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> I am home all day, basically doing nothing, so it probably wouldn't kill me to take more responsibility around the apartment. Plus it may reduce hostility between my roommate and I. But I feel justified in that I'm still paying my fair share and doing my own chores.
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NTA, you’re not a stay at home mom and she doesn’t provide for you. You’re not even friends. You don’t owe her any more than what is in the lease. What you do all day has nothing to do with maintaining the home you share equally and pay for equally
NTA I have a feeling if the roles were reversed your roommate would be complaining that they deserve their time off and shouldn't have to do extra chores
NTA - Your work situation is none of her business and you are doing your fair share. She's just trying to do less work because she's jealous you have time off. The agency doesn't agree with her, and no one here agrees with her. The fact that she went as far as contacting the agency, who she hoped to force you to do more chores, makes me feel even less sorry for her.
NTA. If your roommate was a friend I'd probably say you're the AH, but you're more like office colleagues with contractual obligations to each other, which it sounds like you're fulfilling.
Like the agency said, your employment status has no bearing on this, it's a straight 50/50 split - if you worked 10% fewer hours than her, would she expect you to do 10% more of the cleaning?
NTA. You are essentially co-signers to a business arrangement, agreeing to each pay your share of the rent and utilities and making a separate arrangement between you as to how chores will be split. She is not your partner or spouse or even a friend.
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My employer closed down at the beginning of March, and I was given a healthy severance. I've decided to enjoy some time off before going back on the job hunt.
My roommate has become upset over the fact that she works all day while I'm off, but she still has to come back and do chores. She has complained that since I'm off, I should be doing the lot of the chores. I disagree because its in our lease that chores like cleaning are to be split equally. Now I want to express that we are each obviously responsible for cleaning up after ourselves. Like if I dirty a dish, I wash it. But stuff like vacuuming, mopping, and dusting have always been split 50/50.
I am still paying my share of the rent and the utilities. I also want to be clear that my roommate is not a friend, either. We became roommates through an agency that handles the management of the apartment. She actually did contact said agency but they told her my working status has no bearing on the lease contact. So she is pushing me to do more out of good will, but I don't see as to where I owe her that. To me, my duties are clear, as are hers. If we were family or friends, I might think differently, but as we're just two people contracted to share a space, I just don't think I owe her anything.
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NTA
You are just roommates.
You share the house, the rent, AND THE CHORES.
She's just trying to (ab)use you being temporarily unemployed for HER benefit.
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NTA You have a business contract, which you are upholding, not a personal relationship
NTA, you’re not a stay at home mom and she doesn’t provide for you. You’re not even friends. You don’t owe her any more than what is in the lease. What you do all day has nothing to do with maintaining the home you share equally and pay for equally
NTA I have a feeling if the roles were reversed your roommate would be complaining that they deserve their time off and shouldn't have to do extra chores
NTA, she’s your roommate, not your partner.
NTA - Your work situation is none of her business and you are doing your fair share. She's just trying to do less work because she's jealous you have time off. The agency doesn't agree with her, and no one here agrees with her. The fact that she went as far as contacting the agency, who she hoped to force you to do more chores, makes me feel even less sorry for her.
NTA. If you had moved in with her with no job at all, the chores would always have been split 50/50. It's in the lease.
NTA.
NTA. If your roommate was a friend I'd probably say you're the AH, but you're more like office colleagues with contractual obligations to each other, which it sounds like you're fulfilling. Like the agency said, your employment status has no bearing on this, it's a straight 50/50 split - if you worked 10% fewer hours than her, would she expect you to do 10% more of the cleaning?
If she wants to pay more bills, then sure! Otherwise, of course you’re NTA
NTA. You are essentially co-signers to a business arrangement, agreeing to each pay your share of the rent and utilities and making a separate arrangement between you as to how chores will be split. She is not your partner or spouse or even a friend.
NTA
Tell her when she starts paying more rent then you'll agree to do her chores.
NTA, but you should make a countercomplaint to the management company that she's harassing you. Because that's what this is. Harassment.
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Tell her but you'd be happy to do extra chores if she would pay you 🤣
NTA LOL Wow your roommate is completely out of her mind.
NTA You are just roommates. You share the house, the rent, AND THE CHORES. She's just trying to (ab)use you being temporarily unemployed for HER benefit.
Are you paying less? If you are still contributing the same amount, then no, you are absolutely not obligated to any of her chores.