Is my tenant trying to manipulate me?

[Anonymous]

A family friend who was around before I was born. I always called her aunt. She moved in a couple of months ago. She was sick physically and mentally while living in her last place wich was a travel trailer. She just drives me crazy. I tried asking her to move out a little over a week ago, and she had a breakdown, and her and my mom had a screaming Mach, so I just told her ro stay. Well now she keeps wanting to have these talks with me because she sees in miserable, and she keeps saying that if it makes me feel better then she will move back to her trailer, but then she starts crying, and says "im just so scared to move back to that, demon house". It kind of bothers me when she does that. She also keeps saying that my mom told me to tell her to move out, when she didn't. My brother said she's trying to manipulate me.

[Oliverlogan263]

Dude, that definitely sounds like your tenant might be trying to manipulate you here. The whole crying and saying she's "scared to move back" when you bring up her leaving sounds like a classic emotional tactic to make you feel guilty and back down.

And the fact that she's claiming your mom told you to kick her out, when that's not true, is another red flag. Seems like she's trying to turn it around on you and your family to get her way.

Your brother's probably right - she's probably trying to play on your emotions and guilt-trip you into letting her stay, even though you've already asked her to leave. That's a super shady move on her part.

I get that she's your family friend and you probably feel bad, but you gotta look out for yourself too, man. Don't let her manipulate you like that. If you've already decided it's time for her to go, you need to stick to that.

Maybe try having one more serious, calm conversation with her about it. Make it clear that this isn't your mom's decision, it's yours, and that you need her to leave. Don't fall for the waterworks and the scared act - that's just her trying to control the situation.

Stay strong, dude. You can't let her walk all over you like that. It sucks, but you gotta do what's best for you. Don't let her guilt-trip you into letting her stay if that's not what you want. You got this!

[Anonymous]

Have a commercial cleaning company help her get the demons out.

[leahzrc]

Does she pay rent?

[Asker]

Yeah like 200 a month, but that's all she can afford

[leahzrc]

ask for more and see how she reacts