How Do You Ask Someone To Move Out Diplomatically?
Maybe it’s one big thing or maybe it’s an accumulation of little things, but most people who have ever had a roommate have had it happen: The arrangements aren’t working out and the friendship is at stake. Asking someone who has been a roommate and a friend to find a new place to live is never easy, but it doesn’t have to result in the end of the friendship. Make a list of the things that, in your mind, cannot be fixed, and determine a reasonable length of time for your roomie to find a new place. If you have a lease and both parties are on it, you may have to suffer until the end of the rental period and look for a new roommate when the lease expires. Find a time that is convenient for both you and your roommate to have your conversation. Do not demand that he discuss the state of the household in the middle of a dispute over whose turn it is to do dishes, or when one or both of you has other places to be. Ask the roommate if she can offer solutions to the problems you have outlined.
