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Hmmm yeah, been there done that. In my case, my ex and I were together for 4 years. We broke up because she couldn't hold down a job so I had been trying to move for 6 months and made the mistake of letting her "stay" in my new apartment until she had enough money to move out. 6 months later, I was still fighting with her to leave and she wouldn't, so I ended up getting a second job, working 65-70 hours a week and saving up money so that she and our dog could stay in the apartment I had picked out for ME while I had to find a new place to live. This might not work for everyone ESPECIALLY since I ended up in a bit of debt when I had to move out in a matter of months because we were fighting so bad AND what's even worse, I ended up paying higher rent some place else because of it. I still haven't completely bounced back from it all either. When I moved, she then transferred all the utilities in her name and refused to help me pay on the bills we had created together prior to my departure. That ended up costing me a whopping $1350 in addition to my new rent and new utilities. She and I don't talk anymore - big surprise, although I tried to be civil at first and managed to get a few hundred dollars of my money back from her. I should have just let her figure it out where she was going to live on her own when things went sour, but that was my fault for trying to be a good person because I cared about her. Now I know better.