His Neighbor Asked Him To Trade His Two-Bedroom Apartment For Her Family’s One-Bedroom Apartment, And He Said No
by Matthew Gilligan

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This is a wild one, folks!
It comes to us from Reddit’s “Am I the *******?” page and the guy who wrote the story asked readers if he’s handling this situation with his neighbor the wrong way.
Read on and see what went down!
AITA for telling my neighbors that I don’t care for their living situation?
“I recently relocated to Orlando from Miami. I moved to some apartments that most would consider really nice.
Not high end or anything but definitely nice. Miami was just too expensive which is the reason for my move.
So because I work from home and I have 2 dogs I wanted to get a 2 bedroom apartment. One that can be an office that I can work from and one for me to sleep.
After having my office in the same room I slept in in my last home (still lived with my mom) it felt suffocating like if I never got to escape work.
This has been much better for me mentally and I feel like I’m actually leaving work after I close my laptop.
He got some new neighbors…
So I’ve been here about a month and recently saw a family moving in. I’m very introverted so I didn’t introduce myself or anything.
The only time I really ever have contact with anyone is when someone is walking their dog at the same time I am and our pups want to say hello to each other.
Very quick small talk and then we’re on our way.
Today as I was going back inside after walking my dogs I saw the wife and I just gave a friendly smile. Nothing more. I decided I should throw the trash out before I clock in for the day just to get it out of the way.
As I was walking back to my apartment the wife stopped me to introduce herself. I introduced myself as well. She then asked if I lived with a girlfriend or anything. I told her no, it’s just me and the pups.
She gave me a strange look that I can only describe as annoyed. She asked if my apartment had 2 bedrooms. I told her yes that there are 2 bedrooms.
She asked me why I wanted 2 bedrooms when I live alone and explained to her the office/sleeping thing I mentioned above.
Now this is the part where I may be the *******.
What?!?!
She said that it was really inconsiderate and rude to bigger families to take up a 2 bedroom apartment by myself. That her family of 4 (husband, wife, 2 kids) have to share a 1 bedroom because people like me decide to steal the 2 bedroom apartments.
I said that it sucks that you feel that way but there’s nothing I can do. She said I should trade apartments with her. I thought she was joking so I just started laughing.
Not a nervous laugh or anything I just genuinely found her suggestion hilarious.
I then said that her living situation doesn’t concern me and if she wanted a 2 bedroom apartment she should have looked harder.
She said she was going to report me the building and I said that she should include report me to Ron Desantis (Florida governor) while she’s at it.
I went inside and left her there screaming like a crazy person.
AITA?”
Take a look at how readers reacted to this story.
This person chimed in.

Another reader said he’s NTA.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

One individual weighed in.

And this person had a lot to say.

He’s not about to give up his apartment to move into a smaller one.
Why would he?
If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.
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