I have most of my life been the type of person that tends to be pretty free with my money. If a friend is in trouble I am one of the first to step up to the line and whip out the cash. I never expect to get paid back.
BUT........
I expect the person to reciprocate. If a times come and the roles are reversed that it is not an issue for them to do what I did for them.
The last three weeks (two of which I took off) I have not been working I was just worn out from all the hours I had put in before and the move. I just wanted to take some time to settle in and all that. So I put about 100 bucks worth of staples in the house and my roommate was getting smokes and cream and milk and so on.
Now I was suppose to get a check on Friday and that would cover my half of the rent due to some issues I did not get the check until Today. I told her if anything bounced I would cover it. But could she not call the bank this morning and let them know. But she could not do that for some reason...not sure if anything has bounced or not.
But all that aside last night she laid into me about not working and so on. I told her that money was coming in and I am sorry but I do not work a 9-5 job I am a contractor I get paid in lumps. She then proceeded to tally up the amount of money she put out on smokes and other stuff.
When I reminded her that over the last 2 months I shelled out around $1000 dollars to cover her when she was short on rent one month, her half of the security deposit, rented a moving truck for her and covered a small fee that she owed for having her taxes done. She got upset and told me I said not to worry about it. Which in essence I did.
My words were "Dont worry about paying me back. Once we are in the house I am sure I will be broke at some point and it will balance out."
So here we are...I am pissed and have lost the trust that I give pretty much anyone in my life.
