Very glad I live on my own now.
I had one place where I was the only one working, being sole tenant and having all the bills in my name. Did a favour for a mate who was homeless at the time and having all sorts of bother, so I thought I'd sort him a room when one came up. He ended up not paying rent as the "social were giving him gyp" (i.e. He'd ripped them off massively on some scam and continued claiming once he moved out of an earlier house) and ended up owing me £700 as I had to front the rent for him (which fortunately I got paid a few months further down the line). I had to pay the rent later and later each month, and his eternal cuntiness meant that we were very close to all losing the flat and being made homeless.
He did have some realisation that he might be being a tad selfish, so decided that he'd put the phone bill in his name which resulted in us being cut-off and having to pay £40 to be reconnected.
Also had a bit of an aversion to ever tidying up. I'd wake up in the morning and find EVERY SINGLE ITEM that it was possible to cook, eat or prepare anything with was stacked up in a blocked sink with cold water (if he'd actually bothered to move it from where he left it) and there was nowhere that you could even rest food that wasn't covered in cigarette ash and decaying food remnants. This would be after having cleaned it the night before so that I could eat it - I have no idea how he managed to be such a useless twat (I think drinking and smoking all day probably assisted). Found out that he'd also been slagging me off to my mates for the above for being "uptight" and needing to chill out.
I actually ended up ending the tenancy and moving elsewhere to get rid of him. Later it turned out that he'd been beating up his ex-girlfriend regularly and had been arrested for trying to strangle his latest one (girl's do seem to love the troubled type don't they) and ended up getting sent down for 9 months for it (couldn't quite prove attempted murder, so they had to settle on abh eventually).
I've heard that he's moved to self-mutilation lately, so hopefully he'll hit a major vein and die. Heard afterwards that he'd also managed to skank his next landlord (who took him in as a favour to his girlfriend at the time) for about £3000 and managed to induce a nervouse breakdown in a friend who gave him a place to stay after everyone else had rightfully shunned him.
So MBP, in all honesty, you don't have it too bad.
