How do we know if we are ready to live together?

Sharing the same accommodation, living in the same furniture, creating a daily life together, including managing bills or vacations, for example, is not always easy. Before you start, think carefully about whether you are ready.

Be willing to share household chores

The subject of household chores is often a source of conflict for couples. In addition to the mental burden that often falls on one partner more than the other, rare are the couples who discuss and organize themselves before moving in together.

Rather than absolutely wanting to equally share household chores or managing finances, discuss together the free time you have each week and the distribution according to each person’s affinities. Try this way to find a happy medium for a good agreement, while maintaining some flexibility.

Be ready to change your habits

Living together, especially if you have been used to living alone for a while, necessarily means that certain habits must change and are not compatible with life as a couple. Sharing one’s life also means being accountable to one’s partner and agreeing to share not only a space but also daily activities.

Even if there are small incompatibilities, it is important that everyone can maintain sufficient flexibility to ensure a strong and stable life together. Making concessions, adapting to the other and to their desires are the keys to embarking on a successful life as a couple under the same roof.

Find out more: “The holy madness of the couple: learning to live together” by Paule Salomon, published by Livre de Poche.