![]() ![]() And he won’t be surprised when I don’t have a problem with eating cheese for dinner for the 8th night in a row. That way I can be sure there won’t be any more awkward surprises involving little wooden frogs wearing mini sombreros. There are things about this arrangement that I wasn’t expecting, and I know that he must feel the same way (finding my period-stained undies in the wash for the first time can’t have been the most pleasant of experiences).Īnd since I hope to share my home with this human for a very long time, I thought it best to take a step back and put some truthbombs on the table. So, I accept that as smug as I was before Dave moved in with me, I wasn’t entirely prepared for the practical realities of sharing my home with a whole other human. Or in any other room where there’s a chance it may be seen by any person who will ever visit our home.) (Let’s just say the little wooden frog wearing a mini sombrero is no longer in the living room. So when Dave placed the little wooden frog wearing a mini sombrero on display in the living room, I didn’t handle the situation with as much tact as I would have liked. I forgot that people come equipped with things called ‘childhoods’ and stuff with ‘sentimental value’. Everything else would be mine and the house would look the same and the exact way I like it. I don’t know when I got it into my head that our tastes would be similar and Dave’s stuff would be minimal, but I honestly expected him to turn up with some clothes and a bunch of books that I would display purely for the sake of looking well-read. Stuff that included a little wooden frog wearing a mini sombrero. Now, given I moved my bed 30 inches to the left and bought freaking SHELVES, I think it’s fair to say that I was completely prepared to mesh Dave’s life in with mine. Then came the little wooden frog wearing a mini sombrero. I liked that I was taking this big step and that everything was going seamlessly. I liked the idea of being an adult in an adult relationship who compromises about adult things like not keeping the bed against the wall because she’s scared of ghosts and murderers and murderers who have died and come back as ghosts. I even bought shelves that would fit all of his beloved books, even though I don’t entirely understand why you would need to do that much reading when there’s a perfectly good television in the very same room.Īn artist’s rendering of the horror I witnessed that day. I made (some) space for his clothes in amongst my clothes. I moved my bed to the middle of my bedroom like a grown-up, and bought matching bedside tables for both of us. My boyfriend Dave recently moved in with me, and I made a big deal about turning my home into ‘our’ home. A list that was real and included no inspo memes about ‘love being like a flower in the desert’. So when I recently needed some boyfriend advice, I was forced to make my own list. Helpful Relationship Lists are like the Gwyneth Paltrow of the Internet – too much perfection and not enough farts. The problem is, once you get to the Helpful Relationship List That Will Definitely Change Your Life, it’s always so ridiculous and generic and overly lovely that it never feels that helpful after all. “How do they KNOW?” you exclaim, while clicking on the article you are sure is going to change your life. Often these lists feel like they could solve a problem that is specific only to you. 1 Million Things You Should Know As A Single Girl etc etc love etc. 18 Questions You Should Ask Him Before Settling Down. The Internet loves a good ‘Helpful Relationship List’, doesn’t it?Ģ0 Ways to Know That He’s The One.
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