I started to feel an odd sense of loneliness that stemmed from the fact that it felt like I was always a pity invite places. Which sounds dramatic, I'm sure, but if you've ever had a best friend that you were so close you're considered a "package deal", I think it's bound to happen unfortunately.
There are many friends that Leslie and I had that were always more than willing to hang out with us together, but when it came down to it, if Leslie was busy they wouldn't want to hang out with just me. But if I was busy, they're okay with hanging out with just her. Typically, this has never bothered me because honestly I don't like hanging out with people unless I'm close with them anyways, but during this time it seemed to be happening multiple times a week, and on top of everything else, it made me feel so worthless.
To top it all off, Kevin and Dave started creating ridiculous amounts of drama in our house. Everything from small "he-said-she-said" things to start petty fights, to eating our food and blaming it on each other, to teaming up against Leslie and I and getting in screaming fights almost weekly.
We continued to be stuck in this apartment with all 6 of us until June 2017. We finally had to break the lease illegally just to get out of the toxicity of it all because we had tried every other way to kick everyone out and it wasn't working. Kevin's friend only ended up paying one months rent when he stayed with us for four, Dave never found a job or another living situation because he partied from 8 pm- 11am every. single. day., and Rick slept on our floor for 6 months even though he was a 28 year old who had more than enough savings to make an actual life out of himself other than partying.
We found a new two bedroom place in the center of Hollywood and met two boys on a Facebook page for people in LA looking for housing. The two boys were a couple which we thought was perfect because they could do their own thing and take one room, and leslie and I could each do our own thing and we would never have roommate problems again. Or so we thought.
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Haylstorm
EspiritualA testimony of what happens when life kicks you when you're down, causes you to lose things you didn't even know you had, and gives you no choice but to turn to God.
