A few weeks after we got engaged Michael had some personal issues regarding his roommates, and moved out of his apartment.
Since we were trying to save Money for our Wedding in 3 months, we figured it would be in the best interest of our future for Michael to move in with my family for awhile and save the rent money for our wedding.
But after a month of that, we learned that living with our family was taking a toll on us personally, and our relationship. So we decided to look for a new place. Plus getting in and getting it settled sooner meant less to do in December between all the Hollidays and wedding planning.
I found a place in the newspaper for $750 per month, pet friendly, with a backyard.
I called the lady who was renting it and asked her when the soonest we could move in was. She said that there were lots of applicants looking at this place and it would be a couple weeks before she would choose one and stop showing the place. So I said "What if we were to sign for $800 per month? Would that give us a preference over the others who are looking at the place?"
She sent the lease over that evening and we had the keys by 10pm.
We moved in that day November 11th 2014. Our first place together!
I went home after signing the lease and began stuffing boxes and baskets full of things from my shared bedroom. My mom asked what I was doing and I said I was moving out. "When!?" she
asked. And when I said "Right now. We got a place" She tried arguing with me that I wasn't allowed to move in until after the wedding, and blah blah blah.
I just said "Im sorry mom. Im 19 years old. I have a lot going on right now. I signed the lease. And We're engaged"
To be fair- I had just met the guy. We got engaged after only knowing each other 3 months. And now (5 months into our relationship) I was moving out. Thats a lot of changes and decisions all at once. But when its time to leave the nest- its time.
After the news got out that we had moved, several of our family members offered us old storage furniture or various items for out home. It came together quite nicely. We invited Michael's older brother over to see our new place and to our shock he had lived in the exact same apartment several years ago. And disgustingly enough said the carpets were the exact same as they had back then.
