Housemate put me in difficult situation - Lying to gf

LegacyUser

Hi there,

Not sure where is best to post this but need advice on an awkward situation i've inadvertently been put in. Living with a couple the last 2/3 months. We were living in one house and the landlord was taking back the old house. I was only staying short term, but it ended up I was going to stay longer. Couple found nicer new apartment and asked me if I wanted to go with them. I agreed. Moved in to new place a few weeks now. Couple originally had keys for both places while making the transaction. The girl was away the last week. The guy asked me to drive to said old house to collect post. He gets there realises one of the locks has been changed (there's a double lock). Says to me if he wants to play dirty I can too. So he double locked the door. The couple have received their deposit back and squared everything with the landlord. I get a message off him the next day saying We weren't in (Old house name). So I never said anything or thought too much of it. Got home last night and the girl says to me, landlord is messaging me asking who locked the door, why is the door double locked etc, can you get whoever did it to unlock it. She basically messaged him back saying she has no clue what he's on about that they have no keys. She is completely unaware that her bf has keys and he's basically asked me to lie for him. I just said "Oh really" and didn't know what to say. She was living there for 3 years and he only moved in a few weeks before the end of the agreement. He's making a fool out of her and making me look bad if this comes out, not to mention making me feel really uncomfortable. More to the point he had no right to hang on to the keys and just walk in to the house as their agreement had ended and deposit returned etc. I messaged him last night saying "You're going to have to tell GF what happened, landlord is hassling her and she's asking me questions. I feel like a right div and very uncomfortable with this situation"

Should I just come out straight and tell her if he doesn't. I've given him the opportunity so i'm not going behind anyones back. I don't like this situation one bit and either way my living situation/peace is going to be compromised by his actions. Also if my car was seen outside the house, i'm imagining he could easily pin this story on me and say i'm lying, I had keys etc. Any advice greatly appreciated

dudara

Closing this thread as you already have the same discussion going in A&P.

As a general rule of thumb, please only have one thread open per topic.

dudara