Roommate spat? Need advice

novafan1225
Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:09:50 +0000

Hey, I’ve never posted in this section of CC so here goes, I guess.

My roommate and I requested each other after meeting on Facebook and for the most part we get along wonderfully. There’s one small spot that is kind of sore the both of us though, I guess…

My roommate ended up renting the microfridge, with the idea that I’d pay her back for half (we agreed to this ahead of time). I told her I’d bring a TV, which I did, and she promised to buy Apple TV for our room (sort of a way to use Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, etc. through the TV). Only when we got to school did she mention “Oh yeah, I didn’t get Apple TV because I ended up blowing all my grad money on other stuff haha!”

I have actually since not paid her back (mainly something that slipped my mind/I didn’t have the money on hand) but she has mentioned multiple times that she intends to use the $100 that I owe her for the fridge to buy alcohol/go out to dinner with her boyfriend. As in, the money that I owe to her father (who bought the microfridge) will go straight to her for leisure money. She also receives an allowance of $2000 a month from the same father. I know that it really shouldn’t matter because I owe her the money regardless of how much she has, but it’s very hard to muster up my own personal money to give straight to her to blow when I know she already has so much (and I don’t).

So, regardless of me being a little bit bitter…I obviously owe her the money, and I have it ready to go but I am wondering if it would be okay for me to buy the Apple TV instead of repaying her? It costs $100, which is what I owe her. She had promised to buy it for our room and then didn’t (and didn’t warn me before school). This way I know the money won’t go straight to booze/dates, and at least it’s something we can both use. I know it’s kind of a shady move, but she DID promise to buy the Apple TV so I think she kind of owes that to me as well as I owe her the $100.

Is it wrong for me to buy the Apple TV in place of giving her $100 cash? Thanks for any advice, I know I’m not really in the right here but I don’t think she totally is either.