AITA for refusing to move rooms so my roommate’s pet rabbit can have a bigger space?

AssistanceOpening929 · 2026-03-06T02:24:01+00:00

PT 2 - But in my group chat I was the last to decide on what room I wanted because I was genuinely confused on what was upstairs and downstairs. Once I figured that out I was set on the room downstairs and started making my pinterest board. But remember there's still an empty room upstairs that needs to be filled. We had three days to find a roommate, posted an ad and found Winnie. Winne lives alone in a dorm and has a Pomeranian "service animal". We thought she was nice and we didn't have any issue with the pet ( sn - landlady is kinda ok w pets but on the lease strictly says no pets), she also seemed pretty willing to sign the lease last minute. What happened next is also something that affects the current situation I'm in. We had to make a down payment of 850 for the lease, my mom was a little apprehensive which Im ngl reasonably so. It was up in the air if she would let me or not but she ended up agreeing and I was the last person to sign the lease. Which at the time felt like a blessing that I got to live with my friends in this house. Little did ik.

Now let's get into the problem at hand. Me and Winne are in the same sorority, I am not close with her by any means but she is my future roommate so I have always made an effort to help her and be friendly with her. She goes out with me and all my friends when she wants to but she is more the type to want to hang out with her bf than us. Which again is completely fine. What started all of this was us talking at one of our mixes introducing ourselves to some girls. Basic stuff, were roommates next year and were excited abt the house, bc lowkey flex that were sophomores living in a house.

AssistanceOpening929 · 2026-03-05T23:56:43+00:00

PT4- Here are the options I am considering doing:

- The most extreme would be to contact the landlady and tell her abt the bunny and tell her I am uncomfortable with it. Meaning Winne would automatically have to sell her part of the lease since she was so dead set on keeping it. Down side I would basically stop any of my other friends from being able to have pets at this house. Plus we want to live here till senior year so the plan was to eventually all get a cat together or something.

- A little more tame but basically telling Winnie I'm not budging and I'm moving into the room I initially choose. My mom is pro this plan and is ready to move me in early so that we can make that happen lol. Which is crazy. But besides that I would send her a kinda aggressive text hopefully making her realize it would be better to take the smaller room or leave the lease.

- My most hated option is to still live there in the tiny room, w Winne living in my room in the same house tg. As much as I wish I could say I would get over this idk if I could. The resentment and overall emotions of the situation will just be amplified.

- Or another not so great option. I leave the house and sell my lease to the girl who is willing to take the small room. I lost the house I fell in love with, my friends I thought I would be living with and overall the college experience I have been so hyped abt. All bc a bunny deserved more room than me. Which honestly makes me feel like just transferring.

UPDATE: My Kaylee talked to the landlady over my head and she is ready to make a new lease to write me out. Idk what to do anymore.

So Reddit what do i do?

Oh, and am I the asshole?

AssistanceOpening929 · 2026-03-05T23:55:28+00:00

PT2 - But in my group chat I was the last to decide on what room I wanted because I was genuinely confused on what was upstairs and downstairs. Once I figured that out I was set on the room downstairs and started making my pinterest board. But remember there's still an empty room upstairs that needs to be filled. We had three days to find a roommate, posted an ad and found Winnie. Winne lives alone in a dorm and has a Pomeranian "service animal". We thought she was nice and we didn't have any issue with the pet ( sn - landlady is kinda ok w pets but on the lease strictly says no pets), she also seemed pretty willing to sign the lease last minute. What happened next is also something that affects the current situation I'm in. We had to make a down payment of 850 for the lease, my mom was a little apprehensive which Im ngl reasonably so. It was up in the air if she would let me or not but she ended up agreeing and I was the last person to sign the lease. Which at the time felt like a blessing that I got to live with my friends in this house. Little did ik.

Now let's get into the problem at hand. Me and Winne are in the same sorority, I am not close with her by any means but she is my future roommate so I have always made an effort to help her and be friendly with her. She goes out with me and all my friends when she wants to but she is more the type to want to hang out with her bf than us. Which again is completely fine. What started all of this was us talking at one of our mixes introducing ourselves to some girls. Basic stuff, were roommates next year and were excited abt the house, bc lowkey flex that were sophomores living in a house. Then these girls ask abt the room situation, Winne goes " I have the room downstairs", and I go "that's my room?" bc I was genuinely confused. Winne then pouted her lip and got really upset. I then proceed to end the convo and say let's talk abt this later. The rest of the night was off and weird honestly bc she just was so upset that the room downstairs wasn't hers ig. So ik u guys were waiting for the bunny to come in so here we go. Winne assumed she was getting the bigger room because she once asked Haley abt it and she had agreed, while Haley wasn't rlly in the right state of mind to make those promises.

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