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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Fig:
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--- Quote from: lot_jockey on 13 Oct 2014, 20:03 ---Also: c'mon, Angus. Suggesting that you will spoon on your friend's couch as your answer to "what about me?" Setting aside the fact that you should try to show sympathy towards your girlfriend with abandonment issues, and reassure her that you two will be ok, you should at least say that you'll be snuggling in the bed at your new apartment! It does not take THAT long to find a place in NYC if you're motivated to find something.
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I'm pretty sure he's joking. Whether Faye appreciates the humor at the moment remains to be seen.
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I'm willing to wager it's not going to go over very well, as there's a right time and a wrong time to make a joke to a serious question, and that's not it.
GarandMarine:
Well Angus just shot himself and his relationship in the knee. He better be hella quick on the roses and wine later after the impending fight finishes for half a chance in hell of saving this.
Near Lurker:
...hmm.
About time Claire left the nest, isn't it?
Stoon:
Uh oh. This isn't going well. As someone else said, Faye is a distant second to Angus' career.
Poor Marigold.
lot_jockey:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 13 Oct 2014, 20:31 ---
--- Quote from: lot_jockey on 13 Oct 2014, 20:03 ---Shouldn't Angus be responsible for finding the new roommate (not Marigold)? Obviously, it's important that Marigold like this new roommate. Regardless, Angus should be paying rent until he finds someone to take over the lease, or the lease terminates.
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As someone who was in that position.. that's garbage. I had to leave an apartment before because of a bad situation with my then room mate. They tried to stick me with paying half the rent for an apartment I wasn't living in (and had the police report to back up) until my ex room mate found someone else. Funny how she really didn't go looking until I refused to pay it. I seriously doubt that Angus could afford to pay half the rent there and rent on a place in The City anyway. Though if he could it would be a way to reassure Faye and a place for him to come back and visit her in. But that seems unlikely, and he could just as easily visit and stay with Faye for a weekend. If he's a nice guy (he is) then sure helping Marigold find a new room mate would be good. Besides he is her friend not just some random person he roomed with. I don't think he would leave her in the lurch. But to expect him to pay half rent on a place he isn't living in is just to far beyond nice or reasonable.
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That situation stinks and I'm sorry you had to deal with it. But if you're on the lease, paying rent is not a matter of being a nice guy, being reasonable, or being able to afford two apartments at once. You're obligated to pay rent because you agreed to live there and signed a lease saying that you would pay part of the rent. I think there may be more leeway in your situation, but Angus isn't planning to move out because of a bad situation -- he's taking a new job. It would be extremely unfair to expect Marigold to pay Angus's portion of the rent, for which he may have contracted to pay, in the event Marigold were unable to find a new roommate.
(However, I'm sure Marigold will be able to find a new roommate.)
All that said, it is also unclear if Angus is on the lease. Angus and Marigold started living with each other because "when [Angus] moved into town for work, [he] heard she was looking for a roommate." It sounds like there may have been a vacancy in the apartment that Angus filled. It's unclear if he's even on the lease, and if he weren't, what he plans on doing would be more than fair.
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