Perks of Living With Your Girlfriend

Recently, my girlfriend Emily and I embarked on what could be quite the journey. We moved into an apartment together for the first time. Over the last nine months or so we have spent practically every day with one another. While that is good preparation nothing is the same as actually living under the same roof with somebody.

For obvious reasons I was nervous about taking this step. Moving in together is very serious business, after all. While it has barely been a week since we have moved in I have already seen the many positives of living with your girlfriend. Here are just some of my favorite perks.

First perk of living with your girlfriend: She can cook! Oh my, she can cook!
This is not the first time Emily has ever cooked for me. She has made little things before that didn't take much effort. Ever since we have moved in Em has cooked an awesome meatloaf, a homemade pizza, and chicken parmesan. Everything that she has made has been really good, too. Who knew she had it in her?

Second perk of living with your girlfriend: She does the laundry
This is great for me because I really hate doing laundry. While I like to think that this is a nice gesture I think I've figured out why she has offered to do laundry. I'm pretty sure she doesn't want me going anywhere near her clothes. That's probably for the best. I go along with her and watch. I'm just not allowed to touch.

Third perk of living with your girlfriend: She watches sports with me
I love Championship Week and the NCAA Tournament more than any other sporting event. I figured that for the next month she would sit in the bedroom watching her shows while I lived in the living room watching basketball. That's not been the case at all. She has watched almost every game that I have. I think she watches to see if the students are going to storm the court or not. She's even watched preseason baseball with me. Every time she wears her New York Mets t-shirt I get pumped.