What’s something you learned after moving in with your SO?

1. I learned after we lived together for a few weeks that my boyfriend is actually a fucking ox in a human suit. He destroys shit all the time and never on purpose. Hes always genuinely confused when it happens. He accidently pulled the bedroom door of the fucking hinges. Like broke the hinges, pulled em right out of the wall. Simply because he wasnt paying attention. He held a plate too hard while washing them and it shattered. He broke my broom in half trying to sweep. He breaks something almost daily. I dont let him anywhere near my toaster for fear of him breaking it. He broke his. And the weirdest part about it is he isnt that big. He RARELY if ever works out and is kinda pudgy (like I am). Its not like hes a 6'4 slab of muscle. Hes not. He just...doesnt pay attention. To anything. Love him to death but he better not touch my toaster.
   — RealAbstractSquidII


2. How incredibly private they were. Initially every time we hung out all we wanted to do was be around each other. After we moved in together and were around each other all the time I noticed she wasn't hanging out with me as much and spent a bunch of time in her room. Turns out when she was home normally she spent most of her time alone. Not a bad thing, but I was convinced at first that our marriage wasn't going to make it because she didn't love me anymore or something. Some people just like some space every once and a while.
   — Erick_Swan


3. She thinks it's weird to eat a hard-boiled egg cold and blew one up in the microwave more than just once.
   — mojave_moon






4. I learned how much hair is really hiding in a man’s asscrack. The first time he bent over to turn the water on in the shower, I was horrified. Horrified and fascinated.
   — Rhodeislandsluts


5. He is obsessed with programmable things. Now all of our lamps are programmed so if I walk into a room I have to go "Alexa, turn on the lights." It's like living in some sci fi movie. It's fun until we get into a fight and then he fucks with me by doing weird shit to the lights.
   — Leathamdavid


6. She deviously hides my shit, usually where I, myself left it.
   — joculator






7. Hey... where is the cable i use every day to connect my work laptop to the monitors? Her: “It’s right were it should be... *goes into the closet, takes out and opens 5 boxes, opens a floor safe and grabs the cable*”
   — daytodaze


8. A different interpretation of your question...I've learned so much from my SO since he moved in. I've learned how to spray paint stuff, how to use some power tools (sanders, circular saw, router, etc.), how to refinish hardwood floors, how to patch nail holes, how to stain & finish wood (with his guidance I made a set of shelves for our bathroom), and last weekend he showed me how to use his lathe. I've also learned basic photoshop from him, a tiny bit of coding, and I know more about yoyos than I ever thought I would prior to meeting him. I've helped him work on his car (replacing the alternator, putting in a new stereo) and we've dismantled parts of my car a few times as well. We also grew up in very different situations, so I've learned about what it was like growing up out in the country. The first few times I visited him at his place, I was amazed at how quiet it was and how far away everything is. I grew up with a dad who was never interested in my help when he was working on stuff around the house. Now I have an SO who will ask if I want to try my hand at whatever he's working on and has the patience to let me screw up and try again.
   — first_oftheday


9. You basically have to understand that there will be times throughout the day where nobody will talk and that's perfectly fine. And cuddling every night is cool for the first week but when it's summer and 80° in the room, you probably want as much space as possible.
   — SuperStone412






10. He loves to leave empty bottles wherever he finished them. He must think a maid comes in during the night and cleans them all up..
    — samala333


11. About a few months in I started realizing that he doesn't buy or use deodorant, nor does the damn man ever smell when he sweats! I finally confronted him on it, wanting to know if he was an alien or something, but nah, it's simple: he is part of a small percentage of the population that has a certain inactive gene, thus no smell when his sweat mixes with bacteria. Lucky bastard.
    — VerdigrisPeach


12. She had the cutest, most mundane morning routine that i ever experienced. Tiny cup of OJ, 8 oz of coffee, half a bagel and 15 minutes of yoga. Me, I wake up 20 minutes before I leave, shower, curse at traffic and don’t eat till noon
    — SilverLiningMacBook






13. He hates untidiness, but he's a messy, untidy motherfucker. Humans...walking contradictions.
    — I-Like-Sprinkles


14. Nothing will get done unless we do it together because we both procrastinate a lot.
    — argwatcher


15. That she doesn't like it when I make my own plates / bowls of her food for me to eat. It wasn't a problem when we were dating before moving in because she would pack anything I didn't eat with extra to take home with me. Living together she makes a bowl with more than I would take myself and of course because it's delicious and I have no self control I'll want more. But she will take it and fill it up just as much as the first one. Gained like 30 lbs in two months before I told her to stop. But she just wants make sure it's made right because I won't put the peanuts in or use the sauce because it's too much hassle and doest taste that bad without it. I ate pizza rolls every day for a year, I don't need dipping sauce for spring rolls. But if you give it to me I'll drink it. Even now years later she still loads my plate then dumps what she and the kids doesn't eat into my bowl because it would go to waste otherwise like I'm a human garbage can. The only thing keeping me from being 300 lbs is that she isn't able to cook as much so I do most of it.
    — ActualWhiterabbit