Moving In Together and Blending Decorating Styles With Your S.O.

June 20, 2016 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

I’ll admit it. Decorating my apartment was one of the things I was MOST looking forward to when moving into my own place. The only hiccup? I actually first moved into my boyfriend’s place. We were both very excited to live together and it was one of the best decisions we could have made for our…

Moving Out: How to Get Started?

April 3, 2016 | By Elyse AuthorMy First Apartment

I am 19, looking for my first apartment with my boyfriend, so here’s the big Moving Out 101 question…How do we get started? The Setup My boyfriend and I have been together for just over a year and a half. It is still early in our relationship to be moving out but we are putting…

It’s Over: You and Your Live-In BF/GF Broke Up, with 6 Months Left on Lease

December 7, 2011 | By Alex AuthorMy First Apartment

This is the last part of the series about moving in with a Significant Other, one that we hope you never need. But it’s come to this. You thought the fights might be a normal part of moving in together, but they’re intractable, they’re deeper than that. And now you have six months remaining on…

How to Know You’re Ready to Move in Together?

November 18, 2011 | By Alex AuthorMy First Apartment

So, you’re dating someone, and have been for a while. You and the Significant Other have been talking: maybe it’s time to move in together? You’re already swapping nights over at each other’s apartments anyway, and you each have two toothbrushes, one for your apartment and one you keep at the Significant Other’s. The relationship…