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Roomate Drama!?

Ok, so my husband and I have a roomate, a girl we have lived with since being Freshman in college, unmarried, and without child(4 years). We all graduate next year and live in a REALLY expensive area in which you either live in the ghetto or live in a really nice luxury area. In order for all of us to avoid living in student housing, which was nasty, we all moved into an apartment in the nice area of town. My husband and I have 2 out of three bedrooms(1 for our son and 1 for us) and our roomate has the master bedroom. We pay 2/3rds of the rent since we have two bedrooms. Well, we are moving into another apartment because we no longer qualify to live in the one we live in now. The apartment is HUMUNGOUS, but it's only a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom-about 1400 sq ft. So, it'll be my husband, our son, and me in one room, and my roomate in other. Both rooms and bathrooms are masters and are the same size. My roomate wants my husband and I to pay $100 more a month than she does because... she says my husband makes more money than she does. We are all fulltime students. She makes only about 6.75 an hour because she wants to work with her boyfriend. Regardless, my husband and I have about 20,000 in medical bills and we take care of ourselves with no outside help. Our roomates mother gives her 400/month. Should we pay more because my husband makes more when we will have the same amount of living space as she does?

Public Comments

1. No, you should not pay more. Her problem she can't find a decent paying job.
2. take out an ad for a new roomate and leave the ad out where she can see it.. that should shut her up.. she should pay more because she is getting her own room. I don't do room mate anymore.. you couldn't pay me enough to do that ever again.
3. I would seriously rethink this situation. SHe should pay her half for half the apartment. But do you really want to live in one bedroon with your child?