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My six-year friendship just fell apart after we moved in together and I'm out $2,000.

You know, it happens.

It happens.

A quick summary before we get into the thick of it, I moved in with a good friend.

She left in the middle of our lease, guilted me into letting a random girl take over her room, despite promises that she'd cover the rent. If we didn't find someone I like, that girl trashed the house, and now I'm out $2,000, and the friend is probably in a cult. Oh. Just start at the beginning, I guess. I, 24 female, got a job in a new city in March 23, and while I was looking for apartments,

the stars aligned. And one of my best friends and former roommates, also 24 female, from college,

got a job in the same area. For the purposes of this story, I'll give her a fake name. Megan.

Megan asked if I wanted to be roommates and I was absolutely thrilled.

We had been best friends for six years. This would be my first time renting a place post-college and I was so

excited to have someone to do that with instead of having to figure it out on my own. I have a lot of

social anxiety and this friend tended to bring me out of my

shell and include me in social things as well, so I was excited to live with her again. Because we

were roommates in college, I also wasn't worried about it becoming one of those surprise. Your

good friend is actually bad to live with situations. Yeah. There was some roomy drama when we

live together with two other

girls in college, but I thought everyone left on good terms, so I wasn't stressed about that aspect.

Boy, was I wrong? Uh-oh. We found a house and signed a lease for a two-bedroom starting in July. Her job

started in August, and I have been staying with family

nearby until this point. Living together started out a little awkward, but I talked it up to the

fact that we hadn't really hung out in person for about a year. And also that in interactions with people,

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