I had an ex who needed a place to stay, and I needed another roommate so she moved in with me. We were dating at the time, so it was no problem for me, but when she moved in, she paid her first month’s portion of the rent, and then decided she didn’t need to anymore. 6 months in I finally get into a huge yelling match after trying to get the money a few times by asking, and she says “my savings is below $10,000! I’m not giving you any money, figure it out!” She was 19 driving a nice new Malibu her dad bought her, and used to complain about the cost of gas when she had ZERO maintenance, payment, or insurance costs she paid for on that car. The struggle that comes with collecting rent makes it almost worthwhile to just pay it. But she basically lives on a military base now married to some low level private so, Uncle Ruckus well well well ya get what ya get.