<p>OK, So I'm a junior in college, and I have a female roommate, it's always been a mutual rule of the apartment that we shouldn't have any locked doors, we have separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms, I don't like locked doors it's creepy. Now most of the stuff in the apartment is mine (computers, televisions, furniture, etc etc) I have had several issues with my roommate bringing her friends over and being absolute nuisances, but today things got much worse. I came home and found a huge dent in my 1960 Gibson Les Paul, for all of those who don't know, that's a very expensive vintage electric guitar.</p>
<p>I am so upset I can't even believe what my eyes are seeing. I know for a fact that the dent was not there this morning, and am suspecting my roommate or one of her friends caused the damage. How should I deal with this. I know most of her friends and they always just come here and hang out in my bedroom whether I'm around or not. I don't mind them watching TV or what not, since we do split the rent equally and I have the larger bedroom and master bath.</p>
<p>I am very upset at this point and am contemplating asking her to move out. Any guitar player or musician in general will vouch for how devastating it can be to own such an expensive vintage instrument and come home to find a huge dent in it. It was on a stand and it looks like it was dropped. The dent was not there this morning cause I had just cleaned the guitar this morning.</p>
<p>I am in the ties of a moral quandary. I really like my roommate she is sweet but it is difficult to get her to be considerate of my stuff. She just uses the excuse "you are like my brother." I am really considering asking her to move out, cause this argument has happened over and over again and now there is significant damage to one of my belongings. The issue is our rent is extremely expensive, because it's in a nice part of town and it's a doorman building, the lease isn't up for another 1 1/2 years so if I throw her out I may not be able to find a roommate and I can not afford to pay 4,000 a month by myself.</p>
<p>What can I do to get her to be more considerate I have tried so many things, and feel that if there is a need to lock my bedroom when I leave then there is no trust which I feel is necessary between roommates. I really would like her and her friends to be considerate of my stuff, I have tried many times to talk to her but she simply will not listen, and now I am very upset cause the value of my guitar will go down significantly and a costly luthier repair will just cause further depreciation. Any advice on what to do? I would really hate to get completely upset and lose my temper, I just don't know how to deal with her anymore.</p>
<p>Should I consider calling her parents? I know it seems inappropriate but I just don't know what else to do.</p>