We had an interesting time moving in together. In 2005, I left to backpack Europe. When I got back, my boyfriend was waiting for me at the airport. He took me straight to his parents’ property and showed me a little cabin he had been fixing up. We’ll just call it “rustic.” I thought he had just missed me and wanted me to sleep over, it wasn’t until four days later when one of his friends made a comment that I realized we were living together. We spent almost two years in that cabin and even went four months without power. There were so many mice in the walls it drove us crazy. I told him I must be crazy in love as no sane person would put themselves through that for so long.
—thisgirl23, WB Devotee
We moved in together four years ago and I remember some of the funny things that happened when our lives collided in a one bedroom apartment: his shock that the shower actually needed to be cleaned. He saw me cleaning it one day and said "Why do you have to clean the shower? It gets washed all the time when you're in there showering." His mother never made him clean at home. He was baffled by all the cleaning we had to do on our own.
—ashleyandlee, WB Devotee
I moved to Vancouver with a suitcase and a backpack (I didn’t plan to stay). When my dear husband moved to be with me, I thought it was hilarious that he needed two moving trucks to cart his stuff when I barely had enough to fill a sock drawer. When we were unpacking, I realized why he needed so much space. The man didn't throw away anything! He literally had two giant boxes full of tupperware. Our kitchen only has eight cupboards.
—tjrocks, WB Devotee
We bought a house in a new area and were one of the first to move in on our street. We’d moved from a tiny apartment, so we didn't have all our home furnishings yet. After a month of living there, we got used to being the only people for miles. One morning, we went downstairs to the kitchen in our “sleep attire” only to find our new neighbours looking at us through the window. We got dressed and went straight to the store to buy curtains.
—FuzzMonkey, WB Devotee
When we bought our house, I cried because it was so ugly inside. I couldn't see the potential my dear husband saw. I trusted him and we bought it. We worked on the house for six months. We bought new furniture and new appliances. It was only after everything was finished that I could see the beauty that he saw in our home. I loved seeing him get excited over paint and flooring and picking wood for the fence. I had to step back and trust his ideas on color schemes for paint and trims. It all worked out beautifully. Our neighbours couldn't believe the transformation.
—Cjswedding, WB Addict
When we moved in together, we needed some bookshelves and a wardrobe for the new apartment. We went to IKEA and had fun picking out the stuff we needed and measuring to make sure it would fit in all the right places. Everything was going great until we got to the car. We never thought about how our stuff would fit in the car. We finally made everything fit – with the trunk open, all the seats down, including the passenger seat. So, we were stuck in the parking lot with one seat and miles to walk home. Guess who got stuck taking the bus home? You guessed it...me.
—p0pc0rn, New Member
We went away for a honeymoon after our wedding and then off to eight weeks of summer camp. When we got back, we were renting a condo with his best man for a month. This roommate was dirtier than anyone I had ever met. Even when he found a new place he left us with anything he didn't want any more. Anyways, I started to pack his stuff and put it in a box and told him to come and get it or we would toss it. He came over, but only to use our internet!
—SprigofIvy, WB Devotee
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