24-year-old calls out entitled roommate for letting her unemployed sister move in without clearing it with her: 'Now you expect me to pay her rent too? Absolutely not!'

Drawing boundaries with roommates is always more difficult than it seems. If you're a people pleaser like I am, you probably know what I'm talking about. Perhaps your roommate is overstepping or asking too much of you. Perhaps you want to say something and stand up for yourself, but you are also conflict-averse and have no desire to ruffle any feathers. Still, these confrontations are inevitable unless you plan to let people walk all over you for the rest of your life. That may sound overdramatic, but the truth of the matter is that once you let one person treat you that way, before you know it, this dynamic can become an unfortunate and irreparable pattern.

For this 24-year-old, she found herself in a situation where her roommate thought her jobless sister could move in without her expressed permission. Initially, it was supposed to last only a few days, but it gradually extended into weeks and beyond. When the author clocked that the sister wasn't exactly applying herself so she could get out of there and find her own place, she realized that she was going to have to be the one to put a stop to this breach of a personal boundary. Keep scrolling below to find out what transpired when the author insisted that the sister start paying rent!