The Free Lunch Trap: Why I Dropped Out the Day My Roommate Offered to Pay
Language: en
My famously cheap roommate suddenly smiled brightly on the first day of the semester and announced: "I'm treating the whole dorm to high-end sushi this Saturday! Nobody flake on me!" The room instantly exploded. Everyone was screaming with joy—except me. A chill ran straight down my spine. This was a girl who would demand compensation if you used one extra tissue of hers. Now she wanted to treat six people to an expensive omakase dinner? The more I thought about it, the more my stomach tied in knots. That very night, I submitted a request for a leave of absence. The next morning, I…