So both of you are in love and in a different city/country altogether. You suddenly feel that walking to your apartment every morning is a pain and he wants you around more often. A small idea and you both start living together. What happens when you are secretly living with your guy? So secretly that even your friends don't know...
1. You cannot host parties - Obviously! Hiding your partner's luggage is so painful! You leave one thing outside and everyone knows someone has been staying longer at your apartment than usual.
2. You cannot arrive together at any event - I wonder why but this is true. If you arrive together people would assume that you both were either loitering around together or sleeping together before the dinner/party/event etc.
3. You feel like his wife - So true! You clean the house, cook food, keep tiffins ready, do the dishes and laundry and so on. The list is endless. The guy generally helps but a lot of times it is pretty much you by yourself.
4. Absolute silence - This one is the most important. You just do not talk unless your partner is in front of you. You avoid even the slightest noise when your partner is on a call with his parents/friends/colleagues etc.
5. Litter around - Staying with your partner? Get ready to see chaddis around! Be ready to see your partner's makeup kit, kajal pencil, lip balms, lingeries lying at weird places.
6. With key comes great responsibility - You are good to go if you have 2 keys but if you have just one you have to adjust your schedule according to your partner's. You have to either leave everything and run for your partner in case of emergency or find a safe way to pass on the key to him/her.
7. Habits - You cannot know a person unless you stay with him for a few days. You learn a lot about your partner's likes, dislikes, habits, annoying habits, habits that you can live with, habits that you know you are going to adopt and so on. It is a beautiful experience, though. You can finally decide if you can live with the person forever.
8. You know when your partner lies - This is so true. Because you can observe your partner's body language all the time you know when he/she lies to you. You will also know the topics that make your partner uncomfortable or make them happy. After a while, you can predict their behavior so well (unless your partner is a psycho) that you will know what questions to ask and how they would react to situations and so on.
9. You finally feel like a full-time couple - Dating is fine and so is being in a relationship. But living together is the next level. If the couple is committed it is almost like getting married or maybe a step before that. Living together allows you to know your partner better.
10. You lie so much - You cannot tell anyone that you are living together and sp you literally lie to everyone you know. "Where are you staying right now?" .... "Arre woh ek dost ke ghar pe". You actually get fed up of making excuses.
P.S: This article is my personal opinion. I am neither for nor against living together. I am not living-in with any guy either. I have a set of beautiful American roommates.
Current thought: Bahut raat ho gayi yar let's sleep
Current song: The Hills (The Weeknd)
Current mood: Sleepy
