Really, you're thumbing down Bogart? WOW, tough crowd.

Maybe because you got the quote wrong?

Unfortunately the notion "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission!" is very common nowadays. I had a flatmate once who not only allowed a friend to live and sleep in my room while I was on vacation and turn it into a dumping ground, they also deemed it absolutely okay to wear my clothes, to use use and damage my bike without even the slightest intention of fixing it and to deplete and then throw away an oversized lighter on my desk, which was a last gift from a friend who passed away. (And which even was refillable, so no need to throw it away.) And he was honestly surprised why I went into rage mode.

Sorry to hear that 48, hope that they didn't break the lock either.

What does rent have to do with what the fml is talking about?

Depending on state, once you let someone in with a bag of belongings you have to go through the eviction process, even if they aren't on the lease. I no make my guests leave their bags outside. ;)

While there are such things as squatters' rights, in most states it requires more than just bringing in a bag. In California at least, in order for squatters' rights to go into effect, they person needs to have been living on the property for at least 14 days and contributed to the maintenance and upkeep of the property. Possibly other stuff as well, but those are the parts I remember right now.

In PA, all it takes for squatters rights to kick In is for someone to come over and stay the night. They don't have to be on the lease or anything. Just stay one night and you have to be formally evicted. And since the roommate let this person come in, the cops can't do anything because each tenant has the right to have whatever company they chose over, whether the other tenants want them there or not.

Sorry if I was unclear-- I was referring to squatters gaining tenant rights-- not property rights. And a simple Google search revealed that I was indeed wrong. It is 30 days in California, not 14. My dad works in property management and this issue has come up surprisingly often :)

It's funny because my dad just had to evict a squatter last month-- it was an illegal sublet but through squatter rights the person got tenant rights, so I remembered reading out the laws recently. It's fairly easy to evict squatters-- it just takes a month or two and costs legal fees, not to mention usually a loss of rent-- which sucks when the owner of the property has mortgage payments to make. My dad has a clause built into his leases limiting house guests to 14 consecutive days.

No, she doesn't live alone, but her roommate put the guest in OP's room, to my understanding.

He* And he does not live alone. He has a roommate.

#20, do you even read these FML's? It seems as if every time I see a comment from you, you are about three steps behind the 8ball in understanding WTF is going on.