A few month ago, I moved into a very small flat after living
for years with my parents. It is the first time I have ever had a place of my
own and I am very fond of despite the lack of space. I had been in the flat
only for a few days when a friend phoned and practically begged me to let him
stay for a while. He explained he had
lost his job recently but was sure he would find another one very soon. Since I
thought it would be only for a short
time. I said yes.
More than a month has gone by since then and my friend shows
no sign of moving out. There only two small rooms in the flat, plus the small bathroom in the
kitchen. He has more or less taken over the front room. What is more, he has
brought a lot of clothes and piles and piles of books and old gramophone
records with him and I can hardly get ni there any more. I don’t like sharing
the bathroom, either in the fact, I have discovered that I just don’t like
other people living in my flat!
A few days ago, I decided that enough and that he would have to leave. I intended to tell him that I
wanted the place to myself again, but
somehow he persuaded me to let him stay longer. He still hasn’t found a
job an can’t afford to rent a room of
his own. And there just doesn’t seem to be anyone else he can stay with.
Of course, i’d like to help him as much as possible. He is
after all, a friend! Bu there are limits, even to friendship. I just don’t know
what I’ll do if he is there much longer.
Do you think I am being selfish in the
wanting him out? What would you advise me to do?
Peter L. Croydon
This letter recently appeared in
the advice column of popular English magazine.
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- How do you think Peter felt when his friend asked if he could stay with him?
- What arguments do you think Peter's friend used a few days ago when Peter intended to make him understand that he wanted the flat to himself again?
- What do you think will probably happen if Peter's friend doesn't move out soon? ·
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