12 Things That Will Definitely Happen When You Move In With Your BFF

Finding a roommate is hard work. You can find a rando from the Internet, but they might be a serial killer or, worse, eat your food! Why not live with your brother or sister from another mister, you BFF. Well, be prepared. You’re going to learn a lot about your best friend, whether you like it or not. Some of it will be good, some will be not so good, but all of it is eye-opening.

1) Their hair will be everywhere. EVERYWHERE: the floor, the chairs, your clothes, the plastic containers, the desk, your pockets.

2) Cooking together! You’re Julia Child and another Julia Child! Or Julia Child and Amy Adams playing Julie from Julie and Julia. Lobster humidor for everyone!

 3) You’ll get a couch together… You’re parents of a very squishy, bought-from-a-friend-of-an-ex-boyfriend’s-cousin baby!

4) …and never leave it. There’s so much Great British Baking Show to watch and cookie dough is in reach. Why leave to do anything? 

5) How does your roommate deal with money? Do they send out the rent on exactly the first of the month? Do they know that the energy company charges for all that? Do they have a 401k and a savings account or just a box under the bed?

6) People will contact one of you to make plans with both of you. You’re pretty much one person to the rest of your friends now.

7) You’re the ultimate judge of new partners. Boyfriend snores? Get him out. Girlfriend has resting-bitch face? Buh-bye. You have veto power on someone who’ll be walking around your apartment at 4am in their underwear.

 8) Your inside jokes will get (even more) incomprehensible. My roommate and I constantly refer to Chuckles. He is a clown that I supposedly hired to entertain us, but then mysteriously died in my roommate’s room. So every so often, we call him out, then I run into her room and lament his death. Then we laugh and laugh.

That makes no sense, right? Welcome to the insanity.

 9) You’ll be together when you’re hungover. Be kind and buy Gatorade beforehand.

10) You will definitely hear each other hook up. Two things will happen: a) you’ll invest in some noise-canceling headphones and b) you two will high five afterwards.

11) For maybe the first time, you might need to avoid her. Everyone needs their alone time. And that’s okay!

12) You two will get even closer. Even if it’s not the right match, you’ll have an experience that only select pairings get to experience. You’re BFFs; nothing will break you two apart.