<prompt> Human: Background story is as follows. My partner and I are no longer. We have 5 months left on the lease. I obviously want to break the lease and we go on our separate ways to never speak to each other again. She wants to stay because she has a 3 year old and says she has no money to break the lease or a place to go. I moved out of the apartment because the situation was not healthy for me to be in. I had her put all the utilities in her name and I gave her the option to break the lease, let me use the second bedroom our old one as a storage unit or she can pay the lease herself. She isnt being reasonable and is rejecting all options as unfair. I have alerted the landlord that I am not living there and that I wanted to see what my options were. He told me that it is between the two of us and we are both equally liable for the rent because we are both on the lease. My question is should I just pay myself my portion of the rent see what she does and then go from there? If she basically just says screw it I am not paying for any of it how liable am I? Thanks reddit.  <response>: You are as liable as if you lived there and were the only person on the lease. Shes likely not negotiating with you because she knows it. If she defaults, it will go on your credit. So, if you want clean credit, you have to give in to what she wants. If you dont care about your credit, tell her to fuck off. Honestly, if you can afford it, youd be better off in the long run paying half the rent. 