<prompt> Human: I am trying to get some outside perspective if Im in the wrong or being unfair here or whats going on. Situation:- Lease entered into, verbally agree to split everything 5050. 50 put down on deposit each.- Break up mid lease, she leaves 3 months before lease expires.- I renew the lease and decide to stay.- I propose: you are 50 liable for potential damages found as you entered into the lease with me. We wait until I move out, and split whatever is returned the same way that money entered into escrow, 5050. Everything up to this point has been a 5050 split and ended amicably until now.- She proposes: you return my deposit to me and you live there now, youre on the hook.Is this wrong or unfair? I know its inconvenient to have maybe 800 tied up for another year, but you should have had the expectation that you shouldnt be relying on that money or in desperate need for money for which you have no guarantee of having returned to you to begin with. When I put money in on a deposit, I dont really have the expectation that its going to be returned 100 to me, and certainly I shouldnt have plans for that money in the next year. Is this wrong of me? I feel like she should be partially liable for damages in this house. Perhaps not 100 as I will have lived hear longer, but she definitely contributed to some things I could see us being billed for on lease termination.Are there any creative solutions or workarounds to this?If she were to sue me, how could this play out? I can see both sides how I am being unfair tying her money up, but also she is being unfair asking to be let off the hook 100 for any potential damages she caused and there are damages she very much contributed to.  <response>: If it were me, I would want the clean break of paying her back now. From her side, she doesnt have any guarantee that it will only be a year - you might renew or move within the complex or otherwise change plans. Easier just to pay now. 