My dumb ass housemate!

This is an edited version of the message I just sent to his sister via facebook.

Hi, housemate's name has got himself into financial difficulties. He's been giving lots of money to a random guy he met. We're talking well over a £1000. I don't know the exact amount but I do know that housemate's name often can't afford to buy food and keeps going into the red in order to pay his rent. I had to lend him £40 so that he could go home to town where he lives this weekend. Hopefully he's already told his parents about this by the time you get this message and has borrowed some money in order to pay his rent due on the 28th. This guy has housemate's name' phone number and keeps phoning housemate's name begging for money. I've told housemate's name to get a new phone number (sim card) but he's perhaps more likely to listen to his familly. I shouldn't go behind housemate's name' back like this but he clearly needs help, and he is putting my girlfriend and I in jeopardy, as we are dependent on his rent contributions in order to carry on living at my address.

- my name x

Is the guy taking the money off your housemate a member of the Nigerian Royal family?

Why is he giving this guy money?

That does indeed sound pretty gosh darn dumb. Is he in looovveee?

No he's some homeless looking (but not actually homeless) white bloke who has talked my housemate into giving him stupid amounts of money. Charity begins at home. Feeling sorry for someone is one thing but if you give them so much money that you end up being the poor one, that's just fucking stupid!

I gather it started with (mr con-man) claiming to be a builder who was down on his luck and 'needed' investment for the building project he was working on.

The facts I get out of my housemate are sketchy because he's clearly embarassed about it and he knows I'm gonna be mad at him but I finally got most of the info over the last few days.

You really do know some complete morons.

Yes.

I'm probably about the most sensible person I know in real life. At least of my generation, a few of the older peeps I know (like my parents) might be slightly more sensible. Then again maybe not.

However to be fair to my friends (some of whom are complete morons). I can be dumb in other ways like being too abrasive/blunt/honest and thus hurting the feelings of people I actually care about.

Well, we all know about the north.

I live in the north.

Leicester is Midlands. The land of the confused.

Midlands is north. Anywhere that's not south is north.

My housemate is from Gloustershire! (The south west)

He's been soiled by the Midlands.

No he was dumb back when I knew him in Luton (University).

Move in with your girlfriend.

They should move into a 2-person place, then.

(EDIT: But you're right, I didn't read that part.)

We live with my housemate because that way we can afford somewhere nicer + bigger than if it was just me and Ashleigh. But yeah as I can no longer trust my housemate it's tempting to consider other options. Unfortunately the few friends I have who would perhaps be better options to live with, don't live in Leicester and if I get somewhere just with Ashleigh it will probably be too small for all our junk and/or in a really horrible part of Leicester. If Ash got onto benefits it would help a bit but it would still be a couple of hundred less than the money I get from my housemate (that's assuming she was willing to give me her entire benefit towards rent and bills).

You're encouraging your gf to go on benefits? Why not encourage her to get a job instead.