Alex Buscemi
Moving in with a partner is an exciting milestone, but it can also come with some unexpected surprises.
When you’re sharing a space, there’s nowhere for those little quirks—or downright shocking habits—to hide.
People on Reddit have shared their wildest discoveries about their significant others after cohabitating, and let’s just say some of these stories are hard to believe.
From unusual hygiene practices (or a lack thereof) to bizarre routines, these revelations are equal parts amusing and cringe-worthy.
Scroll on for some of the most shocking “what did I get myself into?” moments after moving in with someone.
#1.
I didn’t move in with him I just stayed there a lot and cleaned up his mess a lot of times, but he had pee bottles under the bed and I don’t know why I didn’t leave the moment I discovered it either.
#2.
He doesn’t change his bedsheets… ever. He thought the only reason I change mine regularly was because of periods, so yeah, he thought men just don’t have to change bedsheets ever. Now he changes it regularly, but damn, that was a wild thought.
#3.
My husband organizes something every day. BUT. It’s the most random box in the back of the closet or re-folding his clothes. At first my thought was WTF???, but now I realize it’s one way he relaxes after a long day. He’s adorable.
#4.
She let her dog use the carpet as a toilet. Like, she wouldn’t take this dog out at all. The carpet in the living room is the only place the dog would go. The floor was spongy and wet, you could expect to find poop all over. She was totally desensitized to it. She wasn’t willing to start taking the dog out, so the relationship ended very quickly after this.
#5.
My husband folds towels while they are still wet and puts them away. It’s absolutely disgusting. Editing to add that he stopped doing it after I asked him, so we were able to progress with our relationship.
#6.
He would pee in the sink instead of walking ten more feet to the bathroom. He is my ex now.
#7.
In the early ‘80s, I moved in with an Iranian chick who had recently escaped from the Islamic Revolution. After our first weekend together, while she was in the shower, I started cleaning up the mess I helped make. I was washing the dishes when she walked in. She completely freaked out. “Stop, stop…what are you doing?” And she kept looking out the window. Turns out it was some kind of deadly sin for a man to do her housework…making the woman some kind of dishonorable so-and-so. The worst part was she was in a complete panic that someone walking past might see me washing dishes. We just had sex all weekend…but me doing the dishes was a sin? Weird stuff for a guy from Los Angeles.
#8.
Saving the used cat litter. Literally 15 or so 33-gallon trash bags filled with dirty cat litter from the last five years he’d lived there, all broken open and with bugs living in them in the closet next to his room.
#9.
She sprints up and down the stairs. She just hates being on the stairs, so she makes it as fast as possible. It’s insane to watch her calmly walk to the stairs then just automatically start sprinting.
#10.
He liked to tear holes in the sheets with his toenails so he could tuck his feet into them.
#11.
My ex had big fingers that wouldn’t fit in his nose, which he was always picking. He would use tweezers and scratch the inside of his nose, causing it to bleed. He would leave his boogers everywhere in the bathroom: the sink, the shower, the rim of the trash can. When I broke up with him and he moved out, I was finding bloody boogers all over my apartment for months afterwards. It was so damn disgusting!
#12.
He would keep the TV on for background noise. As soon as we walked into the apartment, he would zoom over to the TV and turn it on and leave it like that. We inadvertently had a silent war of him turning it on and me turning it off all day. I finally realized it was slowly driving me crazy and had to explain to him that all the constant noise was hurting my brain. It was me or the TV. Thankfully, he became more respectful and understanding of my sensory sensitivity over time.
#13.
She wanted me to fix her gaming chair one time because the lever to raise and lower it stopped working. So I grabbed it and flipped it upside down, but my hand was grabbing something rough and crunchy. I almost puked when I realized what I was looking at and touching was months worth of her dried boogers she wiped on the bottom of the chair.
#14.
My ex would wipe his teeth with the towels in the bathroom. Hand towels, bath towels, same towel guests used to dry their hands, same towels he used to dry his butt. In his mouth. And his plaque would leave crusty yellow stains on them, which made them gross to use.
#15.
That he would bite his nails and drop the little pieces all over the apartment. He moved out six months ago, and I’m STILL finding fingernail bits in weird places.
#16.
When he pops a pimple, he puts the contents on the frame of the mirror to “see it” and then forgets to clean it off. I didn’t understand what the white specks were at first. This has since stopped after it sent me into a rage.
#17.
Every single thing involved her parents. Every argument, discussion, or comment was fed to her parents. It was like they had control over every aspect of our lives together. When things ended, I even found official printed documentation about how poorly I loaded the dishwasher with pictures. It was bizarre.
#18.
Eating cereal with water, not milk.
#19.
My first time living with a woman, I was shocked by how much toilet paper they use. I’d buy a 12-pack, and it would last me a year. After she moved in, it was gone in minutes. I finally asked if she was building a mummy or something.
#20.
My now-husband would buy packs of socks and underwear, wear them, and then toss them.
#21.
He won’t clear the couch; he just sits down. Fresh folded laundry? Sit on it. Handbag? Sit on it. Paper? Sit on it. I was so tempted to leave a saucy plate on the couch and see what happened. This habit finally ended when he sat on a laptop.
#22.
My girlfriend eats her M&Ms with a spoon.
#23.
We would buy veggies, and if they had the slightest bit of discoloration (not exaggerating), he’d throw them away. Also, he would peel like eight million layers off an onion before cutting it, essentially wasting most of the onion.
#24.
Until we agreed on a sane solution, she would remove her daily contacts and just… throw them on the floor wherever she was. They dried up quickly and became crunchy, sharp little eye germ blights. Absolutely unthinkable to me.
#25.
This was my first live-in relationship. His mom often gave him containers of food to take home, and he forgot to take them out of the car trunk. Then he remembered they were there but just kept putting off dealing with it. He was driving around with a trunk full of moldy food and maggots.
#26.
He literally undresses as he walks around the house. I’ll find socks in the living room, pants in the dining room, and a T-shirt in the kitchen. Dirty clothes end up right next to the laundry hamper, dishes and garbage end up on the counter instead of in the sink or trash can. He’s getting better, but it’s still infuriating.
#27.
She was a baker and would make all kinds of delicious treats, but she wouldn’t rinse utensils or appliances until days later when batter was dried on like cement or had started to mold. I finally showed her how much easier cleanup is if you rinse things immediately, and it was a game-changer.
#28.
Thought he kept a tidy house. Nope. Mommy was coming in each week and cleaning up. Turns out she was enabling him while reinforcing the idea that men are useless without a woman to look after them.
#29.
My ex would buy washable period underwear and soak it overnight in the only sink we had. You can imagine the view and smell when you’re trying to use the sink, especially in the morning. Every time I suggested using a bucket or other container, I was called a sexist and told to grow up.
#30.
He had a severe addiction to scrolling Facebook. He would scroll while driving, grab his phone and open the app the instant he opened his eyes, and continue all day long. It baffled me.
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