Growing up you always hear that living with a boy is terrible. People tell you a bunch of stereotypes about certain things they do and it scares you away from the idea. Recently, I moved in with my boyfriend (yes, even after all of the warnings), and I thought it would be a cool idea to compare the typical list of "what happens when you live with a boy" to him and see if they were true.
He's ALWAYS in front of the TV
This one I've found to be pretty true. In my case, he's kind of obsessed with video games and not so much "TV". I never knew someone could play the same game over and over again and not get bored until I met him. Every time my mother calls and asks what he's doing, my response is "what do you think?" because 9 times out of 10 he's in his special chair directly in front of the television screaming away at the game because he's losing. I can't really complain because I don't mind watching him play, and he could be doing a lot worse things, but man oh man, how can a person stare at a screen for sooo long??!?
He's a complete slob
So, I have to admit, this one kinda describes me instead of him, which is crazy because this is the one everyone warns you about. I'm not going to say I'm messy, I'm just going to say that I maybe, sometimes (or a lot of the times), leave stuff laying where it's not supposed to be. In my defense, I'm used to living alone where I can leave something out until I feel like putting it away. I can safely say that he's a clean freak, therefore this stereotype doesn't actually describe him (thank goodness). I, on the other hand, have some work to do.
He will NEVER cook dinner
I can totally and completely say that, besides throwing something frozen in the oven or the occasional eggs and toast, he will not cook. He claims he's "bad" at it, which I personally think is just an excuse so he doesn't have to. I don't really mind cooking, and I can say that I've nagged him enough to where he will help me when I need him to, which is all I really ask for. But, if you don't help cook you don't have a say in what we have. Plus, give me a glass of wine and a TV to watch; I'll cook dinner whenever you'd like.
He will always forget to put the toilet seat down
In the beginning this was a HUGE thing. He literally always forgot. I'd go in to use the restroom and almost every single time I would yell, "PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN", and every single time he would say, "it's not a natural instant to put it down!" For a while, he tried to turn it around on me saying, "why should I have to put the seat down? You should have to put the seat up". It's been almost 2 months now, and I think I've finally gotten through to him. I told him if he didn't start remembering, I was going to buy something to hang above the toilet that says "put the seat down", and ever since then it's like he's been magically remembering! (not that I would ever actually buy something like that. Shhh, he doesn't know that).
He will sleep in until he HAS to be awake.... and then he'll keep sleeping
At first I didn't understand how a person could sleep so much, and then I realized that it was because he wasn't going to bed until 3 or 4 in the morning, sometimes even later. He'll stay up all night playing video games (who would have guessed?) and then sleep until the very last second that he can the next day before he's too late for work. Don't get me wrong, I love my sleep, but anytime I sleep past 11am I feel like I've slept my entire day away. I don't know how he survives, but I can confidently say that, in his case, this is not a stereotype.
He will take up the entire bed
This is probably the stereotype I've found the most accurate. I'll wake up on the edge of the bed, try to roll over, and there he is, on my side of the bed, sound asleep. The part that still amazes me is he is convinced that I am the one that takes up the whole bed and not him. Sometimes, it takes everything in me not to wake him up in the middle of the night when he's overtaken my half of the bed to prove that it is in fact him who takes my side. Needless to say, we've already agreed that when we have more room we will be buying a king sized bed. Hopefully that'll solve that little issue (fingers crossed).
At the end of the day, I'd say I got the pretty good end of the straw. Yeah, he plays video games too much, sleeps too long and hogs the bed, but it could be a lot worse. Plus, who knows what they say about living with a girl? We can probably be just as bad.
