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TIFU by covering my friend’s utilities “just for one month” and now I’m basically her sponsor

So yeah this is kinda dumb on my part but here we go. My friend/roommate told me a while ago she was having a bad month with money cuz her car messed up and work cut her hours. She asked if I could cover her half of the utilities just this month. Cool, whatever, I said yes. Didn’t think much.

Then the next month comes around and she goes “hey I’m still getting back on track can you cover again?” and I was like… okay? I didn’t wanna fight about it so I just did it. I thought it was still temporary.

Month THREE hits and she didn’t even ask this time. Bill came in, I mentioned it to her, she just kinda nodded like “yeah you got it right” and walked away. Like it was already decided. I didn’t even agree to that but somehow I’m paying the full utilities now?? It’s like the job got assigned to me without me knowing.

I didn’t even realize how much it was messing up my money until I checked my account last week and saw how much higher everything was. Utilities here are not cheap at all and it kept throwing off the rest of my month. I been stressing over rent, groceries whatever because one bill doubled and I didn’t notice soon enough. Adulting sucks btw.

Anyway I finally told her I can’t cover her half anymore and it was awkward for like probably 7 mins but then it was fine. Should’ve said it way earlier but I’m too soft sometimes.

TL;DR: I agreed to cover my roommate’s utilities for “one month,” she quietly let it turn into three, it messed up my budget, and I finally had to tell her I’m not paying her half anymore.

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