OK, I know I will be called old fashioned for this, but I am serious. If you are thinking about moving in with your "significant other" DON'T DO IT!

I was with my, what was current, boyfriend at the time for almost two years, on and off for five years before we made it official. We, of course, had our ups and downs just like any other relationship. I was fresh out of high school, planning to go to college a couple of hours away from home. He and I had talked about getting our own place for months prior to actually doing it. I looked for places for months and months until I found the perfect place for both of us. It was a studio apartment, about 975 square feet. Perfect for two young people who don't have much for personal belongings.

I had gotten a job a few months before I officially moved out of my parent's house and into a small apartment with my, what I thought to be, "forever".

MIND YOU, I really didn't mention to my parents that I was moving in with a boy because they don't believe in the moving in before marriage thing.

I moved in about a month after he did, due to my graduating from high school and finishing up a few shifts at my place of work. And a few months after I moved, I finally told my parents... It did not go well.

Eventually, my parents came to terms with the news, and they began talking to me again.

Things were all fine and dandy after I moved in until he quit coming home. There were periods when he would just pop his head in to say "hi", give a kiss on the cheek, and leave to go to who knows where.

It was around Christmas time, I was supposed to go to his family Christmas. I was pretty much completely ready to walk out the door when I get a text saying, "Don't say anything stupid, I'm hungover." Many things ran through my mind right then and there, he and I made a promise to never drink without the other... unless home ALONE. So obviously, he broke a promise of ours... come to find out he was lying to me for an entire year.

Point for this entry is, you think you know someone...

Thank you for reading.. I just needed to do something to get all of this off of my chest.