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| Sat, 08-13-2005 - 7:32am |
As you remember, I invited this semi homeless couple into my home with the agreement that they would pay $600.00 in rent money, when they had been paying $1100 and living in a small one bedroom apartment with two babies. Also that they haven't been doing their dishes nor cleaning their living area etc....The agreement was for rent to be paid on the first of the month.
Well, after 12 days of living here without paying rent, they have finally moved out! I gave them written notice on two separate occasions. The first to give a deadline, the second to move. In my attempt to collect the money, I wrote a question that I thought for sure would get them to live up to their responsibilities. I asked, "you used my car for over a month to locate a job for D and to transport you both back and forth to work, and this is how you repay me for my generosity"? Not to mention the many times I coordinated my schedule to accomodate their needs!
They left true to their nature, a huge mess for me to clean up! L did stop singing her perky gospel melodies, while she was in happy land thinking I wouldn't have the courage to act, I was typing out the legal notice for them to vacate my home. After she read the notice she stopped singing. Then they were angry with me for asking them to leave. I also told them that it was not my intention to go out into the community to find four people that I could support in addition to my own family. That I didn't have enough bills and that I really wanted to find people to run up all my utilities so I could pay more for my home. They were having dinner parties paying for the food and inviting their friends into my home, and yet couldn't pay their portion of the rent!
One thing I'm very glad about is that I no longer have to watch them interact with each other. He reminded me of my ex. He was controlling and she was subservient to him. Where are you going, how long will you be gone, hurry back back so I don't have to watch the kids? He controlled how long she was on line and was looking over her shoulders constantly telling her what sites to check out and keeping the kids in the same room until she got off line. Do the laundry, have dinner ready for me when I get home, yadda yadda yadda. It turned my stomach inside out, seeing how he treated her and how shallow minded he was towards her! Everything revolved around his happiness! Geesh, thank god I had the courage and good sense to walk away from my marriage! lol
Well that's the end of this story, chalk the whole experience up as a bad memory that needs to be dumped! I spoke to a paster yesterday and he recommended I contact their church to see if I could recoup some of the money from the couple. He said when you open your home up to people you should always expect the worst from the beginning, then I wouldn't have been so disappointed.
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I can't believe they had the nerve to be mad at you for asking them to leave, they were told repeatedly to clean up their messes and pay their rent. What were they thinking?
But now what? Do you need another roommate? Are you doing better? I know the business has been doing better.
I can't wait to here about the party/concert with Ashley.
I hope it went well and you were skillful at the sound board!
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Hi Pam, it's good to see you. We've all missed you, I hope things are going well for you.
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Sebastian
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Thanks Gigi :o)
I just typed a huge hello message and it was eaten in cyberspace.
~sigh~
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It's good to see ya anyway, I'll be looking for your hello message.
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Sebastian
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Wow! Welcome back stranger!
Yes I like that thing she told you , I will have to remember that one.
Believe me when I say I learned the hard way and still have more to learn, about people and the way they behave. I had a man homestead in my house back in Ohio. He strung me along for month's and when winter hit, I snuck up at three o'clock Am, slammed the gas off, and put a gas lock on the meter! He finally moved out and I had to wait and prove he abandoned the property. When I finally got in, he had stolen my $1500 gas convection oven that I had just bought, my new furnace was removed, he gutted the electrical wiring out of all the walls and ceilings, and put holes in every wall in the house. Mind you he never paid a cent to live there! The cops caught up to him and threw his toss in jail. That was at least some consolation to me.
He moved in because I gave him the key to my house so his work crew could move my stuff out and put it in storage for me. When I came home my stuff was gone, and strange furniture was in my house. I asked him what the deal was because I wanted to sell my house. He claimed he wanted to buy it and was getting an attorney to draw up papers to buy it. That never happened, and when I tried to get him out, the police said there was nothing I could do! So, I definitely know how you feel about the 5 1/2 year thing.
This time I wanted to make sure these people paid or got out.
No room mates for me anymore!
So nice to see you back again! I'm going to wait for your announcement so I can read what has been up with you!
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Edited 8/14/2005 11:38 am ET ET by halo_hvn
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Thanks Laurie,
Yes I'm happy that they are out! It feels so good to have my home back. The concert went great with A and R, and I met Andy Moore, Laura Cerulli, and other artists while setting up the sound. A & R ran the sound for the other band and I was lucky not to have to do that. I was so nervous about it. A and R are coming back to Babe's in August. The problem is she starts singing a 7, and no one shows up until later and then they get upset because they missed her performance. Oh well............I can help out again.
Hope you are feeling better, I really want you to get better and I'm in constant prayer over you. (((((((((((((((((((((((Laurie))))))))))))))))))))))))
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Pooh thank you so much for your love, encouragement and friendship! You have helped me stay strong and that means the world to me!
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