bodie124 Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 So I was involved a breakup recently that ended bitterly, had a lot of strings attached and in particular we had an apartment with both of our names were on the lease (I know, great move)... Well when the breakup was raw I did what I felt was the good thing to do, I paid for the rent for a month to give her some time to find a new place, get situated, etc. After that, I contacted the leasing office to find out what our options were. We had two options, to either break the lease (which would have been about $3,000 total) or one of us could transfer to a single bedroom apartment at the same complex for $159 total. Well weeks passed and I was waiting to hear about the what she wanted to do, and I get a call from her dad. He told me that I owed him $875 to break the lease and to pay it to him directly, not to the leasing department. He also told me specifically not to talk any logistics with her and not to contact her any more (even though I was the one who initiated NC and urged her to only contact me if it was about logistics) He said that it was the least I could do for causing his daughter the pain of having to move out of our place into a single apartment. After I spoke with him I called the leasing office to find out if in fact we were breaking the lease, and to my surprise they told me that she was actually transferring to the single bedroom on site and the total cost was $159. So somehow her dad was trying to con me out of this made up figure of $875, even threatening to take me to court of I didn't pay him this. Details aside, does anyone else think it is seriously wrong for her dad to get involved in all of this? I can't help but think it is an extremely immature move on her part to get him involved. Is this at all common?
Davey McG Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 It's wrong, it's immature and it's dishonest. He's probably just trying to be paternal though and you don't know what she may have told him about the breakup! I would let him know that you spoke to the lease people and tell him not to contact you again.
Geishawhelk Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 It's also possible your ex G/F fed him a load of BS about the logistics of moving and is using him to pull a fast one on you.....? Maybe? because see.......as you haven't spoken to him directly before this point, and his call seemed to come out of the blue, where has he been getting his info from?
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