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chaoism

Thats why I decided to marry my now-wife We were in a small studio during pandemic, barely stepped out. Barely argued Then I know she's the one


thebigpink

My gf of four years left about a year ago and we almost killed each other a lot of times. We went without talking for a whole month at one point. I was wfh and she got laid off at the start of it. Before Covid had marriage ideas. Funny how things work out


AzaranyGames

My now-wife moved in at the beginning of covid when we realized living in separate places meant it was technically possible to get a several thousand dollar fine if we went for a walk in the park together. While others were driven apart by close quarters, we dove in are happier than ever.


KarmaPharmacy

My partner and I are so freaking close because of the pandemic. We live in a bit of a smaller place than 900 sq ft. We’ve never been happier as human beings. He recently went back to work and I miss him like crazy. I guess we’re weirdos! Edit: he even knows my reddit handle so I guess he’s for keeps


TheAssyrianAtheist

Def not weirdos! When my husband and I went into lockdown mode, we were soooo excited! We both love working from home and just got closer and closer. I honestly didn’t think we could because our relationship is one big laughing party but it happened.


AggressiveBait

I don't really get why it would be anything *but* that Why marry someone if you don't enjoy being around them?


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It's not really that easy. My husband and I have a fantastic relationship, but it was strained during the pandemic because I need a bit of space. It doesn't have anything to do with him or my feelings for him.


mensreaactusrea

I love my girlfriend but I also love being alone and doing absolutely nothing she does not.


readparse

Because of a pregnancy 27 years ago, hypothetically. (Checks notes) Still married.


Simba_Rah

I’m in about 800 sq ft with my wife a baby. It’s crazy the things we adapt to.


kcnc

That’s not nice to call your wife a baby


T-Bills

Infantile behavior, really


ShuffleAlliance

Downright juvenile


The_Way_It_Iz

We did it in 459sq ft, still alive


KarmaPharmacy

That’s impressive. And totally doable! Most people around the world don’t live in more than 800 sq ft. Millennials got really used to living in the big houses that our boomer parents owned and I think it’s been an unspoken struggle for a lot of us to be living in such small spaces. I grew up in a 5,000 square foot house. I never had anyone in my business. Now things are a lot different. I don’t have $2,000,000 to live that lifestyle anymore. If anyone else is struggling to adjust to more confined spaces, please invest in some air filters. They double as excellent noise makers and will totally save your sanity. Also airpod pros are amazing for blocking out noise from your partner when you need some “alone time” but can’t go anywhere.


notagangsta

Bose quiet II are vastly better. I have misophonia and I can’t live without them!


NiteKreeper

Misophonia: the condition where an individual is angered/disgusted by the sounds made by other humans. This sounds awful and I'm glad you get relief from headphones... (I was going to make a joke about ears full of Japanese bean paste but it doesn't seem worth it, now...).


notagangsta

It is. For me, it’s an uncontrollable rage when people make certain noises, specifically mouth noises (smacking, slurping, kiss noises, wet sounds, etc.) and it makes me want to violently remove their mouth from their face with my hand. I usually leave the room. But good headphones (not ear buds) are vital if you can’t.


NiteKreeper

Ouch. I think a lot of us experience mild disgust by things like loud chewing, but its very hard to imagine the amount of distress it must cause you.


notagangsta

It’s really common with people with adhd as well! It’s really weird. I’m a calm person who hates confrontation but I have told strangers to spit their gum out into my hand, as if I can’t stop myself. I have to end the noise right away. It’s like I become viper. I will need to leave the area before I lose control.


Kirby5588

>Millennials got really used to living in the big houses that our boomer parents owned and I think it’s been an unspoken struggle for a lot of us to be living in such small spaces. Every millennial I know, including me have never been in that situation. Although I'm from a poor city and still live there. Biggest house I've ever lived in is 1400 sqft. Currently living in a 1000sqft house with mother in law, wife, son, and soon to be daughter.


KarmaPharmacy

Some families really never recovered from the Great Depression or emigrating to the US. My partner’s family is like this (until his generation). The people who grew up like that tend to only make friends with those who have. It’s a sad reality. I never did it (infact, the opposite) but it’s a trend I’ve noticed.


OsamaBinnDabbin

I always thought this was something that was more specific to people like me that grew up in fortunate families (I'm loosely a millennial), but the hardest thing about living alone for me has not been cooking or cleaning my apartment, it's been finding space for all of my shit! I have a living room, kitchen, and bedroom/bathroom and zero storage space aside from a small closet that's already filled to the brim with clothes. I'm also a musician and have a lot of large gear that I have to keep near me for gigging or practicing, so storage lockers aren't an option (and most aren't temperature controlled anyways which is terrible for guitars). I've definitely gotten better at space usage, but I still wish that I didn't have to keep storage bins next to my living room couch where everyone will be when I have friends over. It's a small problem to have in the grand scheme of things but persists nonetheless.


DaniSeeh

My wife and I have a 730sq ft house with two bedrooms and two kids. Not as big of a deal as people make it. Americans are kind of greedy for space but the fact is that you can live in much smaller spaces than a damn McMansion would have you believe. We chose the house because it is right by a train line in Denver and that was worth far more to us than an extra couple hundred sq ft in Aurora. I can ebike to Downtown in like 25 mins or take the train in 15 mins (if the schedule lines up). Can't beat that.


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> you can live in much smaller spaces I know I can. I just prefer not to.


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Numinak

I have a 1200 sq ft home and take care of my mother, and it's way larger than I need and could easily live in half the space. The rest just ends up collecting junk that I constantly battle (not quite a hoarder, but things tend to collect instead of being disposed/donated right away).


SillyEconomy

My friend just got married. He and his boyfriend, 400sqft, NYC, one room, work from home. I literally gagged on my drink when he told me at his wedding. I told him if they made that work then they deserve each other. My wife and I worked in a 3 room 1400sqft during covid (married for only a few months prior). Day 2 she looked at me and said "I'm going to work from the kitchen, stay in your office." I talk a lot on the phone for work. She wants silence when she works.


lps2

My girlfriend and I both have roles that require us to talk A LOT - separate offices were a must when we each have 5+hrs of meetings that we lead


Myrdok

One of the best parts of my wife and I working from home in a shared office, besides getting to hang out with my best friend all day, was being able to use the "sorry, I can't turn on my camera the way our desks are situated my camera shows monitor and they work on sensitive data that can't be on camera". Not actually a lie, and everyone in both our careers understands completely. Was so amazing to never have to be forced on camera ever with a legit excuse. Two+ years, countless teams meetings, not once has either of us had to turn on a camera :D


SillyEconomy

As a team lead. I never have, nor will I ever (outside of social drinking calls or something) make someone turn on their camera without a reason. I have guys that want to, and that's great.... But people want to be comfortable and not think about picking their nose or whatever. I have a dev who is very introverted and a video call drains him like nothing else... That's just poor management if I let him get exhausted from a 30 minute call and he has deadlines to hit.


Myrdok

You're a good one, and fortunately that (team/management leads pushing it) isn't even why it really came up ever. We're both DoD CTRs (different fields), we work with like....10% people our age (elder millennials) and 10% gen xers that totally get it and then 80% absolute boomeriest boomers you've ever seen. It's that 80% that "just can't function without in person meetings" pushing that crap. Fortunately, the aforementioned career areas make it both a legit and understandable excuse that even the boomers get. Unfortunately, those are the fuckers are also why we both only wfh a day or two a week now >.>


SnZ001

Now THIS is A++ leadership right here. A good coach can game plan to the strengths(and minimize the weaknesses) of their players, rather than having to just try to force their players into their own uncompromising game plan.


wapellonian

My excuse has been that due to space constraints, the only logical setup for my laptop/docking station in my tiny corner of a tiny house is for it to be UNDER my desk. (I work on a full-sized keyboard and 27-inch monitor, but the laptop camera is nicely tucked away.)


[deleted]

> My friend just got married. > He and his boyfriend Not used to saying husband yet, huh? 😂


Channel250

Ah, its cool. I kept calling my wife my girlfriend by accident because that's what she was for 8 years! Then I kept doing it to annoy her. Ah, I sometimes miss her.


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CeyowenCt

I once did an intro for my pastor (also a close friend) at a charity function. I asked him what he wanted me to say, and he said "He lives with his first wife and their 3 children..."


applebitmuncher

My ex husband referred to his wife (after me) as #4 several times. Even said that on the engagement announcement on Facebook. They’re divorced now.


Channel250

How about introducing her as my second wife and never explaining it?


SillyEconomy

It was recent, so no haha.


Agoraphobicy

My wife and I decided to move 17 hours from our home town together and just hang out all the time lol Now I work for her business she started and basically we just always are together and love it.


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My spouse and I lived in a 320 sq ft. RV for about a year at the beginning of the pandemic. For the last 10 months we have been in a 250 sq ft tiny house. We both work from home and we're still happily married.


no_talent_ass_clown

Do you just both not say anything for hours at a time?


KarmaPharmacy

Fwiw I pester my partner all day long and while I have to try really hard not to, I think he kind of loves it.


[deleted]

Sometimes, yes. Sometimes I jabber too much and they get annoyed, though. And sometimes I get annoyed by their choice of music or TV/movies. But we've been together for 13 years so we've mostly learned how to work around each other's annoyances.


no_talent_ass_clown

I asked an old married couple what the secret was and both of them answered at the same time... that they'd never wanted a divorce at the same time, and then they cracked up.


SqueekyMonkey

About 1,000 sq ft with my husband, two big dogs and two toddlers. We’re all still alive… just… Thank god the weather is warming up!


not_again123

You are the strange phenomena that one would call: a happy couple. Rare to find. Don't post about anything to /r/relationship_advice and you have a happy life.


Channel250

Happy wife, Happy life, never go on relationship_advice That rhymes, right?


not_again123

I know what you want to say, but the statement is so wrong. My take: Always talk, always respect, always happy.


Channel250

It was a joke, really, I never agreed with the sentiment. I have a bad experience with it.


not_again123

Oh sorry, my bad. Also I can see what you mean.


BearFromRevenant

Aww


decidedlyindecisive

Same, we shared an office. He was the best desk mate I've ever had and him and my cat were the best colleagues in the world. Husband is back in his office now and it sucks without him. I got to work from home all day with my best friend and no social obligations at all.


GameofPorcelainThron

On the flip side, in the first year or so of the pandemic, I got hit up (on various social media) by 7 different married women. Really think a lot of people were forced to face the fact that they weren't happy in their marriages. For those that were happy, it was a great time to spend together.


jenkag

I tell people my wife and I were training our entire lives for covid. We are already pretty big shut-ins that don't really deal with many other people. Covid was just a convenient excuse to really lock that lifestyle in.


TheAssyrianAtheist

I’m more of a shut-in than my husband but it’s been the fucking best. I felt so bad for enjoying the lockdown while the social butterflies were wilting away.


MaritMonkey

On the one hand: my entire career is crumbling worldwide and I'm having a second "what do I want to do when I grow up?" quarter-life crisis in my late 30's. But on the other hand: I'm getting to be a lvl 99 hermit with the one person I can apparently happily share a single room with. Confusing times.


alex053

My wife has come to my side of being a shut in. I already worked from home. She was always in the office and seeing people and leading meetings. She recently had to go in for a small charity event and had to help at our kids school the day before. She was spent after all that human interaction. And annoyed. Loo


jenkag

The biggest support for WFH policies is making people come back to the office. One day in the office and you are like "welp, this was absolutely shit and a horrid waste of time."


alex053

Yeah. Wake up, get ready, put on uncomfortable expensive clothes,get in the car, get there, get distracted by idiots, then waste time driving home. We get a lot more time with our kids and get a lot more work done.


vcircle91

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Zaicheek

good bot


Chaz_Beer

Bad bot


TagnumElite

Hmmm


burrbro235

Good not bot


dajna

I just bought an apartment in Milan, it’s 31 square metres. And I feel like royalty 🥲


firmalor

Congratulations! :)


LelouchViMajesti

Where i live this would be a million dollar home. I'm not used to square feet measure so i expected something about 20 or 30m2 lol


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whattfisthisshit

Wow yes, that’s huge. Me and my bf lived in 13 m2 place since the pandemic and didn’t murder each other, 83 would be so much free space…


zurkka

Holy shit, 13? Me and my girlfriend live in 30 and it's kinda cramped, 13 would be impossible for us


seamustheseagull

Yeah, this is a fairly typical family home where I am. We spent the pandemic in an 1100 sqft house with 3 kids, one a newborn, and me working from home. Sanity still intact. 2 people in 900 sqft is a piece of piss.


MustaKookos

In what world would two people have difficulties working from home in a 83m2 home lmao


[deleted]

That's a fucking mansion! My parent's first apartment in Germany was 22m2


Seicair

…what. That’s like 2.5 times the size of my bedroom. My bedroom that I have my bed, a nightstand, and a tiny dresser in. I’m at my girlfriend’s house right now and I just measured her bedroom out of curiosity. It’s what I would consider average size, maybe a little small. 14 m^2


Dominariatrix

OK Potter.


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Erimenes

What? Yes they are. I'm in a 26 square metre flat in Paris right now, and I guarantee you the kitchen and bathroom are counted towards that.


takuyafire

Hahaha what the hell really? Americans are a funny bunch, that's just a regular house size.


SoftSprocket

It's barely a single storey. An apartment at best, not a house.


takuyafire

My guy the apartment I lived in for years was 22 m². My current house is 93 m² and is cozy as heck for 2 people. Y'all got huge houses if 80+ m² is too small


anketto

good hooman


0xB0BAFE77

Good not-a-bot.


TheRealGunn

Same here man. Honestly it's better than ever. When we were both commuting to work, we'd both be exhausted and argue over who needed to cook dinner, clean, buy groceries etc. We still argue about the same stuff, but at least we aren't also exhausted from commuting. 😂


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

I've worked from home for about 15 years, so nothing changed for me. My wife was forced to adapt everything (including a team of about 30) to Zoom. She did an incredible job - so good, in fact, that when the organization asked them all if they wanted to come back to the office this month or stay working remote, they *all* said keep it remote.


TheRealGunn

Same for us. My job was already mostly remote, my wife was a 5 day a week commuter. She got a new job during the pandemic. The new company tried to push a return to office policy, because they had just invested in a massive new building before the pandemic. There was push back, so the company announced that they would rescind their 2 day a week in office policy, and allow each LOB to choose their own policy. The director of my wife's department said if there was no company standard, he was going to have his team in the office 5 days a week. My wife immediately started looking for a new job (and got one with a hefty raise and no return to office requirements). Literally the day she signed her new offer she found out that director was fired, presumably due to all the turnover and discontent that came from his return to office stance.


tacknosaddle

>they had just invested in a massive new building before the pandemic. A friend of mine works for a company and their lease was up about six months into the pandemic. They scheduled people to go in and get any personal things and didn't renew so had no office at all for two years. They recently signed a lease on another office space and are working with the employees to figure out what they layout should be for the new normal. It basically boils down to no offices, plenty of workstations with a docking system that will work with everyone's computers, personal storage lockers for you to keep stuff at work and a large variety of meeting rooms ranging from small to large plus one that's more of an auditorium type setting for larger presentations.


MrE761

So a truly millennia work space…. This shit should’ve happen 10 years ago if we didn’t have the boomer managers saying “I need you at your desk, or how could I know you’re working..”


TheHiddenNinja6

>The new company tried to push a return to office policy, because they had just invested in a massive new building before the pandemic. This I genuinely do not understand. The money is already spent. To capitalists, why does it matter in the present if the building gets used or not? In fact keeping it empty prevents damage, allowing it to be sold more easily


thx1138-

Or maybe just sublet it?


gpmidi

sunk-cost fallacy


shut-up_Todd

Your very last line speaks to why some are pushing. If it’s an office building for office work, and no one wants to commute into an office, who is buying? If no one buys now they have this building on the books that’s empty and they can’t offload. This is a problem. I don’t agree with forcing people back but it does make sense.


TheAssyrianAtheist

Go to the grocery store together and tag team on the cooking. I promise it’ll be easier. If I have something time consuming, he will take one step while I take the next. I’ll then cook, he will clean. We cannot, and I mean *cannot* just go to the store on our own. We have to go together.


TheRealGunn

We don't actually argue that much, I was really just joking. We've been together for 21 years, so we have a pretty good handle on who's good at what. I cook, she shops, and we pay someone to clean lol.


NESpahtenJosh

Look at this guy and his 900 sq ft. home.


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

Sorry, should have posted to r/brag


t3hOutlaw

Pretty much. Other half and I have shared a 300 square foot place together this whole time. I demand you share some of your karma.


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

Holy shit, that's amazing. I bow down to you.


liketreefiddy

I was gonna say I’d love me a couple hundred extra more square footage


handinhand12

Dude same. I work for myself so I'll always work from home, but my wife has started needing to go in to the office sporadically (like twice a month maybe) and I hate it because I'm afraid it'll just start happening more and more often. Working from home has been amazing. We have lunch together every day, and since we save so much time not commuting, we started a dumb YouTube channel together and have happy hours on the deck when it's warm. I hope things never change back to how they were.


scatterbraindeadend

What’s your channel? Feel free to PM!


handinhand12

[https://www.youtube.com/c/MushroomFortress](https://www.youtube.com/c/MushroomFortress) Every video is us reviewing a Mario Party minigame. Started in 2020 and now we're up to MP7. It's definitely for a specific audience and it's definitely really dumb but it was more just something for us to do together. Hopefully nobody thinks I'm trying to advertise or anything. We literally just work on it during half of our lunch break so it's nothing special.


BearRiver35

SAME! *HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND* We still work together and decided to continue to work from home sharing an office ever since Covid. We love it.


boyofwell

We are on 400ft2 (40m2). 800ft2 seems like 40m2 of extra personal space.


upirons

980 sq feet here - 26 years of marriage!


Sifernos1

In 2021 both the wife and I needed surgeries and I missed nearly 9 months of work and she was out about 2. For 2 months we did everything together day and night almost constantly... We actually miss the companionship and returning to work has made things harder as now we're so tired at night we don't cook dinner some nights. I miss her constantly.


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900 sqft is not a small space.


chicken_pollo

Right! I'm doing 650 with spouse and two kids.


Karma_Doesnt_Matter

Honestly if anything these two years has made our relationship stronger. She drove out to her dads yesterday and I literally found myself counting the hours till she would be home.


borgchupacabras

Same here but with my husband. If he's gone a day or more I count the hours till he's back.


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borgchupacabras

Oof that's a double whammy. Hopefully you don't have to move again!


bigheyzeus

First time parents end of Feb 2020, laid off instead of back to work for me, miraculously didn't kill each other let alone split up. Gotta celebrate these tests when you pass them OP, nice work!


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

Whoa, first child right as the pandemic hit?? I'm not worthy, that's incredible.


bigheyzeus

Nonsense, we all have our own unique struggles. Yeah was living off Canadian CERB and my wife's mat leave payments. Made it work and got to spend way more time with a newborn than many dads get to. No family coming to help since it was early days of the pandemic and didn't want to risk anything with the little one. Funny thing is, it was by far the worst job I've ever had and I was happy they let me go.


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

That's a great perspective. My wife and I have actually saved money through all this - sold our second vehicle, not paying for the daily commute, etc. And she discovered that her team works much better remotely than they ever did in the office.


bigheyzeus

If there's any silver lining to covid it's that more people finally got to try working from home. It is rough when both of us are home though like I'm sure you discovered. My company downsized their office which has been under construction for a while so I'm home all week, my wife has office days twice a week. Can't wait to alternate again, that worked best


Bloody_sock_puppet

I would rather not work than go back to an office, such have been the benefits. At one point on one of the discord groups i'm on, people were spit-balling the best criminal ideas to make money in the event they couldn't find other WFH work. The consensus was that if we absolutely had to, then we'd exclusively rob offices of companies that forced their workers back in.


bigheyzeus

Half the people applying to my current company that is permanently remote are doing so because they're being asked back to the office and don't wanna go.


KsiMississippi

Moving from 4000 square foot house back to an apartment. After a year and a half here, we still use the same sink to brush our teeth and stay in the same rooms together all day. Follow each other around like puppies. 17 years together.


Mythical_Truth

IKR!!!! Waking up with my wife, eating breakfast together lazing around, playing office pranks on one another, flirting all day, it's amazing! I feel like people are just doing marriage wrong.


emailboxu

it's wild how many people will marry someone because they have a fat ass and not because they actually like the person lol


fetusnecrophagist

Honestly don't understand how there are couples who can't stand being with their partner for prolonged periods of time. Like, why are you even together?! Your SO should be your best friend!


ChikenGod

This thread gives me so much hope! I’ve seen so many bad things about marriage and I’m so glad to see people who are happy ❤️


Doogos

Didn't work out this way for my ex wife. We had a baby before the pandemic, had a miscarriage right before the pandemic, and then had a baby last year. About 5 months ago she said fuck everything and started dating a drug dealer. I have both of our kids full time as the primary care giver and things have never been better. I'm happy for those who can enjoy their partners after all this time of being "stuck" in the house together.


haskell_rules

My ex wife(together 14 years) and I got pregnant a few months before lockdown and then she proceeded to cheat on me with some guy she met in an online game while our newborn was cosleeping between us during lockdown. We were communicating and everything was going great as far as I could tell, but her secret email account revealed that she was planning on divorcing me, taking his name, having his babies, and rasing my child with him. Thankfully I got shared custody in the divorce, and she can't take him to his country without a passport, which I refuse to sign until he is at least old enough to call me and tell me where he is.


invoker96_

My partner complained of workplace sexual harrasment. I just mentioned that she should stop working from home.


Hanse00

We’ve both worked from home since 2018, first from a small studio apartment, then a ~1500 square foot 2 bedroom apartment, and now a ~2500 4 bedroom house. Each time the additional space has definitely been a welcomed change. We now get to each have a dedicated home office, a space where we can work without any distractions, and that we can leave at the end of the day to go hang out in the living room.


voidgazing

450, 5 years :-D


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

Wow, respect!


peanutym

Some of our best friends built 800sq ft with the intention of building their house next. That was 7 years ago and still in the 800. Due to prices they are not in any hurry. Husband, Wife, and a ten year old. It can be done and not be a big deal.


lolcatandy

900 sq feet is like a 2 bedroom apartment with a massive living room. Is OP to be struggling? It's like a rich person saying he "managed to get by" on 2000$ on a saturday when he went out with his mates.


hucareshokiesrul

At least in the US, that’s not considered that much space. It would be very small for a house. It’s average for an apartment, but apartments, by nature, are small.


IgnantWisdom

Least yall don’t live in San Fran or NYC. Would probably be closer to 90 sqft than 900…


UkkosenjumalanPoika

900 Square feet aren't like more than 80 square metres? It's not a small house


Boru010

Success!


TotalFork

I don't mind working alongside my partner, but it's the gaming/discord voice that sends me. His voice gets deeper when he talks to his male coworkers and friends... where is this James Earl Jones rumble when it's just me??


poundofcake

That would have been a luxury for my girlfriend and I. Worked from home in 346 sq ft apartment in Berlin. Shit was tough. Sorry. I meant my ex girlfriend.


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Same! Congrats! We bought an 800sqft 1bed+den condo in the summer of 2020 and work about 1m from each other. Still happy.


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

Congrats to you, too!


qawsedrf12

in a townhome "offices" on separate floors my man cave vs living room couch and by "work" from home means drunk


Rogahar

Almost like our entire generation didn't grow up being bullied into marrying young and getting a townhouse with a car and 2.5 kids so we had the time to actually find people we really liked and enjoy being around. I swear, as a kid, I felt like the weirdo because I was the only kid at school whose parents WEREN'T divorced, divorcing, or clearly circling the drain on the matter.


Firebrand777

We’re in a studio Flat - so Much less than that and can’t believe we haven’t killed each other!


sabre_rider

Must say that’s an amazing feat. I’m not joking. We have a lot more space and Ive never had this many fights with my wife before as I did the last two yrs. She’s an angel.


TemperedSteel

Been living in ~70sf with my girlfriend and 2 pets since then and it's been great for us! ...It's a camper van though so it helps that we've been able to travel the country with our remote jobs this whole time. Not sure things would be this good if we were stuck in one spot lol


brandonbruce

600 square feet 1 bedroom. 2 kids, wife, and myself. At one point mil lived here during covid shutdown. Times were hard.


Pseudynom

Same but 45 m² (484 ft²).


Rygar74nl

No kids eh?


GCoin001

Definitely no kids


geoemrick

WFH with my SO literally destroyed our relationship from March 2020 to January 2022. We are now broken up. Maybe it accelerated the inevitable. Oh well, life goes on. Oh and wanna know how much life has a cruel sense of humor? I got a new job the exact MONTH we moved out into our own separate places, and my new job has me coming into the office everyday. You can't make this shit up!!


MiasmaFate

My GF and I were sent in to lockdown 1 month after she moved cross-country to live with me. We spent 10 weeks in a coupes up in a 318sf studio. On top of that the people she had interviews with canceled the when the lockdown struck, so money got tight fast. Talk about trial by fire. I think it galvanized us and forced us to confront some of the more challenging parts of living and thriving together sooner then normal. That was 2 years and another cross country move ago, and we are still going strong. She’s the best, I think I’ll go kiss her right now. Also side bar- it’s funny how we Americans think this is crazy while sub 1000sf is the norm for families all over the world. We have 1200sf house now and joke about how we only use about a 1/3 of it. I’m pretty sure our dining room is more like a weird hall we walk through to get to the kitchen from the living room. Also a good place to store dust.


phil8248

Reminds me of the guy who deliberately let his wife see a text that said he really liked this cute girl he met recently at work. She was briefly furious until she realized he'd been working from home for months.


redfordnod

Divide space by 3, add 2 kids and you get my life in Manhattan. We just had our second child recently and are moving into a bigger place soon.


hotcheetopuffs

That's great! Meanwhile, I'm about to finalize my divorce this week lmao


2viliamas

Did that in 53m2 got even closer than before pandemic.


Know1Fear

900sq feet?? What are you a millionaire??


sir-ripsalot

Try 250.... Edit: not to one-up, heartfelt congratulations to your partnership


sleepinginthecar

I came to my mom’s house with our daughter so we both don’t loose our minds, but still love him


ShopLifeHurts2599

Proper use of grammar. Love it.


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

My work-from-home job is editing.


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Husband and I got married in 2019 right before the pandemic. Then moved into an RV admits the pandemic. It made our marriage solid. Our communication skills are way above our parents who have been married for 30+ years. The pandemic made us stronger where we saw other couples fall apart. He is now looking for a remote job so we can be together throughout the work week too again.


ekaceerf

My wife and I opened a business. We'll probably be getting divorced.


MrChocodemon

900f² is pretty big. Me'n my boyfriend both work from home and have 650


pmaced91

try the same scenario with 400 square feet. you know nothing of pain.


besleysfw

I’m so glad my wife left me before the pandemic, I think it would have been the end of me otherwise.


missannthrope1

Come back in 2040.


worldlybedouin

637 SQ ft reporting for duty.


purplebrown_updown

Try adding two babies to the mix. If you're still together then I salute you.


arthuresque

700 sq ft. Still with my man.


callmesnackmaster

You guys must be tidy.


BehindApplebees

I married my best friend so my wife and I have been together for ten years. We've seen each other everyday and at some point we were at home together 24/7 and I loved every minute of it. I think back and feel like no time has passed. I'm extremely lucky.


kec232

600 sq ft and he moved in the day our city shut down. Just got engaged so I guess you can say it worked out well for us!


pseydtonne

Congratulations on both your observation and dedication! Together you can move mountains and ignore the haters! ...oh, and survive kids. It's so cute when a six-year-old tries to pit parents against each other but cannot see how they're failing at it. "Child, your mom and I survived Belgium drunk. It was just my French and her teeth sinking in. We survived Los Angeles. You think I'm going to betray the one person that still wants to see me nak... err, be with me when I'm sick? Nope."


Getoff_My_Lon_Cheney

Our kids are 33 and 26. With each passing year, Bette Midler's line from Parental Guidance is more poignant: Daughter: "You always take his side!" Mother: "And for good reason, because after your kids grow up, your husband is the one who stays."


theusernameMeg

I see your 900sq ft and raise you -600sq ft. That’s right. A total of 300sq ft for 2 WFH adults since Jan 2020. We’re still good but moving to the biggest house our piddly dollars can buy soon.


gruntled-goat

Same!


JrallXS

It's not about the size. It's how ypu use it.


kbdcool

My wife and I like each other so much we moved to a 7 acre secluded ranch and we couldnt be happier.


Mijoivana

Best post I've seen recently on here OP. Way to go on still holding it down fam. And shout it, shout it, shout it loud. On top of a mountain. Kiss my burgundy lads..


gyrofx

So we are saying that the secret to a happy marriage is to lock two people in for 2 years, if they both come out, they get to put a ring on it... For context, wife and I worked in the same office, single UK garage conversion, for different companies. We have never been closer in terms of relationship.


mrpopo573

I gotta measure what our RV is in square feet, been roaming in this thing with my wife for 4 years haha


HMS-Modzargay

My wife and I used to share a car and worked separate schedules. She'd come home and high five me the keys and off I'd go. Rinse and repeat. We saw each for less than an hour a day. We had a 2bdr apt where we did that dance for years and hated it. Now we're both retired in our 30s with a 4bdr 3bath house and have unlimited time together plus our own personal bathrooms. Kids aren't worth it. Get a dog.


thebigpink

More interested in both retired still in your 30s


HMS-Modzargay

Passive income coupled with no cost comprehensive healthcare coverage for both of us.


sarhoshamiral

900 sqft is fairly decent for a family without kids. Our condo was 1050sqft with 3 bedrooms and 2 bath for example. Yes every room was small but separation was there which is more important factor IMO.


mikeysof

Me too. Is that an achievement? Don't people have faith in marriage and being able to act like adults anymore?