theParagon

drama over high Electric bills

_11:11

This month my electric bill was $75.00 and it really made me wonder if I was getting more of that bill than anyone else. I wrote a note to my housemate asking to see the bill and he got pretty upset that I would even suggest that he was being dishonest. A two-page letter explained how it made him uncomfortable and if I’m not going to trust him at all I’d better think about living here twice.

My first reaction to this letter was - “Crap - now I have to deal with this drama!”. However, the more I thought about it, he had every right to feel that way. It was now my turn to write a letter explaining myself more than on a little ripped of peice of paper.

The letter started slow and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out a way to coax the situation. Sitting there I stared at my computer screen trying to type out anything that came to mind. After a good 5+ minutes of random writing and rewriting I finally started to come up with words that would help the situation.

My writing explained that I shouldn’t have written a letter in the mist of the business and stress of my life and it explained how much I loved the current living situation I was in. I further explained that there was no excuse to vent any anger toward him and demand that I start seeing our current bills.

Hopefully this letter comes across much better than my other note and that things don’t become awkward my any means.

I just want to see where all my money is going and make sure my budget is appropriately sectioned for various months of house living costs.

Is there anything else I should do to make this situation better or should I just wait to see what type of reaction my two-page letter causes?

posted on August 3, 2002 | 11:32 AM EST