Money Moral Dilemma: How do I ask my flatmate's girlfriend to chip in more?

makingplans4nigel

Can she not pay you in kind?

dekaspace

This is the bad thing with houseshares, I used to complain that I was only in house to sleep whilst flatmates had as many as 4 showers a day, heating on, cooking things on hob all night and combinations of similar things, the people who had 4 showers a day annoyed me the most as the water needed heated up first so I often went without due to the time it took, then they used washing machine at least once a day, and tumble dryer so I got maybe 4 showers a week, one use of washing machine and never used tumble dryer and they racked up huge electric bills and told me I had to "pay my way" it didn't matter for them as they were all quite well off but I barely had money to cover rent

So we get to a point we can't win, people will never realise how much they are taking until they are the one who is subsidising someone else.

I remember when I wanted a mini fridge in my room and flatmates disputed it saying they didn't want to pay for my electric, the same people who had 4 showers a day, cooked all night on hob and so on! They also claimed as I owned a tv I was a heavier user than them as they just owned laptops, it was just excuses so you have to see the fine line and have a backbone without making them angry.