lovely retail job and shouting "someone give me a job, please" until one of the customers gave me a better job

same but seasonal landscaping, which is what supported my family from around age 15 through college. it helped not burning bridges and ripping off the few friends willing and able to offer me any help, and also cutting the kinds of people who do that poo poo out of my life because they're loving poison who drag everyone they can down to hell with them

A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Nov 25, 2015

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A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

by Fluffdaddy

KillHour posted:

Are you done jerking off about bootstraps? You didn't get wherever you are on merit alone. Nobody did. Get off your high horse.

OP: The dumbest thing you did was accept money without getting everything in writing. The second dumbest thing you did was come here for advice on the matter.

no man's an island but lmao if you think everyone else is a human tapeworm like the OP instead

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