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If you are in the process of moving in with your new mate, don't be surprised to find that living together will take some adjustments and plenty of compromise before your house will once again feel like a home. After living alone, its natural to become accustomed to your own routine, but someone else living in the house will almost always require changes.

In an effort to make the transition easier, some couples sell their current homes and purchase one together as a couple. Since they are both living there for the first time it helps eliminate territorial issues that often arise when one person moves into the other's existing home. The new home will be new to both of you, free of existing habits or attachments to specific rooms, decor, etc. To complement that one "golden rule" which is always best to follow, if possible, here are some more tips that will get you both feeling right at home faster than you think!

- Divide storage space in both your closet and drawers to make sure that both you and your mate have plenty of room for clothing and other incidentals.

- Discuss and divide up household responsibilities. Make sure each of you know what you're responsible for and, if possible, pick one day of the week as "housecleaning day" and work together.

- Learn to share some of the things that you were once used to dominating, such as the television, the bathroom, kitchen and even the bed. Instead of having all of the covers and plenty of room, you will now find that you only have half of what you may be used to.

- If one of you is a smoker and the other one is a non-smoker then it is definitely a good idea to agree on some "house rules" regarding smoking. Otherwise this can be very trying on the both of you. The best thing to do is to designate one room in the house for smoking or (if you can agree on it) the smoker can go outside to avoid congesting the home with cigarette smoke.

- If your spouse has a different work schedule that yours, you might have different sleep schedules also. For instance, if your significant other works the late shift and often needs to catch a few winks throughout the day, keep the television volume down, adjust the ringer on the telephone and be mindful of any distractions that may interrupt his/her sleep.

- Figure out who is responsible for which bills. Couples fight over money, it's a fact, so the more "written-in-stone" you have the who, what and when of paying bills, the smoother sailing you're likely to see in the relationship.

- Designate a his and hers bathroom or if theres only one bathroom in the home, divide the area into separate spaces for both you and your spouse.

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