Living with another person is hard. If it’s your family, a roommate, a partner – human beings (including ourselves, I guess) are just weird and gross and we have habits we don’t even realize are annoying until someone else points it out.
Cohabitation can be a real test for a relationship, but less so if one or both parties can manage to keep their sense of humor.
In that way, at least, these 10 tweets should help.
10. How else are things going to get done once you’re gone?
Me from my coffin to my husband: “Did you take out the recycling?”
— SpacedMom (@copymama) March 8, 2018
9. I mean, can he not see it?
https://twitter.com/itsamylloyd/status/829033374648041472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E829033374648041472&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.bloomjoy.com%2Fjason%2F26-tweets-that-perfectly-describe-the-beautiful-hell-that-is-living-with-your-significant-other%2F
8. This is the truth.
a long term relationship means hearing "let me empty my butt before you shower" while still finding that other person sexually attractive
— Matt O'Brien (@matt_obrien) December 15, 2013
7. Because getting up is just out of the question.
We keep our marriage classy by texting each other instead of shouting through walls while we're home.
— yelisa (@beingyelisa) June 27, 2017
6. It’s important to be there for each other.
What makes marriage so different from being single is that when you need emotional support, you have someone right there to tell you to stop talking during their favorite show.
— Kent Graham (@KentWGraham) March 1, 2018
5. You know she still loves you because she pretended to listen to the whole thing.
Just regaled my wife with a story about a grocery coupon that should have worked but didn’t but then the guy got it to work after all.
Don’t tell me the spark is gone.
— The Distracted Dad (@Distracted_Dad) February 28, 2018
4. And then, Your Honor, I grabbed HIS pillow…
*watching husband sleep*
Me: "I just love him so much, he's my everyth-"
*husband snores*
Me: "I can't live like this."
— Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) August 28, 2016
3. Can I get an amen?
My wife cleaned the house all day and now we have to go live in a hotel.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) March 6, 2018
2. That was so cute.
Husband 1st year of marriage: I don't want a TV in bedroom & let's not eat in bed.
Me 14th year of marriage: hahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha
— Meredith (@PerfectPending) October 7, 2016
1. Don’t mess with that one.
[cleaning out our bedroom]
Me: Half of this stuff is junk we don't need.
Wife: The other half is mine.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) March 4, 2018
Good luck out there, romantics. Try to keep some of the mystery alive.
What’s your advice for people getting ready to live together for the first time?
Let us know in the comments!