Moving In Together? 7 Important Tips

Living together isn't easy, but you can make it easier

When you decide to move in with each other, don't be surprised to discover that living together will take some adjustments and plenty of compromise before your house will once again feel like a home. After living alone, its only normal to become accustomed to your own way of doing things, but someone else living in the house will pretty much always require a change.

To make things a bit easier, or at least more "fair" many couple will both leave their current homes and move into a new home together. This will help to eliminate some of the territorial issues that may arise if one person moves into anothers house. In buying or renting a new home together, you will both be newcomers with no previous attachments or habits within the household. In addition, the following tips will help to make both you and your significant other feel right at home in no time at all.

- Learn to share some of the things that you were once used to dominating, such as the television, the bathroom, kitchen and even the bed. Instead of having all of the covers and plenty of room, you will now find that you only have half of what you may be used to.

- If your spouse has a different work schedule that yours, you might have different sleep schedules also. For instance, if your significant other works the late shift and often needs to catch a few winks throughout the day, keep the television volume down, adjust the ringer on the telephone and be mindful of any distractions that may interrupt his/her sleep.

- Divide storage space in both your closet and drawers to make sure that both you and your mate have plenty of room for clothing and other incidentals.

- Bathroom fights are surprisingly common. If you have more than one bathroom, designating them as "his" and "hers" can help avoid many arguments. If you only have one bathroom, divide the available space up for your respective toothbrushes, razors, etc so they don't get mixed together or otherwise disorganized.

- If one of you is a smoker and the other one is a non-smoker then it is definitely a good idea to agree on some "house rules" regarding smoking. Otherwise this can be very trying on the both of you. The best thing to do is to designate one room in the house for smoking or (if you can agree on it) the smoker can go outside to avoid congesting the home with cigarette smoke.

- If you plan to share the housework or other household responsibilities, discuss what each person is responsible for and stick to the plan. If possible, choose one day each week for housecleaning and work together to get your home spotless.

- Decide who will be responsible for paying which expenses, when they will be paid and who will be fixing out and mailing the bills on time.

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