I live in a small apartment that I could barely afford with my hours being cut back. About 3 months ago a new coworker started and she was looking for a place to move in to. I thought it was a great opportunity to finally split the rent and hopefully make a friend in the process. She moved in and everything was going well. Unfortunately last month she couldn’t make rent and swore she make it up this month. I was able to cover the full amount but I literally finished the month with a negative bank balance because things were so tight. On the 1st of this month she was actually true to her word and venmoed last months rent which she owed me and this months rent. I thought everything was fine so after working an extra shift I came back to the apartment and fell asleep in my bed. When I woke up in the morning all of her belongings were moved out and my phone was on the kitchen table instead of by my bed. After frantically texting her I decided to check my venmo on a whim and yup she went into my phone and refunded her entire two months of rent she paid me along with any additional cash I had in my venmo balance that I hadn’t transferred over to my bank yet. I was completely broken, I tried calling her but it looks like she blocked my number. I called into work and apparently she was a no show today for her shift so it looks like she skipped town.
I’m trying to contact venmo but I have no idea how long this will take or even if it will be successful. Her name wasn’t on the lease since I brought her in so besides our verbal confirmation that she’d stay and pay rent for the rest of the year Im not sure if I can even do anything. For once I thought maybe I could start getting ahead in life but now I’m as broke as I’ve ever been and I have no idea how I’ll pay for food and utilities let alone rent right now. Is there anything I can do to keep my head above water financially?
Submitted October 02, 2021 at 01:35AM by reveal_time_bfedit https://ift.tt/3uBgJxI
