10 Truths About Living With Your Partner | Reality

I’ll give it to you straight: living together is hard work and life gets weird. Here are my ten truths about living with a significant other.

1. Farting happens.

A lot. For those girls who are petrified of having bodily functions in front of their boyfriends, don’t ever move in with them. It is unavoidable and yes, it completely robs a person of all mystery. The bathroom door will remain open more often than it probably should and you will hear things you don’t want to. It’s just what happens when you’re in the same living quarters with someone. Get over it.

2. “Maintenance” S3x (as we call it in our house) is a real thing.

It happens on those nights where both parties are tired and yet excited all in the same moment. It’s not the most mind-blowing, but it gets the job done with minimal effort and then the sleep is so sweet after it. I feel I should mention that neither party is ever offended by maintenance S3x. It’s always exactly what you need at that point in time. With that, let me just add that in my experience, S3x only fades if you let it. As your intimacy changes, like in any relationship (living together or not), S3x will be put on the back burner at times. But overall, even with lulls, as long as the passion remains, you’ll have S3x.

3. There are going to be really, really boring days in your life.

Unfortunately, the honeymoon phase of living together doesn’t last forever and a Thursday night after work will consist of dinner, television, and sleep. THIS IS OKAY. Don’t put pressure on yourselves to make your life together perfect every day. That’s not realistic and it’s also impossible. Eventually, you’d run out of things to do and be really, really drained.

4. Romance can fade extremely fast.

You have to put major effort into romancing someone whom you see every day. And trust me, there are way more days of, “Oh, I can just do it tomorrow” then there are of, “Oh, I just love him so much, I can’t wait!” It’s kind of sad, but true. You just have to be creative with your romance and understand that it changes over time. I mean, you’ll be shocked at how excited you get when he brings home take-out because he knew neither of you wanted to cook tonight. It’s the little things.