# moral dilema

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684 "2011-07-29T00:55:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684/21 "2011-07-31T17:12:58Z")

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> [@PandaBear77](#):
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> Wow … rude!
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> Has it ever occurred to you that maybe English isn’t the OP’s first language?

Seriously? It’s quite clear that English is, in fact the OP’s native language, just by the feel of the post.

Joe

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684/22 "2011-07-31T17:47:47Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Can someone edit the OP’s post to make it readable?

Dammit, I actually DID that so I could figure out what she was talking about, and I deleted it because the thread was dead. Poo.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684/23 "2011-07-31T18:13:42Z")

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Currently living with parents and happy to be doing so.

‘Best friend’ wants OP to share with her and two others. OP has not even seen the property, yet she’s planning on moving in.

Landlord wants a guarantee on the rent (it’s not clear whether the request is to guarantee just the OP’s portion of the rent, or rent for the entire house). Landlord is being quite aggressive in their tactics and is demanding six months rent plus deposit and fees in advance.

Landlord had previously promised the property to another group of students, but then decided to rent to this group of students instead. Reason not given.

Best friend offered to pay half (of the six months rent and deposit and fees, is my guess) then withdrew offer. Best friend’s dad has a van, but it won’t fit OPs stuff so she’s on her own when it comes to moving day.

TL;DR  
Landlord dodgy. Best friend dodgy. OP needs to grow a pair and continue living with her parents.

You’re welcome.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684/24 "2011-08-03T20:43:16Z")

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> [@sandra\_nz](#):
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> Landlord dodgy. Best friend dodgy.

I haven’t seen this much dodgy since the Earl of Dodgington hosted a dodge-ball match at Dodgen-on-the-Lake in Dodgerford for the Dodger’s Cup.

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilema/590684/25 "2011-08-04T16:02:36Z")

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> [@poppy\_de\_ville](#):
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> my best friend cried and begged cried and begged me

Does anybody else have “Lovefool” by The Cardigans stuck in their head now, or is it just me?

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