Good Morning! I'm new to the board. My boyfriend and I have been together for 15 months. We just recently moved in together last Monday (yes, before Thanksgiving - yes, we're nuts. LOL) and so far, we've not gotten at each other's throats. Not that we would, but they say that the first few weeks are the hardest.
It's only been a week and the only pet peeve(s) I have right now is the dirty clothes being put on the floor instead of in the hamper (where they BELONG!) and the fact that he won't use the same cup/mug/plate/bowl/fork/spoon/knife more than once. I'm slowly breaking him of this "use a new utensil/cup/plate/bowl each and every time" habit. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about a wet behind when I go into the bathroom in the middle of the night because he's been trained by his mom and older sister to "Put the seat down when you're done!" Now, if I can get him to clean up the tiny hairs all over my sink when he's done shaving....Granted, he shaves like once a week, if that, so it's not THAT bad. It could be worse, I'm sure.
We've talked about marriage as he keeps bringing it up (he's brought it up a lot in the past few weeks prior to our move and had brought it up again last night). I told him point blank - I want to/will marry him, when HE'S ready to marry me. I also told him that while it's nice to talk about, if we talk about it too much it'll cause me to become numb to it. Yes, I'm 30 and yes I have a child already. I do want to get married. I'm ready for it. Hell, playing "house" kind of makes me want it more. However, although we've been together for 15 months, we have A LOT more to learn about each other. If a ring were to be presented right now, I wouldn't turn it down. However, later on - maybe early 2012 - would be nice. I don't have my hopes up, so no worries there. I'm more of a "when it happens it happens, I'm in no rush" type of gal.
Nice to meet ya'll.
Michelle & Ronnie
