After I graduated from high school, I decided to move to another state for college to obtain a nursing degree.

My boyfriend of a year decided to move with me so we could get a place since we decided that was the future we wanted together.

I got a job right away working as a CNA & 3 weeks later he got one at Walmart. We got our apartment in June (my first place ever) and finally felt like a GROWN adult paying all of my bills & balancing my life out. It was a great feeling! Well after a week of him working at Walmart, he uses all 3 call ins IN THE FIRST WEEK because he is “sick”/ anxiety ridden meanwhile he’s able to go swimming & out to eat on those days. He eventually decided to never show up to work after that.

It is now mid September and continues to be unemployed. I have school and work from 8am-10:30pm and when I come home with a house that has not been cleaned, and him playing video games, I am livid. He seems unmotivated and it’s putting a strain on our relationship. He will run out of money soon and we both split the apartment rent and utilities equally. He says he has applied on Indeed but to me sitting at home and applying on a laptop is not good enough. He is 19 and he should be getting out there and working if he is not going to school. I love him and care for him but I’m stuck in a lease with him until next June and I don’t know if I should:

A) be there for him and wait it out

B) call it quits

And if I do call it quits, how do I get him to pay the other half of rent if we both signed the lease and he leaves?

I am willing to make this work with him but it is difficult. My family has given him job recommendations in our area and have gone as far as going to job fairs and collecting business cards for him. The area I live in has more jobs than people and I’m finding it tiring making excuses for him to my family as to why he doesn’t have a job. He even lied to his parents about not having a job too. What do I do & has anyone else been in this position as well?

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