Long story short, my friend is basically demanding that his girlfriend should be allowed to live with us ("us" being myself and 4 other guys) when we move into our apartment for college. Nobody else in the house wants this.

More details. You'd think it would be cut and dry at that point, but for whatever reason, nobody else is willing to tell him no. They literally begged me to do it because I'm apparently the "most stubborn." They are all extremely adverse to conflict, except, of course, the one who wants his girlfriend to live with us. So now I'm in the fun situation where I have to be the one to argue with him, and everyone else is just going to say they are neutral, even though they very clearly aren't. I personally feel that this bullshit, but I'm willing to take the heat for the benefit of all of us.

My biggest concern is that someone is going to give in to him, despite that fact that I EXPLICITLY told them that I will only do this if they at least remain neutral. As soon as one person caves, I'll lose the argument immediately because it will be 2v1.

So I guess my question is what do I do in this situation. No matter what he's going to be upset with me, but what is the most effective way to tell him this? He is the kind of person who will immediately get defensive if you challenge him in any way, and I already argue with him a lot in the first place, so he's going to be on the defensive immediately. I'm not very good at conflict resolution, so any and all input would be greatly appreciated. This whole situation is completely ridiculous.
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Friend is being ridiculous
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Long story short, my friend is basically demanding that his girlfriend should be allowed to live with us ("us" being myself and 4 other guys) when we move into our apartment for college. Nobody else in the house wants this.

More details. You'd think it would be cut and dry at that point, but for whatever reason, nobody else is willing to tell him no. They literally begged me to do it because I'm apparently the "most stubborn." They are all extremely adverse to conflict, except, of course, the one who wants his girlfriend to live with us. So now I'm in the fun situation where I have to be the one to argue with him, and everyone else is just going to say they are neutral, even though they very clearly aren't. I personally feel that this bullshit, but I'm willing to take the heat for the benefit of all of us.

My biggest concern is that someone is going to give in to him, despite that fact that I EXPLICITLY told them that I will only do this if they at least remain neutral. As soon as one person caves, I'll lose the argument immediately because it will be 2v1.

So I guess my question is what do I do in this situation. No matter what he's going to be upset with me, but what is the most effective way to tell him this? He is the kind of person who will immediately get defensive if you challenge him in any way, and I already argue with him a lot in the first place, so he's going to be on the defensive immediately. I'm not very good at conflict resolution, so any and all input would be greatly appreciated. This whole situation is completely ridiculous.
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My friend is insisting
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