Here’s what I almost said to my landlord: ‘I thought we had something’

I’ve had a demanding couple of weeks—emotionally, physically, and, apparently, spiritually—because my body and immune system have officially had enough. As I write this, I’m horizontal on the sofa under a blanket with a sore throat, feeling absolutely crap.

Why do certain things in life have to be so unnecessarily hard? Meanwhile, other people breeze through the same challenges like it’s nothing. How are some of you managing life admin so calm and collected, like it’s no big deal? Honestly, I feel like a “little girl against the odds” half the time. Haha.

Having a conflict-avoider personality is a blessing in some ways—it saves you from a lot of unnecessary drama. But is it always good?

I don’t know. Honestly, I don’t.

Recently, I moved houses. And for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to come to an agreement with my former landlord about getting my deposit back.

To my absolute surprise, despite us verbally agreeing during the key handover that the house was in good condition, about 10 days later, she hit me with a checklist of things that apparently needed repairing.

I didn’t handle her sudden change of attitude very well.

Was I stupid for trusting her? Naive, maybe? I don’t know. But I thought we had something.

She was lovely during my tenancy. We’d always have nice chats whenever she popped in for X, Y, or Z. I felt like we clicked personality-wise—at least, I thought we did. There was definitely this vibe of, “We get each other.”

On moving day, everything was already packed up and moved a few days earlier. We met mostly to say goodbye. She looked around the place but didn’t really make any big comments. The whole thing felt super casual, with little remarks like, “Oh, I can’t believe you’re moving. I mean, it’s you!”

Fast forward 10 days, she decides to hit me with a random list of repairs.

I mean… what even is that?

I guess like the aftermath of a relationship when it’s over. She got me over and noticed the damages later. Lol.

And why do I feel weirdly heartbroken about it? Lol2.

Is there something deeper to human relationships, or do we just have to accept that, occasionally, some people can be a bit of a c*nt?

Much love

Arya x

One response to “Here’s what I almost said to my landlord: ‘I thought we had something’”

Max

28th Jan 2025

trust is something that we can’t give to anyone, when it is about money… well… humans can be real dickhe*ds, I would say always expect the best but think about the worst, being always prepared is the key to handle most of weird/bad situations.

Max

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