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  • I don't know what to do. I pay for my cell phone and my deadbeat boyfriend's cell. The last bill was $212, and I couldn't pay it. Now today the new one comes through and it's $383. I don't know how I'm going to pay this off. But honestly, I don't want to pay for his phone anymore. I'm 99.99% sure he's been cheating on me, and I'm about to leave him. So if my phone got shut off, could I just get another phone with another carrier? I'm not trying to run away from my current phone bill, but there's no way I can come up with the money and it might be a good way to get out of the contract I have with him...

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    This is why you never put a non-family member on your contract. You're not getting out of the contract. If you don't pay, service will be shut down, you'll be assessed the early termination fee for both lines, your account will go to collections and eventually you'll be sued. Your credit report will take a hit and this may mean you will not be able to get service with another carrier. It's time to sit down with the deadbeat and talk money. If he doesn't have the money to pay the bill, bite the bullet and terminate the contract. You'll be assessed the early termination fees but you'll cut off your monthly charges. If your credit is still good, get a contract with another carrier before you terminate your present service. Get a carrier you're going to be able to stick with because you may not be able to get another contract for a while. Set up a reasonable payment plan with your current carrier so you can gradually pay off your balance. Consider taking your boyfriend to small claims court to get a judgment for his share of the bills. A judgment will allow you to garnish his wages. Don't ever, ever put a non-family member on your cell phone plan.

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Is he on your plan or are you on his? If the plan is under your name, then you could probably just call the phone company and have him removed. If you are under him, then I'd say just forget it and get a new company. But either way, I would start out by trying to call the phone company first. Hopefully this is also a lesson learned... sharing things that cost money with someone who is not a life-long partner (married) is a really bad idea. No matter how "in love" you are, break ups happen.

tcatlove52

You have to pay your bill sweetie. You can't run away from everything in life. They won't simply shut off your phone, you signed a contract, and if you breach that contract, they can take you to court.

Brutally Honest Abe

Your bill will carry onto the next month, and the month after that, the phone company will get their money one way or another.

wikipeter.

Only one person can have a contract with a cell company. It may have multiple numbers but only one person is responsible. If that is you, I would contact the carrier before your service is discontinued and make payment arrangements. I'd also see if you could change your plan to something more reasonably priced. Finally, I would look into having your boyfriends line canceled. If everything is in your boyfriends name, I'd open my own account.

Irish Sean

Well kick him of the plan, set up a payment plan with your provider, earlier this year I was unable to pay my phone bill, so I would pay half with one paycheck, then half with the next. If you call your provider and explain to them you really can't pay it all at once they will work with you, b/c they want to keep you as a customer. Also, it will get shut off and their will be bill collectors when you don't pay, it also goes on your credit score, which takes, years, literally to get clean. Hope that helps, God bless. :)

Captivated

It depends on the contract you have with your provider... You may have to pay it off be for you can get a another cell phone provider... But if you have revol or another cellphone carrier that doesnt do contracts then you should be A oh k...

Timeissucess

You will probably be swindled into paying either way.

$chroederJ

Firstly, I would speak with your provider and have them shut off both phones. Pay what you can and explain your circumstances. You may want to consider keeping your phone active if they will allow it. I am unsure what type of phone you have, but that is a ridiculous bill. My boyfriend pays 80.00/month for his iPhone and I pay 40.00/month for my phone (through Verizon). I would tell your boyfriend that you are unable to afford his bill and ask him to pay up (as well as telling him that you are closing the account; though I would tell him AFTER you have done so). If you think that he is cheating on you I would confront him about that as well. He is going to know something is up after you shut his phone off. Also, I am pretty sure you can move to another provider without any issues. Good luck!

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