What would you do in your last 2 weeks of living alone!?

[aliciagirl]

I''m officially moving in with SO in two weeks and one day! Holy cow, I feel like I''ve been waiting so long for this moment! But now I have to get in all the things that I love about living alone. I thought this would be a fun thread to see what would be on your list of must-do things before you move out.

Mine so far:
- Take as many long hot quiet baths as possible. Our hot water in the new apartment only lasts for about 12 minutes and makes a hot bath impossible. Plus, the TV is always on or music.
- Enjoy wedding **** TV shows
- Wear my favorite not sexy underwear (haha, TMI?)
- Enjoy having the flat sheet on the bed! SO hates the flat sheet.
- Talk on the phone as loud as I want. I always get so excited when I talk to my best friend and SO always looks at me and is like, "Why are you yelling at her?!" He just doesn''t understand that girl talk is exciting!
- Eat TV dinners! SO and I actually split cooking just about half and half but it''s not something I enjoy AT ALL.
- Sit for hours on PS

I''m excited to move in but I was having a little bit of cold feet a few weeks ago. It''s nothing about SO, I''ve just been independent my whole life and have never had to rely on anyone except me. I''m over it, finally, because I know that this is right and I know how much SO loves me and is looking forward to me moving in.

So, what would you do?

 

[taovandel]

Enjoy the clean! Enjoy not having towels on the floor or dishes in the sink.

I also miss not having the tv on while I''m falling asleep.

I love him, but lordy he does a lot of stuff that gets on my nerves sometimes....

Have patience in your new living arrangements and don''t wait to tell him something that is bothering you until you are ready to explode, it''s never good....that''s the best piece of advice I can give you

 

[Lauren8211]

- Sit on the couch watching lifetime movies eating an entire pint of Ben & Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Brownie Frozen Yogurt. Apparently guys can''t consume that much in one sitting??

- Sniff my bathroom, as it will never smell that good again.

- Have a REALLY REALLY good cry, and know that no one will interrupt (FF doesnt understand the release that comes with a good cry, always tries to cheer me up!)

 

[ams0124]

This is a good thread!!!

- Walk around in one of your favorite face masks (the one that drys in a weird green color)...enjoy not being questioned about *wft* is on your face?!?
- Rent some chick flicks and invite the girls over...Sweet Home Alabama, Clueless, A Walk to Remember...Just a few of my favs.

I''ll probably have more but I''ll have to think a little more about it

 

[Clairitek]

Date: 8/14/2008 11:15:24 AM
Author: taovandel
Have patience in your new living arrangements and don''t wait to tell him something that is bothering you until you are ready to explode, it''s never good....that''s the best piece of advice I can give you

I can''t emphasize this more! I am one who tends on the "tell the person now before it becomes a bigger issue" while FF is one to bottle up the little bits that bother him until we get into an argument and then it all comes flowing out. Though, sometimes I say a little too much and it comes across as nagging. My mother does the same thing to my father. Patience is certainly key and when you feel the anxiety over dirty dishes, not enough alone time, or wet towels on the bed just take a deep breath and remember why you moved in with him in the first place.

As far as answering your question goes...
- I would soak up as much time having total control over the TV as you can.
- Cuddle with your animals (if you have any) because once you share a bed all the time kitty snuggles don''t happen as often.
- Be a slob if you want and not worry about your mess taking over someone elses space.

Enjoy your exciting transition!

 

[aliciagirl]

Date: 8/14/2008 11:32:13 AM
Author: Clairitek

Date: 8/14/2008 11:15:24 AM

Author: taovandel

Have patience in your new living arrangements and don''t wait to tell him something that is bothering you until you are ready to explode, it''s never good....that''s the best piece of advice I can give you

I can''t emphasize this more! I am one who tends on the ''tell the person now before it becomes a bigger issue'' while FF is one to bottle up the little bits that bother him until we get into an argument and then it all comes flowing out. Though, sometimes I say a little too much and it comes across as nagging. My mother does the same thing to my father. Patience is certainly key and when you feel the anxiety over dirty dishes, not enough alone time, or wet towels on the bed just take a deep breath and remember why you moved in with him in the first place.

I can''t foresee anything getting to me like that. I''m very patient about things and I honestly don''t care if the bathroom is dirty, if there are dishes in the sink, if there are towels everywhere. I think I inherited to man gene in that department.

I''ve always vowed to not nag about things and we spend a lot of time sleeping over and have lived together briefly previously and it was me who got the nagging! Haha.

I think I need to remind him of having patience, though he''s very laid back and messy, as well.

 

[Italiahaircolor]

Put my IPod buds in my ears and sing at the top of my lungs like I was giving a freakin concert for my Chihuahua''s! You CANNOT do that once you live with someone you don''t want to runaway.

Do laundry that is actually seperated by colors....and washing them in the appropriate temp...that changes, believe me...did you know, once your cohabitating, you can wash pink with black---because they are both "darker than white"????

Eat whatever you want without asking "does that sound good to you?"...

Set the alarm for the time YOU have to wake up...and hitting snooze 75 times if you must!

Having the toilet paper on the roll unwrapping the direction of your preference...under or over...whatever, but its how you like it!

Actually having toilet paper on the roll...and not the just the cardboard carcas

Having absolutely everything where it is supposed to be...

Feeling completely comfortable leaving your complete beauty regiment out on the bathroom counter

Being surrounded by your own things...things you love...things you shopped for...things you saw and knew without a doubt that you must have...

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Living together will be wonderful...you''ll be happy...but there is something really amazing about living alone, in your space. Every woman should have that sweet experience...it changes you.

 

[aliciagirl]

Italia - I forgot snooze! I will miss my snooze SO bad. I was laughing out loud at the cardboard carcass comment! lol!

 

[Pushin40]

Hey ALiciagirl!

Stay up late and hog the clicker!
Have a girls night out and come home REALLY LATE making LOTS of noise in the house!
Watch a few chick flick movies and cry like a maniac!
Host a dinner party and celebrate with your best friends on starting this next chapter in your life!!!

HAVE A BLAST! What an exciting time!

 

[Bliss]

Sleep in the middle of the bed spread eagle!

Put leave-in conditioner in your hair and walk around singing & sliding around in your socks like Tom Cruise did in Risky Business.

Hog the remote

Don't lift a finger and be a slug for an entire day

Duct tape the toilet seat DOWN

Hmmm... I actually do all of these things now. Hehehehehe. I would miss him.

OK! I have more ideas:

Hold a girl sleepover party!!!!!

Pick your nose! (TOTALLY KIDDING)

I can't think of anything I wouldn't do when FI is around, though! LOL. Is that cause for concern? I guess so....for HIM! Hahahahaha!

 

[Clairitek]

Date: 8/14/2008 12:07:12 PM
Author: Italiahaircolor


Do laundry that is actually seperated by colors....and washing them in the appropriate temp...that changes, believe me...did you know, once your cohabitating, you can wash pink with black---because they are both ''darker than white''????

Set the alarm for the time YOU have to wake up...and hitting snooze 75 times if you must!


Actually having toilet paper on the roll...and not the just the cardboard carcass


Having absolutely everything where it is supposed to be...

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Living together will be wonderful...you''ll be happy...but there is something really amazing about living alone, in your space. Every woman should have that sweet experience...it changes you.

I should have included these things in my previous post!!

I miss my snooze alarm too! If I hit it more than once FF gets so pissy with me in the mornings.

Ditto on that laundry stuff. We now have an agreement after he shrank half of my wardrobe and I found brightly colored things in with my light colored things. If I do all the laundry he gets to do all the trash and recycling stuff.

 

[absolut_blonde]

LOL about the laundry comments. So true! SO doesn''t separate things at all. AND he puts everything in the dryer

We actually have separate laundry hampers for clothes and that''s worked best for us. We have a third hamper for towels only (since they get damp and icky, we wash them more often).


The only things I don''t really do with SO around are:

- Go on here and a couple other websites. I''m strangely secretive in this way. Maybe it''s an only child thing.
- Pluck brows, trim nails and do other assorted unflattering grooming actvities
- Watch whatever I want on TV. Our current place is pretty small and only one of the televisions has cable. Once we move into our new house, this won''t be an issue anymore anyway. I will unabashedly watch wedding shows right in front of him, mind you -- he lets me control the TV when I''ve had a bad day, etc.

 

[princesss]

Okay, apparently I''m missing some kind of girl gene, because I scoop up all the laundry, dump in the machine, put it on cold water, and stop caring. And I think my clothes are fine, lol. Oh yeah, I put everything in the dryer, too.

As for what I would do:

-Eat the smelliest most delicious meal I could think of.
-Watch tv and eat ice cream in my granny panties (yeah, I said it). Bonus points if it''s wedding ****. Super double bonus points if it''s an all-day marathon.
-Spread all my make-up out on the bathroom counter and play around with it to see if I can come up with new colour combinations.
-Put on one of those green goopy seaweed facemasks that dries (without having to deal with Loch Ness monster jokes)
-Take a loooooooooooooooooooooong hot shower. Then let it run and steam my pores
-Pluck my eyebrows on the couch, while doing #2.
-Sleep in the dead center of the bed
-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

Okay, can you tell I can''t wait for BF to get his own apartment? He''s crashing with me for a while and we''re both going a little crazy. He feels like a guest and doesn''t want to mess up anything or say anything, and I want my freaking space back!

 

[aliciagirl]

Princess - I do the same with the laundry! I seriously am not domestic what-so-ever.

 

[cbs102]

I don''t remember exactly what i did before i moved in with the boyfriend- now FI except for packing... and i dropped off all my journals that i have kept over the years at my mothers.... (not that i am hiding anything.. but for some reason i guard those things)....

i miss just being lazy and hanging out in my bed all day...going somewhere and not having to tell anyone... and i was crazy with healthy food before i moved in with him.. tofu and chicken .. and the tofu thing just will not fly now!!!

 

[jitterymo]

my BF does all the laundry, and it bugs the B-Gesus out of me that he doesn''t fold it, it just sort of acculimates on top of the dryer...and when he wants something he pulls it from the top of the dryer (most of the time dropping all the socks and undies on the ground, then doesn''t pick them up) and puts them back in the dryer...bugs me to death!!! oh and it''s never a full load! but always has enough soap for a full load...

but it''s okay because he also takes out the trash and recycle...i hate doing those chores...

 

[cbs102]

Date: 8/14/2008 2:48:02 PM
Author: ILoveSpinel
my BF does all the laundry, and it bugs the B-Gesus out of me that he doesn''t fold it, it just sort of acculimates on top of the dryer...and when he wants something he pulls it from the top of the dryer (most of the time dropping all the socks and undies on the ground, then doesn''t pick them up) and puts them back in the dryer...bugs me to death!!! oh and it''s never a full load! but always has enough soap for a full load...

but it''s okay because he also takes out the trash and recycle...i hate doing those chores...

UGH my fiance does that... SO>DAMN> ANNOYING!!!!! i think that i mentioned ONE time that i did not mind folding all that much and from then on out.. he saves it for me.. aren''t i lucky!!!

 

[Clairitek]

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM
Author: princesss

-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

HAHA!! Good one. This applies only for the first few (6?) months I''m in a relationship. After that... if I''ve had Mexican food than so be it. Probably TMI. I''m not disgusting or anything but I figure if he can''t accept that I too have bodily functions and associated noises than maybe he needs to find himself a finishing school-educated debutante.

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 8/14/2008 3:09:43 PM
Author: Clairitek

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM
Author: princesss

-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

HAHA!! Good one. This applies only for the first few (6?) months I''m in a relationship. After that... if I''ve had Mexican food than so be it. Probably TMI. I''m not disgusting or anything but I figure if he can''t accept that I too have bodily functions and associated noises than maybe he needs to find himself a finishing school-educated debutante.

Haha.

In my case, FF and I have been together 3 years, living together for... almost 2. I STILL have not farted in front of him. Am I abnormal??

 

[princesss]

Claritek, I''m the same way...HOWEVER...just once it would be nice to have the Mexican food, lay down in bed, and not have him try to snuggle me. Because he wraps his arm around my waist and...well, it ends up with a lot of jokes about whoopee cushions that I could really do without.

 

[princesss]

Date: 8/14/2008 3:14:26 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 8/14/2008 3:09:43 PM
Author: Clairitek

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM
Author: princesss

-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

HAHA!! Good one. This applies only for the first few (6?) months I''m in a relationship. After that... if I''ve had Mexican food than so be it. Probably TMI. I''m not disgusting or anything but I figure if he can''t accept that I too have bodily functions and associated noises than maybe he needs to find himself a finishing school-educated debutante.

Haha.

In my case, FF and I have been together 3 years, living together for... almost 2. I STILL have not farted in front of him. Am I abnormal??

Haha, just a little, elle. Just a little.

 

[ash313]

Date: 8/14/2008 3:30:56 PM
Author: princesss

Date: 8/14/2008 3:14:26 PM

Author: elledizzy5

Date: 8/14/2008 3:09:43 PM

Author: Clairitek

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM

Author: princesss


-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

HAHA!! Good one. This applies only for the first few (6?) months I''m in a relationship. After that... if I''ve had Mexican food than so be it. Probably TMI. I''m not disgusting or anything but I figure if he can''t accept that I too have bodily functions and associated noises than maybe he needs to find himself a finishing school-educated debutante.

Haha.

In my case, FF and I have been together 3 years, living together for... almost 2. I STILL have not farted in front of him. Am I abnormal??

Haha, just a little, elle. Just a little.

Elle, we must be abnormal together! I''ve never done it and never heard him do it. We are also kind of obsessive about private bathroom time. We pretty much do nothing in there together. I mean, I might throw him a towel if he forgets to bring one in when he showers, but that''s about it.

I kind of like it, it''s a place to be where we know we won''t be bothered by the other.

And I do the same deal with laundry, it all goes together, it all goes in the dryer. This makes him crazy, as he is quite particular about his shirts. Every night, he irons his dress shirt for work, and it is PERFECT. Looks like it''s been professionally pressed. I do NONE of the ironing. Why should I, if he''s so good at it?

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 8/14/2008 3:47:23 PM
Author: leeNY

Date: 8/14/2008 3:30:56 PM
Author: princesss

Date: 8/14/2008 3:14:26 PM

Author: elledizzy5

Date: 8/14/2008 3:09:43 PM

Author: Clairitek

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM

Author: princesss


-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

HAHA!! Good one. This applies only for the first few (6?) months I''m in a relationship. After that... if I''ve had Mexican food than so be it. Probably TMI. I''m not disgusting or anything but I figure if he can''t accept that I too have bodily functions and associated noises than maybe he needs to find himself a finishing school-educated debutante.

Haha.

In my case, FF and I have been together 3 years, living together for... almost 2. I STILL have not farted in front of him. Am I abnormal??

Haha, just a little, elle. Just a little.

Elle, we must be abnormal together! I''ve never done it and never heard him do it. We are also kind of obsessive about private bathroom time. We pretty much do nothing in there together. I mean, I might throw him a towel if he forgets to bring one in when he showers, but that''s about it.

I kind of like it, it''s a place to be where we know we won''t be bothered by the other.

And I do the same deal with laundry, it all goes together, it all goes in the dryer. This makes him crazy, as he is quite particular about his shirts. Every night, he irons his dress shirt for work, and it is PERFECT. Looks like it''s been professionally pressed. I do NONE of the ironing. Why should I, if he''s so good at it?

Dang, Lee! You''ve got it good!

I wish it were reciprocal, he definitely does NOT spare me his farts! However... after some serious whining.. I''ve gotten him to leave the room a lot of the time before he does, if he can help it.

I used to be really particular about the laundry stuff, but living with SO has actually liberated me. I now dont always follow washing instructions. It feels good to have less than 8 loads of laundry a week.

 

[vita*dolce]

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM
Author: princesss
Okay, apparently I''m missing some kind of girl gene, because I scoop up all the laundry, dump in the machine, put it on cold water, and stop caring. And I think my clothes are fine, lol. Oh yeah, I put everything in the dryer, too.

As for what I would do:

-Eat the smelliest most delicious meal I could think of.
-Watch tv and eat ice cream in my granny panties (yeah, I said it). Bonus points if it''s wedding ****. Super double bonus points if it''s an all-day marathon.
-Spread all my make-up out on the bathroom counter and play around with it to see if I can come up with new colour combinations.
-Put on one of those green goopy seaweed facemasks that dries (without having to deal with Loch Ness monster jokes)
-Take a loooooooooooooooooooooong hot shower. Then let it run and steam my pores
-Pluck my eyebrows on the couch, while doing #2.
-Sleep in the dead center of the bed
-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

Okay, can you tell I can''t wait for BF to get his own apartment? He''s crashing with me for a while and we''re both going a little crazy. He feels like a guest and doesn''t want to mess up anything or say anything, and I want my freaking space back!

LOL princess!! this sounds like the best day of my life!!

 

[katamari]

Date: 8/14/2008 11:09:40 AM
Author:aliciagirl

Mine so far:

. . .

- Wear my favorite not sexy underwear (haha, TMI?)

. . .

So, what would you do?

Oh, Aliciagirl. These will come back faster than you expect.

It is crazy how fast you just go back to living your life as it was. I think you should also make a list about what you like about living together when it is new so that you don''t loose it when you fall into routine.

But, I totally ditto everyone on the taking total control of the t.v. and the bed.

And add--enjoy getting to do everything your way.

 

[princesss]

Date: 8/14/2008 4:04:12 PM
Author: vita*dolce

Date: 8/14/2008 2:05:26 PM
Author: princesss
Okay, apparently I''m missing some kind of girl gene, because I scoop up all the laundry, dump in the machine, put it on cold water, and stop caring. And I think my clothes are fine, lol. Oh yeah, I put everything in the dryer, too.

As for what I would do:

-Eat the smelliest most delicious meal I could think of.
-Watch tv and eat ice cream in my granny panties (yeah, I said it). Bonus points if it''s wedding ****. Super double bonus points if it''s an all-day marathon.
-Spread all my make-up out on the bathroom counter and play around with it to see if I can come up with new colour combinations.
-Put on one of those green goopy seaweed facemasks that dries (without having to deal with Loch Ness monster jokes)
-Take a loooooooooooooooooooooong hot shower. Then let it run and steam my pores
-Pluck my eyebrows on the couch, while doing #2.
-Sleep in the dead center of the bed
-Get Mexican food and not worry if it means I''m gassy for the rest of the night.

Okay, can you tell I can''t wait for BF to get his own apartment? He''s crashing with me for a while and we''re both going a little crazy. He feels like a guest and doesn''t want to mess up anything or say anything, and I want my freaking space back!

LOL princess!! this sounds like the best day of my life!!

I think that''s going to be my weekend one of the days right after BF gets his own place. OOH! He''s gone next weekend.

I get to have fuuuuuuuun

 

[Keepingthefaith21]

My fav things to do when FI is out of town:

1 - LOTS of girly TV time (any wedding shows and Sex and the City);
2 - Sleep nekked or sleep with just a night gown on;
3 - Sleep diagonal in the bed so I take up all of it;
4 - Eat terrible awful no good food and call it "dinner";
5 - Enjoy how clean the house stays; and
6 - Play Dance Dance Revolution or other activity based games (like Wii Fit) for as long as I want without worrying that I am hogging the TV.

 

[honey22]

Girls! I am ROFLMAO!

I do all that stuff now!! With DF living with me!!!!!!

After a while you will get used to him being around (happens ohhh, around the 10yr mark) then you don''t care anymore

You can spread out in the middle of the bed (just push him over) eat the entire tub of icecream (don''t share if you don''t wanna) and then do said unflattering grooming activities (a girl has got to pluck stray hairs right) , and he will just look at ya like - MAN I LOVE THIS WOMAN! And there you have it........... Happily Ever After.

 

[taovandel]

I definitely agree with the sleeping spread eagle in the middle of the bed! I miss that the most!!

 

[Clairitek]

Date: 8/14/2008 3:47:23 PM
Author: leeNY


Elle, we must be abnormal together! I''ve never done it and never heard him do it. We are also kind of obsessive about private bathroom time. We pretty much do nothing in there together. I mean, I might throw him a towel if he forgets to bring one in when he showers, but that''s about it.

Man oh man I wish things were like this with us! The apartment I was living in (alone) when we met had a HUGE HUGE bathroom so there was enough room for me to be in the shower and him to be shaving or just washing up. I think this bathroom was the size of most peoples small bedrooms. In the house we bought together the bathroom is minuscule, especially compared to my single apartment. You can literally be sitting on the toilet, washing your hands in the sink, and wash your feet in the tub- all at once! Since I''ve let the boundaries of personal bathroom space be collapsed (not TOTALLY- we don''t use the toilet in front of one another- ick) I''m almost never in there alone.

Aliciagirl- STAKE YOUR CLAIM IN BATHROOM SPACE NOW! Don''t fall victim to "sharing"! Unless of course thats what you want.