Moving In Together

Earlier today, my friend and neighbor had returned from his travels and I was really excited to see him because this was the first time this year that we were seeing each other.

During the time that he was away, his girlfriend would often come around, stay for some few days and then leave again. It was as if she was shuffling between staying at her place and staying at his, which really wasn't weird to me. But some few days ago, I had seen her with one of those echolac bags that she had carried into the house, and at first I didn't think much of it (partly because it was none of my business) but a conversation I had later with my friend after he had settled in made the entire situation a lot more understandable.

_{photo by Matthew Hamilton}

Apparently, I wasn't the only one who saw her with the bag, so the moment he came to sit with us outside, someone had brought up the conversation and he had casually told us that his girlfriend was moving in with him. Apparently, she had decided not to renew her rent at her place and just packed all of her stuff into his place.

Now that really isn't a bad thing if you think about it, but according to the boys, that apparently is the beginning of the end for them.

According to the guys, moving in with your partner will only make you get tired of them quickly, because you get to see them everyday and everywhere, to the extent where you just get fed up and as if you're being choked with their presence, which then will increase the number of times you guys will argue and fight blah blah blah...the boys went on and on, almost as if the world was about to end.

Personally, I felt many of their reasons were funny to me, but some also made sense. But then there's one question that has been bothering me, because if they can't stand living with their partner at this age, how do they plan on getting married and staying married few years from now when they do tie the knot?

Because most of these guys are grown ups who are at their late twenties and should be thinking of getting married a few years from now. How do they plan on doing that, if they can't be in the same house with someone they claim to love.

That question has been lingering in my mind and sadly, it's one of the reasons why I feel like divorce just might be in an all time high in some few years from now, because it doesn't look like this generation is ready in settling down and remaining in that spot.

And for some reason, it's always the guys complaining and never the ladies, almost like there's something in our genes that just doesn't like it when our partner moves in with us.

Anyways, I'm curious to see how theirs turns out. Hopefully he gets to prove everyone wrong and they have the best year than they've ever had together.