So my gf lives in a small studio and is moving a great distance.. across the hall! 

In her previous relationship, her ex sometimes got a little.. angry. But that’s a story for another time. The point here is, he punched a hole/dent into a door, and since she’s moving out she will at least lose her deposit and probably more due to the housing company being absolute donkeys. 

He’s refusing to pay for it. Not even the deposit, even when she paid loads for him when they were together (he was a student and she had a job). 

So yesterday, we were chilling with her neighbour, and me and him had a couple beers. He knows about the situation, and being a little tipsy we of course had the single best idea ever: we’re just fixing the door. We took off some chips to match the colour, we’re buying some wood filler, the whole shabang. It’s gonna be great. 

Then, I had the (in my opinion) GREAT idea, to tell the ex-bf that the housing company had swung by after the new tenant saw the door, and told my gf the door had to be replaced and she’d have to pay for it. Understandable, there is a hole in the door. So, being a little more drunk now, we just took out the entire door and put it in her new appartment. She now has no bathroom door, and a convincing story. We even considered lending another door from another friend across the hall and putting it in for a picture. A lie has gotta be convincing, right? As an added advantage, the extra money can be used to paint her new appartment, buying groceries etc, which I think is fair, since he leeched off her for some years.

AITA for kind of using him and lying about the door being replaced (even though it really would be since there is a hole in it) and having him pay for it?

TL;DR: gf’s ex-bf broke her door, she’s moving and the door is still wrecked. Neighbour and I took out the door and want to lie to make him pay for it. 

Note: there are no pictures of the door included since it’s currently in her neighbours appartment, sorry!