Living with another person is a huge transition?going from only needing to cater to your own aesthetic, your own cleaning patterns, your own preferences to combining two people?s homes into one can be a massive undertaking! But if you begin with these things in mind, you might just make that transition a little bit smoother.
Understand It?s a Process
The most important thing to remember is that it?s a process. You probably aren?t going to move in together and immediately be on the same page with everything. Things that your partner considers perfectly normal might seem alien to you and vice versa! Knowing from the start that there?s more than likely going to be a learning curve will help tame the stress of such a major life change. Learning to live together requires a lot of compromise and getting to really know one another on a deeper level, so give yourself the benefit of the doubt that you?ll figure it all out. It?s okay if it takes a little while. Communicate

This sounds super simple, but it is absolutely fundamental when you?re learning how to live together well: communicate, communicate, communicate! If you?re unsure, err on the side of over-communicating. Things that, to you, are obvious?like immediately rinsing your dish and putting it in the dishwasher when you?re done with it?might not even be on your partner?s radar. Rather than assume that your sweetheart is the biggest slob on earth, or worse, just ignoring your wishes, talk to them about your expectations. S...