6 Big Changes Your Relationship Faces When You Move from an Apartment to a House

Posted on March 23, 2014 by meredith

Like our new house? Kidding! Ours is about 1/6 the size of this one in Austin, TX.

In the past two months, Paul and I sold our apartment, bought a house, and moved out of one and into the other. Despite only closing on the sale of our apartment mere days ago, we’ve been living in our house for a month-and-a-half now. Even though our new home is far from a sprawling estate, some key feature additions and expansions have changed a lot of things for us. Continue reading →

Uh-Oh. Paul and I Aren’t Sleeping in the Same Bed Anymore

Posted on July 19, 2013 by meredith

That's really our bedroom! But it's only that clean because our apartment is for sale.

I never thought it would happen to us. In fact, when I heard about couples who slept separately, I assumed their marriages were doomed. Continue reading →

Home for the Holidays: Would You Get It On in Someone Else’s House?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by meredith

Given that my parents and my husband’s parents live five minutes away from each other–and we live an hour away from either set–we usually wind up spending the night in our hometown of Staten Island, NY, once or twice a year. This Christmas Eve/Hanukkah, we found ourselves on a full-size air mattress in my childhood bedroom. Continue reading →