It was senior year of high school and I was in love with my high school sweetheart. The most exciting thing was, we were going to the same college. Somehow we convinced our old-fashioned parents into letting us live together, in college, within the first four months of our relationship.

At first, I was scared. I didn’t know how things would play out between us since it was so early in our relationship. We barely got to know each other, and yet decided to be roommates. I thought living with him would help me better understand him & vice versa.

I started to better understand his habits, schedule, pet peeves, likes & dislikes, lifestyle, limits, and most importantly, our compatibility.

I got to know him better. I got to witness all his annoying, yet sometimes cute habits. I got to see his disgusting eating habits which I somehow found attractive at times. Living with him helped me better understand his sleep schedule, eating schedule, homework schedule, & workout schedule. He told me how he was a sports fan, but staying together showed me extent of his enthusiasm and knowledge of sports.

Besides understanding his personal time, I better understood our relationship. Living together made us step up many levels in our fairly new rapport. We became closer, trustworthy and honest with each other, while also respecting each other’s space. Most notably, we began to comprehend our compatibility.

We would have date night like every night, spend all our free time together, watch the same shows, eat the same things, have long conversations all night till we said I love you, exchanged kisses and fell asleep, holding each. Things were fine at first, great, to say the least, but as time went on, our true selves came out. We got over our honeymoon stage and he became annoyed with my habits.

We lived together for a little over 9 months before he decided to give up on us. I wasn’t ready to pull the plug, but he sure was. I learned how easily he got over me and moved on.

Living with him showed me how people changed over time, even if it’s over a short period. I learned a lot, but he also taught me something in return.

He taught me that I wasn’t worth his time.