So... I'll make this as detailed as I can but still word it in a way as to not imply I have a psychopath living in my house...
Basically I share a house with a friend of mine. Great guy, I've known him many years, yada yada we get along incredibly well. Over the past 2.5 years I have lived here we have had a total of 3 roommates (2.5 sorta?). The first one was a great guy who had his stuff together. He mostly kept to himself, had a good sense of humor but all-of-a-sudden up and moved to FL with a girl he met. Whatever the heart wants right? Second roommate was actually my friend's girlfriend for a while. They "broke up" but he didn't have the heart to kick her out. One bad event lead to another and she got kicked to the curb. Besides her binge drinking and bad parenting (yes, she moved her kid in too) she was somewhat easy to deal with.
Now, roommate #3 seems to be a piece of work. My friend and I both "interviewed" her before accepting her as a renter. Having our share of flakes and no-goods we decided this person was a good candidate. Despite being in her mid-40s and unemployed, she had steady cashflow in the form of grants to go to school for a degree in electronics... We weren't concerned with missed or late rent payments. She had a fairly good social life... a friend of hers who was very animated and humorous came by to visit her often and at times they would have their girls' fun out. All is well and normal! That was back in December-09/January-10.
Around Feb-March this year she stops seeing her friend. Apparently she said her friend was a bit of a freeloader and only wanted to spend time with her when she was footing the bill. Understandable -- nobody wants to pay for everything. Then she stops going to school... Apparently a pre-existing back condition of sorts makes it nigh-impossible for her to go to school and do most of her daily routine. My friend and I don't mind really so long as rent isn't an issue. Since she stopped going to school she started occupying her time with cleaning the house, chores, etc... I've told her on multiple occasions that she shouldn't over-exert herself if her back is such an issue. Also around this time she gets a license to use/grow weed for her own personal use (limited amount). Again, neither my friend nor I worry since the legalities are good, rent isn't an issue ... and hey, she's even cleaning the house to boot.
A little after that time she's complaining about us never doing anything around the house, slamming the door, being too loud, she's in too much pain... We listened intently and tried to reason. I put an extra silencer on the front door so it doesn't "slam" when closing it. We told her that if she's injured she shouldn't be over-exerting herself, and that we never
told or
required her to do any of the house work. Issues addressed and worked over. We do our best to cater to her needs.
Then in April she drops a bombshell... Apparently she believes at one of her past employers she was part of some pseudo-MK Ultra brain-messy-wishy-washy program. Something about microchips, RF frequencies, mind control, remote-pain stimulation etc. She told us she was part of some "group" that was targeted, their lives destroyed, family ties broken and all other sorts of weird stuff. She had to stop going to school because "they would find her". She saw some famous psychologist or psychiatrist on TV endorsing his new book and told us "that is the guy who did this to me... to us." Any past relationship or experience she had to tell us about was a negative one. So-and-so screwed her over, so-and-so was extorting her, so-and-so borrowed money and never paid her back.
During this period it seems she has nothing but bad things to say about my friend. He's demanding too much for rent, he doesn't give a f*ck about me, I'm in so much g-d pain, you guys don't do crap around here, he's an a-hole, he's trying to push me out of here, etc etc. Eventually they were able to iron things out and I let it blow over as some menopausal occurrence.
For some reason or another in the past 5-6 months or so she's come off her rocker. Dropped out of school, no friends, no job, no hobbies... I think she's lost it. What was the deciding factor? Earlier this evening a friend of mine came by. We had to do some quick work on his Solstice: new coolant temp sensor and plug. We're outside, talking quietly. Minutes after him arriving she opened the front door and asked us to not be loud since her room is by the front of the house. We said no prob, no power tools, talk softly and we'll get it done asap. Not more than 5 minutes she's yelling for me to come in the house so "we can talk. we're gonna go at it". I realize real quick this isn't going to be a comprehensive discussion -- no, it's going to be her yelling about how we're hurting her (physically). She pretty much told me to get the f-ck out because I'm the threat, I'm the one hurting her, I'm assaulting her. I said
"OKAY CRAZY LADY" and walked out the front door. She started to yell something I don't remember and I said "Deal with your own f-cking problems" and shut the door behind me. In hindsight, I shouldn't have lit that fuse. My bad, world. My bad. I just shrugged it off to get back to the task at hand. We finished our work quietly, finished and my friend went about his way after a late-night snack.
I watched some tv shows online (low volume) and talked to my girl for about 45. Came online to read PPOT and PARF, then started writing this. She had a few bouts of shouting at ... something? someone? ... in her room. Smoked out (a lot) and slammed doors going from her room, kitchen, bathroom, back yard and in-between any combination thereof.
And in fact, at the time of writing this (0245) my friend just got home from work and wanted to chat with me for a bit. She opened her door to tell him "we need to talk tomorrow", sees me standing in my doorway talking to him and has another shouting outburst. Lots of f-bombs, in-coherent ranting about the heater, give her rent back so she can leave, they're causing us to have sleep deprivation, she has needles in her back, she went to the doctor... We could only stare blankly at each-other.
So, my thoughts on the situation:
• This lady's f-cking nuts!
• We need her out, asap and a younger, more stable and sane renter.
• This lady's history, mentality and life-situation is a direct result of her own actions (not a .gov conspiracy).
• We're walking on egg-shells in our own home as to not set this lady into violent (physical) outbursts.
I could really use some input here from those who have dealt with either mentally unstable people, bad renters or both. How to keep things from escalating? At what point do we get the authorities involved? Legally speaking, what forms of recourse do we have to quick-evict her before the 1st? And finally... comments, concerns, positive reinforcement?
Thanks...