Honestly, it wasn't weird or anything.
Haha
I guess I learned that when he told me he sat at home all night watching tv or playing vids...that he really was!

he farts...A LOT!

I learned that he wasn't the one for me. It was heartbreaking to leave, but I learned things I wouldn't have known if we didn't live together. You REALLY get to know someone by living with them!

He loves being at home. He would rather stay in the house and do nothing then go out and do anything.

I also learned that he makes me a way better person, my home has never been cleaner! He makes me want to keep it clean and he does not mind doing the cleaning himself if he has to. Love that man.

I learned how wonderful it is to have a clean house! Also, that my boyfriend still wears clothes from elementary school, no matter how many holes there are.

We technically dont live together yet but my roomate spends everyday at her boy's house and he spends EVERYDAY/NIGHT at our house...I learned he is very helpful! Does the dishes, takes out the trash and cooks more than me lol..I was surprised since he was an only child that never had to do anything for himself really

I've learned that I can ask him to pick his socks up off the living room floor a million times and it will never happen. I've also learned to be okay with this.

I learned that he's a stomper haha. He just can NOT walk quietly. Now that I think of it he can't really do anything quietly. When I'm trying to sleep in and he wakes up he ALWAYS wakes me up, stomping through the house, making coffee and it sounding like he's going to break the thing by putting it away so hard etc. But it's ok, I'm usually up before him anyway! After 1 year of non living together and 3 and half of living together I've come to accept these things

Hahaha Lily, same here. He farts all the time! I think it's funny.

I learned that he's the only person for me, he's even more brilliant and amazing than I thought he was before we lived together, and he's the most supportive person I've ever known.

And that the sex is even better when you don't have to worry about roommates hearing you...

I learned that my ex was secretive and obsessed with the internet because he both liked to flirt and had a pron addiction. This is why he's my ex

When I lived with my ex I learned what an insecure person he was. He would come home from work and freak out when I wasn't there. He would get paranoid and pouty when I played around on the internet in the evenings. I also found out that he had major "mommy" issues and didn't tell his mother that we were living together for four months. When she did find out, she blamed it on me and warned him that I would get knocked up and ruin his life. Oh, and I found out that he had a drinking problem.

I am so happy that I learned all of that when I did and didn't waste any more time with him!

My husband and I moved in together after 3 weeks of dating, so I don't think I learned anything specific by cohabitating.

we haven't moved in together yet, though it feels like we have because i am over at his place all the damn time. he doesn't really have any bad habits except he has absolutely no cooking skills and is starting to fart around me.

uhm my bf and I moved in pretty much straight away... BUT he is a clean freak - which I am but not like that! and he can cook which is awesome! only good things really. He had ALOT of socks full of holes which are now replaced, and about 200 t shirts with holes too LOL

I think it's important for couples to live together before getting married for all the reasons listed above. There are just things that you can't know about a person until you've lived with them for at least a few months.

Hubbie and I moved in together when we got married. We were old-fashioned about that.

I learned that my husband had little sense of boundaries. Sometimes that's endearing, as he's the type that would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it, but sometimes it's annoying. For instance, when he uses the bathroom, he does NOT close the door. I know we're close, and we're comfortable around each other, but there are certain matters I do not want to witness. So whenever I walk by the occupied bathroom, I gently close the door for him. We've been married for several years, and I'm still doing this. He doesn't close the door. Oy.

I learned that apparently my job is far less important than his. As I was expected to do the cooking and cleaning and maintain a full time job..because his job was just so demanding. I learned that he, in fact, DOES NOT know how to do laundry. I learned that he was extremly selfish and every time we got in a fight he would get mad if I watched "his tv". I learned that "I'll do it in a minute" actually means "I'll sit here and do nothing until you get so frustrated that you finally just do it yourself" .....oh yeah, and I also learned that he was cheating on me.

needless to say that relationship didnt work out so well.

I'm completely with Lily and Melissa, he farts so much, now he knows when he has to he better leave the room quick or I throw pillows at him. Other then that it's the little things, he leaves his clothes places which bugs me sometimes but then he does the dishes every night and takes out the garbage (the 2 things i hated doing when i lived on my own).

I think if a couple can make it past the first few months living together and not wanting to absolutely kill each other then it was a good move to co-habitate.

He farts all the time! But he is always willing to pitch in.... even if that means when he cooks dinner it is a huge mess! I appreciate everything he does....

I learned that compromise is really an art... everything from my socks on the floor to what we eat for dinner. The worst of our issues probably came from the fact that we're both terribly indecisive. Sometimes there's some anger involved but it's never the end of the world. I actually love him more than ever.

I've also learned there's really NOT enough room for all of our stuff in a two room apartment!

It may be weird, but I already know all these things about my boy. Like, he started farting openly on our second date, I know his eating habits and his daily routine. I also know about his laundry and what he does with his time. And we don't live together. I think spending two consecutive nights together is as far as we've "co-habited".

Oh! I've also seen how his room is kept both at home and in his dorm, so I know about that. I also know he's insanely private, particularly when he talks to his friends online, and he sits on his computer for 12-hours at a time...For fun.

Some things I've learned:

1) Not cleaning for two weeks will lead to a fight

2) Working all the time will lead to a fight

3) It's like pretending to be married, only you don't want to give him all the married benefits for free just yet...so you hold out on doing all of his laundry and scrubbing the toilet he just pooped in.

4) You probably will come second to his hobbies...because now that he lives with you, it totally counts as spending time with you if you're in the same house at the same time...even though you aren't having any contact AT ALL.

5) Pooping is now a spectator sport...instead of running the water to disguise your "noises" you now leave the door open and say "wait, it's coming..." and then proudly have your signifcant other judge you on delivery and sound performance.

6) Tooting isn't something you hold until your tummy hurts, now it's something you hold your partner's head under the covers long enough to let one rip.

7) You always have someone to wake up to...even if you're looking up at them from the floor you've just been rooted onto while your sweetheart was pretending to be Thor in his dreams.

Showers are no longer private, you now have someone picking the lock on the door to get into the water with you.

9) You can come home at the end of hard day and know that he's there to listen to all the "drama" you had at work.

So far co-inhabiting has been tough. We're both struggling with adulthood and are finding growing up to be a little harder than we first thought it'd be. It's comforting though, to have someone be struggling with you, rather than against you.

I love reading these comments! My BF and I are moving in together in December, so the insight is definitely useful and appreciated