Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : 3 friends and I move into an apartment. 1 friend (H) pays deposit, rest of months rent, current month's rent, and some household necessities. We all agree to pay back H. No requests on when repayment should occur are made at this point it's pretty much just "pay me back when you can, sooner is better than later". So as far as I know, H doesn't have an urgent need for repayment.

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Then there's me: 18, working my first job, averaging about **25 hrs/week,** just received my 2nd paycheck (first was already spent on some essentials), currently looking for a 2nd job, having a cosigner, and having imminent student loan repayment in the coming months.

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I obviously don't want to make my cosigner worry about me not being able to pay rent and mess up that trust, so I planned on saving this paycheck to ensure that I always have enough to pay my share of the next month's rent/utilities/etc. So I say my plan and it does not sit well with my other roommates apparently. One suggests I should pay at least half (when my paycheck is right about half how much I owe when I need to do other things like open a savings account. 

I then bring up that my hours are soon going to be cut from the **25** to about **12 hrs/week** (you know, literally making half as much money) while I still don't have a 2nd job and that H will be paid when they will be paid and I'm trying to ensure some stability for myself so I don't have to worry about not having enough to cover my share and having to then owe either my roommates or my cosigner money for paying the rest for me. 

Then H responds and says that she would like the remaining month rent and the necessities paid for at least and the current month's rent by my next paycheck (this is the first time I had heard any specific deadlines).

Keep in mind, nobody has ever had issues (maybe didn't vocalize, but I'm doubtful) with me repaying them. As well, while I'm fairly certain even with making half as much I'd still be able to cover my share of rent but I just wanted to be secure. And of course there's the fact that this is literally my first time managing my own paycheck and monthly expenses so I'm still hesitant about things and learning. 

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Am I the asshole for not wanting to start paying H by my most recent paycheck paycheck and delaying payment by at least a few weeks? It honestly just felt like my other roommates had a very "fuck how you feel, you need to pay" mentality. 