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Few things can complicate a chill roommate dynamic as quickly as a partner.Anyone who has lived with roommates knows that a roommate&#39;s blossoming romance can often means you&#39;ll get an unofficial third roommate, or they&#39;ll try to take over the apartment and kick you out.<h2>In a popular <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/10r08du/wibta_if_i_asked_my_roommates_to_move_out_of_my/" target="_blank">post on the AITA subreddit</a>, a person asked if they&#39;re wrong for telling their roomie they&#39;d rather live solo and keep the apartment.</h2>They wrote:<blockquote> WIBTA if I asked my roommates to move out of my apartment rather than myself? </blockquote><blockquote> The apartment complex I live in is extremely convenient. It&rsquo;s close to stores &amp; restaurants, and directly across the street from several transit stops which makes my commute to work pretty easy- I just get on on train and I&rsquo;m there. </blockquote><blockquote> The rent isn&rsquo;t horrible, it&rsquo;s a two bedroom &amp; I pay $1850 in a large city. The view is also pretty incredible. I&rsquo;ve lived in this apartment for 4 years now with my roommate &ldquo;Mark.&rdquo; We both signed together. I think you know where this is going. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Mark got a girlfriend and they want to move in together, which I said I was fine with, but they want to be alone. They asked if I would move out at the end of the lease. </blockquote><blockquote> Both Mark and his GF work within walking distance of the building, but my work is across the river (about a 10-minute ride) I&rsquo;m fairly certain I can find a place closer to my work, but I honestly do not want to move out. </blockquote><blockquote> It wouldn&rsquo;t be in as nice of an area, definitely not as close to shops, and definitely not as good of a deal. I&rsquo;m honestly fine with Mark and his GF living here, but they don&rsquo;t want me to live with them anymore. </blockquote><blockquote> Would I be the a**hole if I said that if they want to live alone, they need to move? </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/He_Who_Is_Right_/">He_Who_Is_Right_</a> wrote:<blockquote> NTA. The person who wants to change the status quo needs to leave. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Frosty-Mall4727/">Frosty-Mall4727</a> wrote:<blockquote> Contact your landlord now and let him know your intent to resign the lease alone and make him aware that you&rsquo;re financially capable and qualify for the lease solo. If that&rsquo;s not the case, you may lose the apartment to the couple. </blockquote><blockquote> Make your claim quietly and quickly. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Lo_tessa/">Lo_tessa</a> wrote:<blockquote> NTA. They don&#39;t want to live with you, so they have to go. </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lihzee/">lihzee</a> wrote: <div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> NTA. They&#39;re the ones that want to make a change, so they&#39;re the ones who should have to deal with the inconveniences that accompany that change. Are they unable to get their own apartment in the same complex? </blockquote><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/IamIrene/">IamIrene</a> wrote:<blockquote> NTA. The person who wants the change is typically the one to move. You&#39;re cool with staying and living with both of them. They aren&#39;t. They need to find another place for the two of them. </blockquote><blockquote> Obviously, it would be in their interests if you decided to move instead. I wonder if they would pay you to move out? Could be lucrative. </blockquote>It looks like OP is NTA, and there&#39;s a simple solution to this, assuming Mark and his GF are chill about it.<div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Roomie gets asked to move out so GF can move in, says no, asks them to leave instead.

Few things can complicate a chill roommate dynamic as quickly as a partner.Anyone who has lived with roommates knows that a roommate&#39;s blossoming romance can often means you&#39;ll get an unofficial third roommate, or they&#39;ll try to take over the apartment and kick you out.In a popular post on the AITA subreddit, a person asked if they&#39;re wrong for telling their roomie they&#39;d rather live solo and keep the apartment.They wrote: WIBTA if I asked my roommates to move out of my apartment rather than myself?  The apartment complex I live in is extremely convenient. It&rsquo;s close to stores &amp; restaurants, and directly across the street from several transit stops which makes my commute to work pretty easy- I just get on on train and I&rsquo;m there.  The rent isn&rsquo;t horrible, it&rsquo;s a two bedroom &amp; I pay $1850 in a large city. The view is also pretty incredible. I&rsquo;ve lived in this apartment for 4 years now with my roommate &ldquo;Mark.&rdquo; We both signed together. I think you know where this is going.  Mark got a girlfriend and they want to move in together, which I said I was fine with, but they want to be alone. They asked if I would move out at the end of the lease.  Both Mark and his GF work within walking distance of the building, but my work is across the river (about a 10-minute ride) I&rsquo;m fairly certain I can find a place closer to my work, but I honestly do not want to move out.  It wouldn&rsquo;t be in as nice of an area, definitely not as close to shops, and definitely not as good of a deal. I&rsquo;m honestly fine with Mark and his GF living here, but they don&rsquo;t want me to live with them anymore.  Would I be the a**hole if I said that if they want to live alone, they need to move? He_Who_Is_Right_ wrote: NTA. The person who wants to change the status quo needs to leave. Frosty-Mall4727 wrote: Contact your landlord now and let him know your intent to resign the lease alone and make him aware that you&rsquo;re financially capable and qualify for the lease solo. If that&rsquo;s not the case, you may lose the apartment to the couple.  Make your claim quietly and quickly. Lo_tessa wrote: NTA. They don&#39;t want to live with you, so they have to go. lihzee wrote:  NTA. They&#39;re the ones that want to make a change, so they&#39;re the ones who should have to deal with the inconveniences that accompany that change. Are they unable to get their own apartment in the same complex? IamIrene wrote: NTA. The person who wants the change is typically the one to move. You&#39;re cool with staying and living with both of them. They aren&#39;t. They need to find another place for the two of them.  Obviously, it would be in their interests if you decided to move instead. I wonder if they would pay you to move out? Could be lucrative. It looks like OP is NTA, and there&#39;s a simple solution to this, assuming Mark and his GF are chill about it.

Few things can complicate a chill roommate dynamic as quickly as a partner.  Anyone who has lived with roommates knows that a roommate&#39;s blossoming romance can often means you&#39;ll get an unofficial third roommate, or they&#39;ll try...