Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So here's the deal. My roommate went to his home country for a month. He left on the night of Dec. 12 and returned the evening of Jan. 14. Gas and Electric is under my name and we split 50/50. Internet is under his name ($33/month; I pay $17 and he $16). So he didn't pay his rent for the month of January until the second last day of the month (just rent; no utilities share) and after constant reminders. He's on a Fulbright scholarship and well-off enough to visit his home at the end of every semester. I'm also an international graduate student but I haven't been able to afford the tickets for the last two years so you can do the math.

Anyway, for this month (Feb) I deducted his skipped utilities' share as well as the current bills and he made a big mess out of it. For electric, the service period was from Nov. 29 to Dec. 31 so he technically used the utilities for 14 days. He used gas for 12 days for the (Dec. 1 -31 period). Besides, he had a guest over before he left that stayed for five days. He stays mostly at home (Masters student with no RA duties) and me being a doctoral GRA go out in the morning and sometimes return at midnight. Still, I've always shared half of the utilities despite him being the majority user. Based on the latest spar, I'm thinking to replace him. Will that be a good idea?