5 Tips To Make Moving Out Of Your Ex’s Apartment A Little Easier

5 Tips To Make Moving Out Of Your Ex’s Apartment A Little Easier

• Monday, August 8, 2016

As your relationship gets more and more serious, it’s only natural that moving in together is a step you may take—and a pretty serious step at that. While many relationships may crumble, some may be at their best after you take the plunge to move in together.

For relationships that don’t work out, breaking up can be a lot more complicated if you’ve been living together. Even though you may want to run back to your apartment and never see your boyfriend ever again, you can’t… because your apartment is your ex’s, too.

When couples that live together break up, there are loose ends to tie up: finishing the last payments on bills, making sure that all their belongings are gone, and squaring up with security deposits. The list goes on.

I’ll be honest: it’s not easy. A few months back, my partner and I split up and he moved out of my place. Things were easier for me because I didn’t have to move my stuff out. He was left with the burden of having to gather all his belongings and move out.

It was hard watching him pack up his stuff. I felt bad that I was making him rearrange his entire life. I felt bad that he’d have to find somewhere else to call home. So many times during his move out, I wanted to forget all the messed up things he did to me and just forget this whole breakup idea.

Because, yes, there were times when I was sympathetic towards him, but we also had a ton of fights. His schedule was hard to work with and I didn’t want him there when I wasn’t home. We fought about who would keep certain things. I had to watch him throw out things that were once incredibly important to us.

Throughout the entire process of us heading our separate ways, I learned a lot about how things could have been a lot easier and more painless.

1. Set a move-out schedule.

One of the hardest things about the move-out situation was that we had separate schedules, so we had a hard time coordinating when he would move his things out. Instead of him texting me multiple times a day asking when he could come by for his things, I wish we had sat down in the beginning and laid out the times and days when the move-out would take place. If we’d done this, we would have fought a lot less.

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