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Living with the person that you love is surely a great goal to achieve, right? Being in the same house as your partner while you sleep, relax, shower and cook is going to be an amazing and relationship enhancing experience, right? No. Contrary to popular “fairytale beliefs”, moving in with your better half isn’t always as great as it’s cracked up to be. So be prepared my friends, here are the twenty things that you will learn after moving in with your partner!
There is no escaping it now fella, you are in it for life. Yes, they did always snore like that. You were just either watching them sleep through rose tinted glasses or in your own oh-so-quiet and entirely-your-own flat.
When you live apart, it’s all too easy to sell a clean living and idealistic view of yourself. When you live together, not so much. It may just be time that you invested in a more robust toilet brush!
Gone are the days of coming home, flopping dramatically on the sofa and flicking to the mind numbing channels that distract you from your responsibilities. Now you have to watch TV together and this means that you need to search for something that is going to cater to both your tastes…ew.
Literally. Need a glass of water? Your partner is in the kitchen. Want to have a shower? Your partner is in the bathroom. Fancy watching TV? Your partner is already watching it. Help. It’s too much.
You won’t see your own mess, but your partners? It’s like every bit of their mess is surrounded by a red glowing light. How are there so many mugs out on the side? Will they ever clean them?
There is always a teething period where you have to figure out who does what in the relationship once you have moved in together. Get ready to start bickering about the washing up and who has to change the bins. Maybe it was easier when you lived separately?
It is inevitable. When you move in together things begin to become important that just weren't important before. Getting a new hoover, for example, may just become one of the most exciting things to happen in your relationship in weeks!
One partner will always end up cooking a little bit more than the other. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but if it isn't you then you are left with the dishes. It’s an unspoken rule. Ugh.
Why does he/she have to leave the towel in a wet lump on the floor after having a shower? There is a perfectly good towel rail right there…..Ahhhhhhhh!
Remember when you used to find your partners humming endearing? Well now it is just plain annoying! Remember the cute way they would leave little trails of clothing around their flat? Not so cute anymore, ey?
If you think you know your partner before you move in with them then you are totally wrong. You did not know them. Moved in? Now you know.
The more comfortable people become around one another, the more they are willing to share about themselves. This is no different when you move in. Your partner will start using you as a punch bag for the problems that arise in their lives. Get used to it.
Moving in with one another means that you will also have to start moving your stuff into one house. If you thought that you had a lot of stuff when it was just you then just wait until your stuff is combined with your partners! So. Much. Crap.
Money never usually takes centre stage at the beginning of a relationship, but once you move in it becomes very important. Sharing things like bills and rent will mean that you and your partners relationship will become more money orientated than it ever has in the past and one of you always seems to spend more than the other!
You are no longer shopping just for you. You will now shop for two people, taking their budget, tastes and dietary requirements into consideration too. Bye bye full fat milk! At least you have promo codes for wine to keep you company.
Want to go out for dinner? Nah! Want to go for a drink? Nah! Want to head to the cinema? Nah! I’d rather sit on the sofa, wouldn't you? Yeah.
It is inevitable that you will eventually accumulate a small corner of your home that is yours, the one private corner that is yours and not your partners. Cherish that corner.
“Stop leaving the damn lights on! We are not made of money you know!” You will either shout this to your partner or have them shout it at you. Joy.
Why, on earth, would we ever need the heating to be this high!? Not only is it a total waste of energy and money, but you are lying around in your underwear as well! Turn the heat down and put a dressing gown on you pebble.
You go to work and there are people. On your commute home there are people. And when you step through your front door? Yeah, person. You are going to start really needing a moment to yourself!
