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10 Things to Learn Before You Move In With a New Partner
When you’ve been divorced before, it’s important to make sure you’ve learned some things before moving in with a new partner.
Whether you move in with a partner before marriage, after marriage, or in lieu of marriage, moving in together is a big step in any relationship, romantic or not. Sharing your living space with someone who isn’t your child, parent, or sibling requires vulnerability, trust and compromise to make it work.
After you’ve been divorced or gone through a major split before, one of the perks is often getting back a living space that’s comfortable, safe, and all yours. So when it’s time to move in with someone new, you might struggle a little to adjust.
Fortunately, you don’t have to figure it all out on your own. Here are some of the biggest lessons to master before you get those moving boxes piled up.
Learn to resolve conflict in a healthy way
For many, one of the things that leads up to divorce is conflict. Much of that conflict doesn’t get resolved in a healthy way — it’s handled with screaming, arguing, tears, and anger. And sometimes it never gets resolved at all.
