Relationships

Surviving the First Year: 3 Essential Tips for Moving In Together

One of the biggest fights my husband and I ever had was over a paper towel dispenser. We had just moved in together (like, the day before) and had survived an epic trip to Bed Bath & Beyond where we’d purchased, among other things, a wall-mounted paper towel dispenser for the kitchen.

By Faith Moore4 min read
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Before moving in together, we’d been seniors in college, living in a large house with about six of our friends in Los Angeles. Now it was just the two of us on the other side of the country in a tiny apartment in Manhattan, and my husband was about to reveal himself to be completely deranged.