Surprising Ways A Second Bedroom Helps Your Relationship - Page 7

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My boyfriend and I have been living in a two-bedroom apartment for three years now and almost every month I discover a new reason that it was one of the best decisions we ever made for our relationship. When we started apartment hunting together, we didn’t even look for two-bedrooms. We figured we couldn’t afford them. Then we started to realize that two-bedrooms are not that much more expensive than one-bedrooms, at least not in the expensive city in which we live. I won’t state our exact rent, but what I will say is that the going rate for a one-bedroom in our neighborhood is $2,200 and the going rate for a two-bedroom is just around $2,600. Split between a couple, each person just spends an extra $200 a month for what is, in my opinion, an incredible boost in quality of life. So if you are making that decision between saving a little money on a one-bedroom or splurging on a two-bedroom, let me persuade you to do the latter.

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For the one whose family lives far away

My boyfriend’s family lives all over the country, but nowhere near us. My family, meanwhile, lives just a 90-minute drive away. There is this feeling of imbalance, by which my partner spends a lot of time with my family, and I rarely see his. But, when they do visit, they can stay longer because we can give them a free place to stay. Back in our one-bedroom days, they could only visit for a couple of nights due to high hotel prices, and that would spark that old, “We never spend time with my family” complaint from him after their visit.