How am I going to share a room with my boyfriend?
Question:I am moving in with my boyfriend soon and we are [obviously] going to be sharing a room. I have a lot of things. Clothes, pictures, books, cd's etc... The OBVIOUS solution would be to get rid of some of these THINGS. But I am having trouble. I don't want to rent a storage unit either. Any tips?
Answers:
There are a few things you can do:
1. Send the things you want, but don't need to your family's house.
2. Take the clothes you don't want to the salvation army or thrift store.
3. Take the things you don't need, but are valuable to a pawn shop and maybe you can get some money for it.
4. Get together with some friends and have a garage sale. (Friends and I had a garage sale, sold the things we didn't really need and made $300)
5. Put extra clothes, cds, etc. in the garage if there is one.
6. If you really need your books and cds..you can get a book shelf for just your stuff and put it against the wall to save space.(Or you can just leave your cds in the car)
Hope this helps!
Make 2 piles.. the things you NEED and the things you want. If the place you and your boyfriend are moving into has an extra room, get some storage bins and put the things you WANT in those boxes and place them in the extra room. That eliminates the clutter.
take it with you and if you need a storage ask him to get you one
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Store things at your parent's, friends, etc. Slowly bring tem in until you can say..". Wow, honey, we need a bigger place!"
Seriously- has he never seen your home? Your bedroom? Do you think he doesn't realize you have a lot of stuff? And if he wants you to get rid of it, how much are you willing to compromise ?
I live with my boy and I have my own room. Sometimes you just need your own space. Nothing wrong with it.
don't move in with your boyfriend. He can't really want you to. And if he does, what is he thinking? He and you need your own space, then you don't have to get rid of your stuff till you know this is whom you want to spend the rest of your life with.
you need to get rid some of the things- for sure ..
why not get one side of the wall of your stuff, and the other side of the wall for his stuff?
would be good if both of you can share places to keep your things together ...
arrange them properly so you guys can have more responsibilty to take care other's belongings - anyway, who know he'll be ur future husband?!
How is he going to share a room with you? Are you two splitting the closet 50/50? When my GF moved in with me, I got booted (not really sure how or when) to the other bathroom. She keeps most of her non-daily clothing items in an Armoire in the guest bedroom. Like dresses she doesn't wear often, jackets, coats etc. The rest are in our closet we basically split down the middle. That's worked fine so far. Figuring out where all your stuff goes/fits is the least of your problems while living together.
I guess this wouldnt really be a problem if the two of you were moving into a place without flatmates, as you can space your stuff out over the living room in draws, shelves etc..but since you only mentioned ' sharing a room' then am assuming living areas might be shared with others? If you dont have the option of putting some stuff at your parents/friends...then could try buying a bed with storage draws underneath...lots of room and doesnt take up any extra space in the bedroom.again depends on your budget...
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