Has anyone ever moved in with their creative partner before? Not in a relationship with them, but we both got offered a new role and I’m relatively new in the city and so are they. Just thinking if this is a good or bad idea?

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In general, I find the best roommates are people who 1) you do not mind seeing frequently but 2) you do not have to see frequently.

Living with someone you work with every day would create less separation between work and home, and lead to a higher risk of issues at both work and home. I don’t recommend it.

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This is a tricky one—from your post, I’m guessing your partner is of the opposite sex (or same sex, if that’s your orientation)? If so, definitely NO! I think you can see the dangers of that, I don’t want to go into all the sordid possibilities.

But even if sex is completely off the table, there are hazards, which I’ll go into in a minute. You mentioned the pluses—you’re both new in town, you can explore the city together. You can find a place together, instead of having to each search for a place. Sounds like you’d need a roommate, which can be a crapshoot. At least you sorta know your partner, right? BUT:

You don’t really know them very well at all. I’ve partnered with some brilliant people who were really, really weird. Working with them was great, living with them? Uh, no. The biggest negative is, you’re going to be spending 24 hours a day with the same person. I don’t think too many relationships can survive THAT.

Creative people need some alone time. Time to sit under a tree and do nothing. Or go to a museum. Or watch a movie. You’ll find that when you say goodbye on Friday, you’ll both come in Friday with ideas that are more instinctive, more emotional than you would when you’re “working.”

You can still be friends. You can hang out. You can go to a bar or a club or a party with them. Being in a new town, it’ll be kinda like when you go on a shoot (without the room service). This way, whenever you see them, you’ll think of fun and cool ideas, not who left the dirty dishes in the sink. “Well there’s only two of us here and it wasn’t me!”

Whatever you decide, congratulations on your new job. Enjoy your new job and your new town.

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I have friends who did it and it didn’t end well. It’s too much time w one person.

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I lived with a coworker once. Don’t do it

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Don’t. Sounds like a good idea at first until it’s not. I moved in with my creative partner, who also happened to be one of my best friend - we went to advertising school together, got our first job together and then after a few year we moved to another country and decided to share a flat. We stayed there for 4 years, and our friendship was pretty much gone at the end of the 3rd. Spending 24/7 with someone you worked with makes all the lines blurry. You don’t know anymore where your friendship ends and your working relationship starts. Eventually we took separate ways to prevent hating each other and lose a friendship that was already 10 years long at that point.

Do not do it. Trust me, I made that mistake.

I would do it for a temporary sublet while we both found our own places. That way you can get your sea legs and have someone to hang out with right off the bat, but you don’t have time to get on each other’s nerves

Hard no.

I did it when I was an intern with my partner and after about 3 months we got hired on full-time and immediately moved out. Not a good idea, unless it’s short term

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