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So I have a situation where I share an apartment with a roommate.

Our lease isn’t up until Sept., but she has been living with her boyfriend(expense free) for the last couple of months although her stuff is still here. She continues to pay her half of the rent, but we also split utilities. She has two, gas and cable, in her name & I have the electric in mine. Now the gas and electric are based on usage, obviously, but should I still hold her responsible to pay her half of these bills or should I pay them on my own since I am the only one actually living here? I feel the cable bill should be split since it doesn’t matter if either of us uses it or not, the bill is them same. Any thoughts/comments would be helpful! Thanks

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alli_clark offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

Make it fair. If she’s paying half the rent then you should pay the bills for what you’re using, she’ll be under stress trying to pay her half of yours and her boyfriends flats.

Try discussing it with her too about the cable.

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SingerInPurple offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (41 minutes after post)

Yeah, do what you think is fair

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Winnipeg, MB, CA | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 9 minutes after post)

Ask her what she feels would be fair in terms of the bills.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (3 hours, 47 minutes after post)

she should still pay half of the bills.

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Sherry Friedrichs offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (6 hours, 14 minutes after post)

Amazing that she’s still paying her half of the rent… Has she stopped paying the bills she agreed to pay?

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