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I read your profile thing and I'm trying to do the same thing (move into an apartment with my girlfriend and 2 other people). A few questions though..
1. How do you have sex with your girlfriend with 2 other people in the apartment?
2. What do you do if you break up?
3. How do you split up the rent evenly?
4. How do you work out food (like if I buy milk or whatever does everyone use it..?)
Sorry if I seem stupid.
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1. Silently. It's best if you have a lock on your door, but if you don't, put up a sign that says "HAY GUYZ WERE DOING IT LOL". Well, ok, maybe not that, but your roommates will appreciate knowing that they should always knock before entering. My roommate never walks in without warning because he knows my girlfriend and I just don't like wearing clothes.
2. If you break up, you pretty much just have to deal with each other until the lease has ended, if all your names are on it. If her name is not on the lease and you break up, she can legally leave and not have to pay rent. If her name is on the lease however, she is still obligated to pay rent, even if she moves out. If you're not sure you will last for the lease period, you may want to consider finding another roommate who would be more reliable.
3. Add up the total of rent, groceries, and any other bills your apartment complex doesn't cover, and divide it by 4. Keep track of all expenses to make sure that you don't end up paying more than anyone else. Most complexes take any form of payment other than cash, so you can go in separately and write a check or use a debit card for your fourth of the bills.
4. Find out a time when all 4 of you aren't busy, and go grocery shopping together. Only buy the things that all 4 of you will use, and then divide up the cost at the register. That way, you've all paid for the things you will all share. Then you can all go and buy the things you only want for yourself; if only one of you will eat cereal, why should all of you pay for it? Keep that kind of stuff in your own separate stash, so it won't get mixed in with the other food that is free reign.
These are the tips that have worked fine for us, so hopefully they will be of the same use to you.
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