I’m 24, and after spending the past year living abroad and traveling, I’ve decided to move to the city. My best friend’s lease ends this April, so I asked if they’d want to live together. They gave a tentative yes.
What’s been frustrating is that my friend seems oddly focused on re-signing their current lease, which doesn’t really make sense to me because:
1. The apartment is quite expensive, so even if we don’t live together, there are much more affordable options out there.
2. They’re actively applying to jobs out of state, yet the lease renewal is due in just five days.
After a long phone call, I told them that it’s fine if we don’t end up living together, but it feels like their priorities don’t really align with staying in the same apartment. Their response was basically, “But moving is such a hassle, and I really like the apartment’s location,” which left me feeling pretty frustrated. The most frustrating part was that they worded it as a "really hard decision", which was driving me crazy.
I spent 30 minutes in the phone call, laying out how it doesnt make any sense to re-sign with an apartment when you are actively looking for jobs out of state, as well as, when you want an apartment that’s cheaper. AITA for yelling at them for being do indecisive?
Note: I understand my bias leans on my friend not re-signing coz we can move in together and take advantage of economies of scale, but personally quite infuriated as a logic-driven person having a hard time with a decision that seems incredibly easy to make. I’ve even mention "I don’t care if we live together, but re-signing seems liek the dumbest option; and I cannot understand why you are having a hard time with this decision"