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I've recently moved into a house with another girl who i didnt know previously, i got a good feeling about her when i came to look at the house and decided to move in .. i think i regret it now .. We have no tumble dryer in the house and i searched around for one and found one for ÂĢ50 2nd hand, so i text her and asked her if she wanted to go halves on it (we are currently drying everything on a few maidens - v time consuming and not fully effective) - she refused but said " if you want to get it then thats ok " .. errrrm sorry but why would i buy it just to find her using it ?? I genuinely don't believe that she'd NOT use it, i have a pretty active social life so am always out and about so she could get away with using it without my knowledge.. what should i do? I know its only ÂĢ50 but thats alot to me and its the principal aswell.. why should i buy it for her to use it? What should i do??

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Maybe she can't afford to pay half for it, but I see how you feel it's unfair to buy one by yourself. 

It reminds me of when I was sharing a flat in London many years ago, and I brought my little portable tv with me.  This flatmate flatly refused to contribute to the tv licence, yet tried to dictate what programmes we watched.  She was earning a lot more than me as well.

fabienne
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If you get one and she doesn't use it but you split the electric bills you will get your money back in no time.
That was my first thought ... who's paying for the electricity.  They use loads and loads and loads.Buy one of those plug in meters and permanently attach the plug to it.  That way, you'll know if it's been used and how much electricity it uses too.  They're about a tenner.
FM
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i think i regret it now how do you get on with her apart from driergate maz?

not the greatest when all said and done, she seems to be really condescending to me.. plus she had a fella when i moved in they were going out years now all of a sudden he's been dumped and she's some other lad in .. seems a bit well trampish to me .. but maybe thats just my morals ..
mummymaz
i agree with Tigi.

YOU want it, you can buy it. if she uses it...meh, you'll still have one. she's used to not having one no doesn't feel the need to get one....so i can see it from her point of view. my OH wants a dishwasher...i dont...he can bloody pay for it LOL. doesn't mean to say i wont use it.

who pays the leccy bill? or do you split it? if she pays or even if you split it she'll be paying for it's use anyway

no need to start making things a little hostile when they need not be
Darthhoob
I think you're being a touch Ebenezer about it...you want it, she's not fussed. If you buy it outright it's yours to take with you when you move.  Even if she does use it the odd time it's not big deal (though obv. if she was hogging it and you couldn't get the chance to use it that would be different)

Plus, as has already been mentioned they EAT the electricity.
Leccy
Come and use mine Maz!  Seriously, I couldn't live without me dryer (It's on right now!  Drowning out the radio!)  You could buy it and stipulate she can't use it (but that may be awkward) but if she's really not that bothered, she probably wouldn't use it anyway.  And then that does raise an elec-useage question  . . .

OR

When it's installed, she is completely won over, gives you ÂĢ25 and loves you forever for changing her outlook! 
Ms Golightly

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