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Hi Shawn, Fucking idiots. Slam them with a lawsuit saying that they’re squatting on your property. If they’re well-read wasps, they may cite squatter’s rights, but if they do, make sure nobody’s looking and just beat them into submission. This is a tried and true landlord tactic to deal with “undesirable residents”, and even if police do see you, you can probably write the report with them to make it look like self-defence. At this point it’s really the tradies’ problem, so if n...

  Dear Critic, I think my boyfriend and his flatmate are sleeping together. Every time I ask him about it, he says they’re “just friends” but one time, I saw her coming out of his room during a party at theirs. Help? Thanks,  Am I Being Crazy   Hi

Gidday Mr No-missus, Rotten luck, buddy. I can understand why you’d be upset about it, but you didn’t have much of a chance in the first place. You might not have exactly the right “hardware,” if you know what I mean. If you’re mad about it though, don’t take it out on your flatmate. Does she even know that you were into her? Or the other girl —  does she know how you felt? If neither of them know how you’re feeling, you can’t blame them for not trying to hide what’s going ...