Top 10 Signs that Moving In Together with Your Guy Would be a Good Idea
August 13, 2009 by David M.
Filed under Featured, Guys, Explained
Ok, here we go. With apologies to David Letterman, here are the “Top 10 Signs that Moving In Together with Your Guy Would be a Good Idea”:
#10: When you sleep alone, you wake up spooning your teddy bear
#9: What you leave at his house has gone from a toothbrush & pajamas, to multiple pairs of shoes and hair styling appliances
#8: Your roommate no longer recognizes you
#7: His roommate no longer chuckles when he makes comments about chipping in on the rent
#6: You give his name on beneficiary forms
#5: You think the way he drools in his sleep is actually kind of cute
#4: You need a new set of keys to his place because the ones you have are getting kind of worn
#3: When you go to pack for a trip you realize you need to grab clothes you left at his house
#2: You’ve been together so long that friends that got together after you did have started getting divorced
And the number one sign that you’re ready to move in with her (drum roll please!):
#1: It would really make it a lot easier for him to see his kids
Boom-tish!
So you want to know if the time is right for you and your guy to consider moving in together. You’re looking for signs. Well, here’s the thing: living with your guy when it’s all new and exciting is FUN.
If you can’t get enough of each other, why not get as much of each other as you can by living together?
The cuddling, the snuggling, the cooking for each other, the unrestricted sexual opportunities, the unrestricted sexual opportunities, the unrestricted sexual opportunities, the…(whoops, sorry, zoned out there for a second), the Sunday mornings reading the paper in bed together, watching bad TV together, going to parties and going home together afterwards…and did I mention the unrestricted sexual opportunities?
Quite apart from all the couplesy stuff you get to do when you live with someone you love, there’s also a whole bunch of practical advantages.
For one thing, it’s a LOT cheaper. When you’re splitting everything, neither of you are paying as much per-head as you were before. This works for food, bills, rent, hotel rooms and so on.
Also, you can split things like household chores and cooking. Cooking for one is so annoying that most people would prefer just to eat toast instead. But having your man make you a proper meal will make you feel like a real lady – try it!
So hopefully you’re now convinced that moving in with your guy has a ton of things going for it. The part where it gets hard is years down the track, when you’ve got two bratty kids, a job you hate, a soul-crushing mortgage and he would rather watch Sportscenter than cuddle. That’s when moving in might start to seem like a bad idea. But that’s (probably) years away. Strike while the iron is hot!
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I gotta say, I think that moving in with a signifiant other prematurely ages a relationship. When a relationship is all new and exciting, you want to keep it that way for as long as possible. Girls, think about when you are getting ready to go on a date with your man. You’re doing your hair and your makeup, getting excited about when he comes over, and when he walks in the door you can greet him all fabulous looking. When you live with someone, they’re there when you put on your deoderant. Think about it this way…This is the normal sequence of a date: get picked up while lookin all cute, go to event, spend much of event thinking about the other person naked, go home and put all that sexual energy towards getting the other person naked. When you live together, if you are both showering and getting ready, you start off naked – and usually not naked in any sexual capacity, since getting dressed around the other person has become a daily occurrence (if every time you see your significant roomie naked you MUST have sex with them, I hope your job and your friends are very accepting of the fact that you are always late) This inevitably makes your drive to rip their clothes off at the end of the date just a little less intense. And I don’t know about the rest of you, but I really enjoy sleeping in the other person’s bed. It’s nice to have a regular change of scenery, and unless you plan to run up some lofty hotel bills, this is the only way to do it. And I’m sure we can all agree that when faced with the daily post-work decision of (a) going to the gym or (b) cuddling and watching tv, one is just a little more enticing than the other. Once you’re looking to really get serious and settle down, yes of course you should live with the other person. And of course there are many wonderful experiences to be had when finally going down that road. I’m just saying – I know it would be super-convenient when half your stuff tends to be over there anyway, but I think it takes a little bit of the spark out of your relationship when you make this move, so why not try to stretch out your honeymoon period for as long as possible. There will be plenty of time to yell at each other for not doing the dishes later
Misty! – What a great response. Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the discussion! I’d love to turn your post into a full article and see what others think.
I agree that if you move in prematurely, it can be bad for a relationship. But if you’re giving your boyfriend’s name on beneficiary forms, is it really premature? (see above list for context
I also agree about the intensity of ripping clothes off at the end of the date, but isn’t that why they created alcohol? (I kid, I kid). Seriously though I think that fading intensity has less to do with people living together than how often they are gettin’ busy.
If you’re living with someone and you’re knockin boots 12 times a week, you’re probably not quite as intense on that 12th time.
But if you live together and because you’re both really busy with work & life and that date is the one time in the last week you’ve had a chance to really focus on each other, I would bet your just as eager as if you didn’t share a bedroom.