Ok, here goes my rant:
When I got engaged back in June, it was automatic that my best friend Sarah would be my MOH. She was so excited, I was excited, it was beautiful. She came with me to pick out my dress, I helped her pick out hers and my other 'Maid's. Around the time of our engagement, she met her current boyfriend/fiance through us, as he was one of my Fiance's BFF's/BM.
We all signed a lease to move into a 2bd/1.5bth apartment in August and moved in mid-month. 2 days after signing the lease, her man backed out. Never offered to pay his rent, never offered to buy himself out, nothing. Just decided he wasn't gonna participate. To save the friendship between him and my man, we didn't make a big deal about it; we figured he was already struggling to cut the umbilical from his family, who were giving him the WORST time ever about moving out (he's 26, btw). So rent was split 3 ways, between myself, my man, and Sarah. Meanwhile, her man has been sleeping here multiple times a week, often skipping his shifts for work to sleep/screw here. Again, not paying rent because he "wasn't living here". Exactly 1 month after we moved in, my man got unexpectedly laid off from his brand new job ON HIS BIRTHDAY. So, it was up to Sarah and I to keep us afloat.
Now, 2 months into our lease. Sarah decided to be stupid and go off her B/C, citing fears of "long-term side effects of putting hormones in your body for years". I BEGGED HER to use SOMETHING better than the Rhythm method she chose. Sure enough, she got knocked up her very first cycle. Now, ever since her 5th week, she's become a stark raving lunatic. She decided that, come December 1st, she too is breaking our lease to move back home with her mommy and leaving my man and I with the rent. Keep in mind, he just started working yesterday, making minimum wage. I'm a preschool teacher making $11/hour and F/T. No way we can make a $1334/mo rent alone. So Sarah informs us of her plans to move AFTER she's already packed her bathroom. She decides to move for various reasons; I'm getting married, not enough room for her and her man and the baby (who isn't due until JUNE!!!!), fear of germs and ickyness of our cats (while she keeps 2 pet rats IN HER ROOM), the list goes on.
So I sent her a text, saying that I was very hurt by her behavior of the last couple of weeks (emotional outbursts, then using pregnancy as her excuse, mostly). I told her I no longer trusted her, and hoped her mommy would always be there, because I may not be. Of course, she flew off the handle, threatening to move out within the week (which she did) and took the couch (sarcastic gasp), the shower curtain and hooks (sarcastic moan), but left the shower curtain LINER.
Now here's the best part: any party who breaks the lease early is at the mercy of the remaining occupants. They could choose to be nice and just release the breakers, or make them buy out their share to the tune of whatever the remaining occupants desire. Naturally, we refuse to let them out without paying SOMETHING. Now, both of them have gone so far off the deep end, it's ridiculous. They are calling us every obscene name in the book, threateing to take us to court (another sarcastic gasp), basically throwing massive tantrums. Meanwhile, they are still stuck on the lease, but moved out, so we can get a roomie in there paying their rent, PLUS Sarah and her man's share of the remaining rent to put toward our wedding. So now, Sarah backed out of our wedding, as did her man and good riddance to them both. I'm glad to be rid of them both, especially after Sarah already purchased her BM dress and cannot return it.
I just cannot believe the woman I knew for nearly 15+ years would turn around and do this. Now, we're scrambling to find a roommate so we dont' get evicted mid-December. All I can say is, to hell with them both and their little spawn.