Let’s Talk About Living With Your Fiancé/Spouse!

We moved in together when we were dating, 4 years ago. It wasn't too hard

I love living together, my favorite thing would have to be either waking up to each other or being homebodies and enjoying spending our time just snuggled up at home watching TV or playing video games. Biggest challenge would have to be how messy FH can be sometimes, but he's getting better!

I love living with my FH. I have sleepover with my best friend every night.

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But we moved in 4 years ago when we were dating. It wasn't too hard adjusting. We learned a lot about each other. There are little things we do that we have to get used to, like I leave every single cabinet door open and lose the remote all the time. He forgets to clean out the sink and never loads the dishwasher the right way (my way). But I wouldn't trade it for the world. My favorite part is living with my best friend and seeing him every single day. Now we're engaged, and I'm so happy we made the choice to move in before marriage. It's so great that you'll finally be able to just walk to another room to see each other instead of driving 35 minutes! Best wishes to you and your FH.

My absolute favorite thing is when I inevitably end up asleep on the couch, which is just something I do some nights, he'll tuck me into a blanket to make sure I'm comfy. I also love waking up to his big smile every morning, so there's that too. Biggest downside is I'm still learning that he lived his bachelor life so long that he sometimes leaves things out on the counter...until I give him a look and he puts it away. There's definitely a learning curve - we started out spending weekends together, then him moving in was just like a permanent fun fest. He always makes me laugh, and I would miss that without him at home.

FH and I have lived together for almost two years, and just recently bought a house. My favorite thing about living with him is being able to go to sleep next to him every night. Least favorite thing is when he leaves his CLEAN laundry on the floor where I fold it for days on end.

My fiance and I moved in together 4 years ago and I can't imagine living without him. The biggest things were teaching him to fold towels properly and getting him to put his laundry away. I always knew I needed to live with someone before getting married in case they did things that drove me nuts!

My fiancé and I have been living together for 2 years now and I love it. It’s nice to always be around each other, instead of having to take long Ubers to see each other (so expensive)! There was definitely a growing curve since he was an only child, so he didn’t really do household chores and never used a dishwasher.


The biggest thing that bugs me though is that him (and men in general) can’t seem to find anything. He searches for stuff in the fridge, it’s right in front of his face, and he still can’t find it. So maddening! Our sleep schedules are also pretty different which takes some getting used to

I moved in with my fiancé after dating for only 8 1/2 months which sounds crazy but he owned a house, I was paying $1,250 a month for rent and I spent 1 maybe 2 days a week there and it just wasn’t worth it. The biggest adjustment was living with his son, who was 7 at the time. We still fight (jokingly) about the right way to fold clothes but it’s really not hard. I think we gradually got adjusted to it because I stayed there so often...just went to more frequent sleepovers basically

7 years ago we lived an hour away from each other, he would drive to me once a week. While I was in college, I stayed at his place probably 4 days out of the week. After 4 years of dating, he moved in with me. We've been living together for 3 years going on 4. The biggest challenge is when he comes home late from work, I can't really sleep without him. Also, I work mornings so I turn on the light while he's still sleeping which sometimes wakes him up. But living together has been the best, it really is a sleepover with your best friend every day. I love when we cook, do laundry, and grocery shop together at 12AM. You just know when it feels right.

We have been living together for about 2 years now. My favorite thing is that I love just being with him when I get home from work, we have shows that we watch together which is fun and waking up with him each morning. The hardest thing has to be that he can't seem to get his clothes in the laundry basket it drives me nuts. That and when he leaves a wet bath towel on the carpeted area, it grosses me out!

I would say getting to see him every night. We lived an hour a part before and the gas money was killing us! I would say everything has been great so far. We kind of had to learn to tackle the house work but that came pretty easy. I would say the biggest thing learned so far is how to handle eachother if we get in a little argument. No longer can we take a breather in our own separate homes. We have to give eachother space within our own home. Sometimes that is hard because who actually enjoys fighting?

View Quoted Comment We did sleepovers too! About 5 a week. Moving in didn't seem to create any havoc.

My favorite thing about living together is being able to wake up to him in the morning and then getting to have someone to come home to at night!

Hardest part is just our quirks. I know I have some that can get on his nerves too lol. But I always roll my eyes when he puts my clothes in the wrong drawers (or folds a pair of pants that should be hung up) lol.

Regardless, I can't complain about living with him honestly! We make a good pair living together. The areas where I slack (ie: dishes and laundry) he is strong. And then areas where he slacks (organizing and sweeping) I am strong at!

I lived with two boyfriends who I left bc living with them made me realize they weren’t the one. I’ve had female roommates but it’s different when it’s so personal. My husband and I moved in together 3 years ago, after the first six months I didn’t know if I could do it but we worked out our struggles eventually and now it’s all good.

Living with my fiance is the best thing ever! I honestly couldn't imagine not being able to see him everyday. Like other people say, it is truly an endless sleepover with your best friend. There are some little things that he will do that annoy be, like when he takes his boots off after work he doesn't put them "where they belong," but overall he's pretty great, and I'm sure I do little things that get under his skin as well. And I want to say the one who had the biggest adjustment to us moving in together was his dog! It was just the 2 of them for so long and he got all the attention and now here I come and he has to share. Now we joke about how the dog loves me more then he loves FH.

I love living with my fiance! We lived in separate apartments when we were in the Bay area, but when I moved to LA we did long distance for about 6 months. He found a job in LA and then we moved in together. We bought a house together and have 2 dogs together. It's been great living with him because it feels so natural.

We moved in together after we got married. We then moved into a place that was "ours" a few months later. It was challenging but worth it.

Biggest challenges- He moved in with me at first because I had the bigger place. We timed our wedding around the end of my lease (he was month to month) so that we could move into our home not too long after. I've lived on my own for a long time and so has he so we both have things we are stuck in our ways on, especially since I'm in my 30s and he's in his 40s. I had to teach him how to load the dishwasher and just, in general, to treat particular items with care. Using appliances in general seems to be an issue with him like he was never taught somehow the "right" way to use things that won't break them. Now I have two kids so those dynamics have been difficult as well but I expected that. TV preferences has been a challenge. Sharing in general. I'm pretty messy and he doesn't like that. I told him I need to be able to be messy in my car and to let me be about it.

Best things- waking up next to him, being able to relax and not worry about sending him home/ me going home at a particular time (we were also abstinent during our relationship). Having someone to split the chore load and bills with. Late night snuggles, similar routines.

Let me tell you it is AMAZING! My FH and I started out long distance 6 years ago and we moved in together about 2 years ago. Seeing him everyday is awesome and I still feel like that after 2 years so that’s a good sign😂 but it is challenging if we spend too much time together so I would say take alone time for yourself, make your own schedule (don’t forget to hang out with your girl friends!!) , and divvy up responsibilities around the house!

Living together is awesome! We started out dating when I was living at home, then I went away to college and we were long distance. We moved in together the day I graduated, and we got engaged a few months later.

My favorite thing is getting to see him everyday! He is the sweetest - when I fall asleep on the couch he gets everything ready for me to get in bed. He wakes up before me every morning to make our lunches. I'm just so excited to marry him!

My least favorite is getting little to no alone time - I'm quite introverted. Sometimes I just ask him to leave me alone so I can just relax in our room and be alone. Also, in the beginning it was hard to handle his cleaning habits but he has since adjusted after living together for almost two years.

I can't imagine not living together - so happy we did it before we got married so we could really test it out!