June 2010 Weddings
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Living Situation Question
Would you rather live with just your DH in an apt/condo and commute 2 hours to work (one hour each way) OR move closer to work into house with another couple?
Re: Living Situation Question
i'd live with another couple.
as it is, i'm gone 13 hours of the day when all my jobs are 10 minutes away. there's no mother ef'in way i'm about to be gone nearly 15-16 (if there's bad traffic) just to live alone, hell i'll never SEE DH so what's the dang difference? at least he'd have someone to help him do chores! lol
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BFP 9/27/12 EDD 6/11/13, MC 9wks, no HB
Commute - but Nobs u make a good point! LOL
As much as I hate driving- and traffic makes me irate, I'd probably chose to commute. DH and I lived with my college roommate for half of a year right when we got engaged. It was absolutely horrible. She would have people over at all hours of the night when (then) FI and I had to be up at 4:30 to go to work. She was loud and rude and didn't clean up after herself. She hadn't been like that the whole other 1.5 years I roomed with her but then she broke up with her long time boyfriend and went CRAZY.
If you were more seperate and had different rooms, a large kitchen, one bedroom on the first floor and one on the second (or at least opposite sides of the house) then maybe. But just look at what B*Rad's been going through having another couple in her home..
My Planning Bio
Totally depends on the home- if it's sharing a 2 br apartment with another couple, hellll no- I am a nester and pretty solitary/independent. I MUST have lots of space, and some area that I can make my own. And dirt to dig in, because gardening is my favorite.
If it's a nice big house where H and I would have privacy and space, but happened to see this other couple at meal times and evenings, I would go for that. For sure. Especially if it'll be for 6mo-1yr, and we could save a buttload of cash during that time!
Planned Executed
This exactly
H's best friend moved in with us...not happy about that and I was not asked - but that is a different situation. No way would I want to live with another couple. Unless you have 2 separate living areas. I lived with 2 brothers and dated 1 of them, the other brother had a gf who pretty much lived with us too - it was awkard. Definitely do not recommend it. Plus I am a clean freak, it is hard to have a husband and kids to mess up my house - let alone another couple.
But I commute about 40 minutes a day, I work 13 hour shifts and it sucks - but I use it as my time to catch up on phone calls or unwind after a busy shift.
I'd commute - an hour each way isn't too much. If you shared a place with another couple you'd never have lounge-around-the-house-naked time. Don't you want that!? Don't you?!
Thanks for your help ladies! I think this point made my decision more clear