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I currently rent a "room" in a house. Unfortunately I have to live with my landlord. When I first moved in I tried to be friendly so he would get used to my presence and also because I wanted to make things less awkward for me. I learned over time that I do not enjoy talking to him, partly because he asks to do things for him that I feel like is not my responsibility to do and also because he can be very bitter and mean. He's an older wheelchair bound man who is basically bedridden because of his health issues; he pretty much lives on the sofa in the living room, where he also sleeps.
Nowadays, after realizing I dislike him, I pretty much see him only when I'm forced to: when I have to go inside to use the bathroom. I do not cook because there is no stove in the house and also the smell is so putrid that I quickly lose my appetite once I enter the house. In order to avoid him when I'm using the bathroom I listen to my Ipod so I have an excuse to not hear him when he calls for me. He said something yesterday along the lines of "I've been trying to talk to you all weekend but you always have your headphones on."
I want to feel bad about it, but I can't. First, I'm paying him money to live in an illegally rented shack (shed) in his backyard without electricity, heat, etc. Second, I just don't like him. Am I in the wrong here? Thanks.
Last edited by Cryinbaby; 06-12-2017 at 11:34 AM..
I want to feel bad about it, but I can't. First, I'm paying him money to live in an illegally rented shack (shed) in his backyard without electricity, heat, etc. Second, I just don't like him. Am I in the wrong here? Thanks.
Wow, who could have foreseen any problems with this arrangement?
Come on, a month-by-month hotel room would be better than this. How is it that you can't afford anything better?
Wow, who could have foreseen any problems with this arrangement?
Come on, a month-by-month hotel room would be better than this. How is it that you can't afford anything better?
Honestly I tolerate it because it's close to work. The rental market is so compettive here that I'm struggling to find anything better, though I could definitely afford it.
I currently rent a "room" in a house. Unfortunately I have to live with my landlord. When I first moved in I tried to be friendly so he would get used to my presence and also because I wanted to make things less awkward for me. I learned over time that I do not enjoy talking to him, partly because he asks to do things for him that I feel like is not my responsibility to do and also because he can be very bitter and mean. He's an older wheelchair bound man who is basically bedridden because of his health issues; he pretty much lives on the sofa in the living room, where he also sleeps.
Nowadays, after realizing I dislike him, I pretty much see him only when I'm forced to: when I have to go inside to use the bathroom. I do not cook because there is no stove in the house and also the smell is so putrid that I quickly lose my appetite once I enter the house. In order to avoid him when I'm using the bathroom I listen to my Ipod so I have an excuse to not hear him when he calls for me. He said something yesterday along the lines of "I've been trying to talk to you all weekend but you always have your headphones on."
I want to feel bad about it, but I can't. First, I'm paying him money to live in an illegally rented shack (shed) in his backyard without electricity, heat, etc. Second, I just don't like him. Am I in the wrong here? Thanks.
Are you making this up as you go along?
If you live in a shack in his backyard, you're not living in his house. Most sheds aren't right outside the back door either.
He must have some set of lungs on him for an older disabled man, if he can shout from the livingroom to a shed in his backyard.
I currently rent a "room" in a house. Unfortunately I have to live with my landlord. When I first moved in I tried to be friendly so he would get used to my presence and also because I wanted to make things less awkward for me. I learned over time that I do not enjoy talking to him, partly because he asks to do things for him that I feel like is not my responsibility to do and also because he can be very bitter and mean. He's an older wheelchair bound man who is basically bedridden because of his health issues; he pretty much lives on the sofa in the living room, where he also sleeps.
Nowadays, after realizing I dislike him, I pretty much see him only when I'm forced to: when I have to go inside to use the bathroom. I do not cook because there is no stove in the house and also the smell is so putrid that I quickly lose my appetite once I enter the house. In order to avoid him when I'm using the bathroom I listen to my Ipod so I have an excuse to not hear him when he calls for me. He said something yesterday along the lines of "I've been trying to talk to you all weekend but you always have your headphones on."
I want to feel bad about it, but I can't. First, I'm paying him money to live in an illegally rented shack (shed) in his backyard without electricity, heat, etc. Second, I just don't like him. Am I in the wrong here? Thanks.
Honestly I tolerate it because it's close to work. The rental market is so compettive here that I'm struggling to find anything better, though I could definitely afford it.
What the hell??? Then get out of there.
I would rather live in my vehicle than living in that place. Gross.
If you live in a shack in his backyard, you're not living in his house. Most sheds aren't right outside the back door either.
He must have some set of lungs on him for an older disabled man, if he can shout from the livingroom to a shed in his backyard.
I could send pictures, but whatever. This is what the set up is: there are actually two homes on the property. There is an actual house which sits on the street. The "house" he lives in is basically a converted garage. He rents out the actual house out front, and both bedrooms in his "house." He lives in the living room area. I live in sort of a detached shack thet sits in earshot of the living room.
Man, I know the rental market in CA is tight, but there are so many illegal and unethical things about this situation that I don't even know how to begin. It seems like any other living situation would be better than this one.
Man, I know the rental market in CA is tight, but there are so many illegal and unethical things about this situation that I don't even know how to begin. It seems like any other living situation would be better than this one.
My struggle is I'm trying to find something in the Westside or even the South Bay, where it's harder for someone like me to find housing. Anyway, that's not what this thread is about.
My struggle is I'm trying to find something in the Westside or even the South Bay, where it's harder for someone like me to find housing. Anyway, that's not what this thread is about.
What do you mean "someone like you"? Are you on the sex offender registry or something?
Just rent a motel room.
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