they asked for the raise and i just said ok without arguing. paid it out of last month's raise. thought about it the whole walk back.
the call about the rent you keep postponing
rehearsed the rent talk in the shower like two weeks. actual call was twenty seconds, my voice shook for three of them. he agreed to half the increase.
his name is saved as landlord, nothing else. every month i open the chat, type "hi, about the rent", delete it, put the phone face down.