<prompt> Human: skip to the bottom if you want to get straight to the point.my friend and i signed the lease on an apartment a few months ago. the lease is written so that we both are responsible for the total cost of rent, not that each of us are responsible for a specific portion. well, since day 2 we have had problems. her boyfriend has been living with us the entire time, starting on the second day we moved in. to my knowledge, he hadnt paid a cent. when i finally sat them down and told them he would have to start pitching in, my roommate told me oh he has been helping with rent. he splits it with me so i was paying half while they each paid 14. i told them that would not fly and he needed to pay 13. he agreed. next month, rent is due, he said he couldnt come up with any of it so i had to shit out the extra that i hadnt been planning on ended up having to borrow from a family memberthey havent paid a single bill on time, i pay the ones in my name secretly so my credit doesnt get shit on, then just nag them acting like our utilities are going to get shut off if we dont pay soon.they would both come home trashed 6 nights a week and just scream at the top of their lungs about whatever the hell made them angry that night FUCKING NIGGERS ACROSS THE STREET TALKING LOUD like, it is completely ridiculous.she got her boyfriend a dog for christmas. the dog lives with us, obviously. the dog is not potty trained nor do they try to train him, poor thing and is completely destructive. he has torn the SHIT out of our carpet and bathroom door.recently, my grandmother was hit by a car and needs a bunch of surgery, and doesnt have anyone living with her. i decided that this would be a perfect opportunity, i can move out and help my grandma with rent and drive her to and from the hospital and help her around the house while she recovers. then, i can get some peace and quiet so i am able to study and sleep.she works 30 hours a week, he works 20 hours a week, they both have the option of adding on as many hours as they want, even going full time if they want. neither of them are in school, nor do they have hobbies that they spend time doing outside of work. they simply sit at home and watch tv all day and get drunk. they are unwilling to add more hours on to their schedule even though they struggle to come up with rent every month.I moved in with my grandma a month ago, tried to get the roommates to resign the lease with my name off of it and the new boyfriends name on it. i paid 2 my 13 of rent for 2 months while i am not living there. She called me tonight saying that she wont resign the lease because shes too stressed, and that i need to go back to paying 12 of rent even though im not living there, and even though i should only be paying 13 if i was living there. START READING HERE IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THE BACK STORYi have 3 options. 1. i pay 1500 to break the lease. this would require her to agree, and at this point i think she is being difficult just for the hell of it.2. i continue to pay rent and risk her not coming up with her part of it VERY likely. i have had to save her ass several times on rent and have my credit be shit on3. i dont pay a cent more and have my credit shit on because i think that will likely happen anywayi am 20 years old, hardly no credit. i dont intend on buying a car or house, or even leasing an apartment in the next 4 years while im still in college. my parents are wealthy and financially very supportive of me and could help if something unexpected happened like my car breaking down. i realize that option 2 and 3 would mean my credit would be fucked over. how terribly? has anyone gone through something like that and how hard was it to recover? i am honestly thinking option 3 would be the easiest for me at this point, are there other repercussions that i am not thinking about? will the leasing office sue us and force me to pay or just evict her?STILL TL;DRwhat happens when you quit paying rent?EDIT: i already have my name off all of the utilities, so at least that part is taken care of. im off to bed for the night and will update tomorrow after trying to settle with the leasing office again.EDIT 2 thank you guys for all of your advice and support. i am leaving for work now and will be stopping in at the leasing office today after work to see what kind of deal i can try to strike with management. my dad said he is unable to help me get my appliances and silverware out until this weekend, but i will be out of town this weekend so we will probably do that on tuesday of next week. im sure ill update before then, but if i dont get around to it then i will definitely update on tuesday to let you know how that went.update: well, there really isnt an update. nothing new has happened, now were scheduled to pick up my stuff this weekend because now that is the only time i can find anyone to help me. still feeling pretty hopeless in this situation.  <response>: Step 1: offer roommate money to sign you out of the lease.Step 2: sign out of the lease. Write a check. Step 3: put a stop payment on the check. Or pay the money, your call.People this short sighted will almost always take the money up front. 