What it’s like to go out with your housemate

Living with your boyfriend is probably something you envisage happening when you’re thirty and have a mortgage, a Labrador puppy and real bills to pay.

Well, meeting someone at uni could make those plans real a lot sooner. Whether it be in halls or in a house, you’ll soon come to learn you’ve got yourself into a surprisingly great situation.

Obviously, your single house mates will struggle through the noises coming through the paper thin walls and when you automatically cling to each other like Fresher’s to their vodka bottles.

But, there sure are perks…

Food Shopping

Bae automatically takes on the role of bag carrier for you and your friends- aka damsels in distress leaving Sainsbury’s armed with bottles of cider and bags of Doritos.

The boyfriend is on hand with his strong arms after you pulled out the sad face because he dared leave you stranded down the road from home with more than you can carry.

Couple Showers

Somehow they become a regular thing. For the other five of your living companions, it does mean they get more bathroom time due to your two-at-once-save-water-shower-together act.

Although they also might be a bit dubious as to what to do with themselves when they’re enjoying their pre-uni shower only to think about the previous activity which occurred just an hour before. Oops.

Distractions

The procrastination is endless. Not only do you have enough distractions with your friends. There’s hysterical laughter coming from the kitchen, someone’s lost their bus pass, someone’s decided Wednesday night Monopoly or a whole bottle of white wine is a good idea.

Simultaneously, you’ve then got the boyf asking for naps, sexual favours and help on his candy crush level. Assignments and revision tend to come last when your relationship reaches the live-in stage. On the plus side, you do have a permanent study buddy to keep your motivation up at 3am.

Keeping it down

“Yeah I know it was 3am and we didn’t mean to wake you up but these things just happen”. Phrases like this become so familiar in the end you just stop apologising for the involuntary noises you make when you’re in bed.

Somehow, it just brings you and your flatmates to a level of closeness marked with a no return stamp. You find yourself being an endless sort of banter on the group chat or suddenly everyone knows about the time you went on top drunk and fell off.

There’s always a free room

Do you remember the days of having room to starfish? Me neither. Becoming squished into the wall becomes something you just have to get used to unless you’re a fan of top and tailing. Due to this, there’s nearly always a free room. The flat becomes a hotel for guests who are far too drunk to walk back their own halls.

Double Trouble

All activities are done together. Cooking, cleaning, drinking, working- you name it and it’s probably something which happens when living with your guy. It makes you easy to locate and easily persuadable.

If one of you decides to abandon your movie night for cocktails on a Friday night, there’s a sky high chance your other half will follow in hot pursuit. A quiet night in together easily becomes a not so sober night.

Bromances

If you’re lucky enough to live with some of your best friends and one of them happens to be another boy, bromances become an unavoidable thing. It’s Saturday night and the competition begins.

You’ll find yourself wondering why you lose him to FIFA or Poker at the weekend when all you really want is a cuddle. On the bright side, it’s pretty hard to lose them when they’re never more than three metres away.

You always get to see your friends

Living with your best friends and your boyfriend means you’ve got the best of both worlds. You can walk around feeling like Hannah Montana because you literally always get to see your friends. You always get to see your boyfriend too. It’s a win win for everyone really.

Arguments

Obviously, there’s the distressing thought of being in an argument, there is literally no escape and you’ll send your flatmates into a WhatsApp warzone.

If he’s getting on your nerves or comes in drunk and wakes you up at 4am, you can go to your own room… 3 metres away. A small tiff between the two of you might send the flat into a Ross vs Rachel type of meltdown.

But you know you’ll always have your girls to cheer you up just down the hallway. They’ll take you out, get you drunk and make you happy again. In the morning, the hangover will definitely be worse than the argument.