Yeah...We moved again in October. The girl we moved in with pretty much tried to screw us over and have us pay her past due bills. She hadn't paid almost every bill she had since she had moved into the apartment 3 months before us. She had only paid rent and that was always late. She was about $1000 in debt. So we moved. The apartment is about $75 cheaper, barely any smaller (pretty much it's just missing a hallway), the water/sewer/garbage is factored in the rent (which technically, the actual rent is about $800 and something for a 2 bed/2 bath), the PUD isn't past due, and now we have internet. She's pretty much screwed for life now unless she gets her shit together and pays off her bills. A few days before me moved, the power was shut off. She some how got it turned back on. I told her, that if she can get past bills together for the amount of the PUD for the few months we lived with her, we'd pay our share, but the PUD was up to $500+, $160 of which one of my roommates had to pay out of pocket because the girl's dad was pretty much taking us for all we were worth when he was living with us.
I had made the mistake of telling her dad how much was in my bank account. I trusted him. Stupid me. The first time I paid him "rent" was the first time I had less than $10 in either of my checking or savings. Combined. We lost so much money when he was living with us. Money that we could have been saving for bills and food. I will never let myself be taken advantage of like that ever again. I don't wish it had never happened. I'm actually glad it did because now I know better.