Topic: Cohabitation

Nooooooo, no, no, no, no. You want her here to get as many chores as possible. If you are picking up after yourself then you are already doing better than 90% of men out there.

She is going to try to get you to do them right away to test the waters. You need to intentionally screw them up to set the tone that you should not be trusted with these jobs. When you wash the dishes, leave little specks of food on them. Fold the laundry in the hap hazard crazy ways imaginable. "Seriously Philip!? Just let me do that!" You may have to re-establish that you are completely inept at chores every few months but eventually she will stop asking.

So many rules and things to consider. D:
Can't you just cherish each other and live off your love for each other for all eternity?

Lived together in two of my past relationships, and as long as you both know your boundaries, shouldn't be much of a problem. If you can, set up a man cave. Not only is it a sanctuary of everything you are, but it is an easy way to get out of your girlfriend's way if she gets into one of those cleaning moods and wants you out for a bit. Plus if she has friends over, you can hibernate in there, or when your friends are over, you have a cave all to yourselves.

spoken like a true bachelor

The only thing I've learned from cohabitation, is that eventually, after the initial awesomeness, it will suck the life out of you. . Well, it did with me anyway, a few times. It probably doesnt help that I'm a nightmare to live with, and feel that if you have to try, then they can't really be 'the one' and you're wasting your time.

Good Luck Dude! xD

BAM! Nailed it. The people who know this are few and far between.

Excuse me, but I live with my mother, so I'd say I have plenty of experience when it comes to living with women.

tbd and TokenGirl are both giving great advice and I think I agree with just about everything they've said.

Also, don't get another guy roomate. Those barstewards steal girlfriends, fiances, etc. _{This is how I "found" my wife.}

(edit: and after nearly 14 years of marriage, I STILL don't want to see her using the bathroom or vice versa. Strange since I helped deliver my kids...but still...ewww)

She's letting me get a Ms. Pacman machine and a ping-pong table. She's the one.

Lol. Yep thats the sure sign of a keeper there CB. Unless........

_{what does she want in return}

@Tasuki: are you kidding? it's obvious she wants his body.
_{nope, fried chicken jokes never get old >:3}

Chicken...be open, honest and above all else be yourselves.

You'd rather be singing this...

Or maybe one day this...

But you don't want to be singing this (substitute your girlfriend's name)...

Moving tomorrow, with all three of MERG's possibilities on my iPod as reminders.

I'll probably be away from the site for some time as I get settled. All the best, everyone. As Steve Zissou would say after a heavy sigh, "This is an adventure."

have fun, man, and good luck :3

@Chicken...have a safe move (from sun to snow...right?). Enjoy those reminders on your journey.

Good luck Chicken. You should be fine man as long as you two have discussed it and compromise it will be fine.

_{just remember it will always be your fault}

no fair spoiling the ending for him... he's supposed to come to that realization himself D:

lol hey it sucks being that extra guy roommate too. I did that with my best friend and it was a freakin nightmare. Imagine living with a couple that fights daily and then you tell them to shut up. Yeah not pretty. Also you get into a fight with one of them and you constantly have both of them on your *ss. I will never live with a couple again.

By the way I wasn't telling them to shut up to get into their business. It was because I woke up to them fighting on many occasions lol.

Make sure you both have your sanctuaries. I have a room that is my "study" that I can hang out in when I want alone time. My fiancee has her exercise space. It's important to have a place you can go for alone time. It's also important to not get in the habit of constantly worrying how what you do will affect the other person - this can happen when sharing a space with someone you love. You just have to find that balance between considering the residence as a shared space and as both of your individual homes. That's the best advice I can give on this, I think. Congratulations, good luck and have fun!

Also, what Token Girl says, I can say from experience is 100% the most important thing because it's the hardest to recover from if you don't get into the habit of it. Make sure that you and she have a relatively easy time talking about the hard things like this, what you will do in the worst possible situations, because it gets much stressful when these things actually happen, and you don't want to revert to being too afraid to take them head on or to turn it into a fight.

Good luck, chicken. I have no advice to give you since i'm 12. But let me try. Remember that if the peacock says Lady Gaga will be on the field trip, always use non-stick spray to help the eggs freeze in Mt.Kilimanjaro.......i'm not good at this