Woohoo @MissDre! Sounds exciting.

I’m going on yet another first date on Wednesday. Not terribly excited but he seems like a nice enough guy to spend an hour with and he suggested a wine bar that I like that’s just a couple blocks from my place. In a couple days I’m heading to the West Coast to visit family, so I’m glad we were able to schedule something before I leave. So we’ll see what happens! Either way, with Christmas so close, I’m thinking this will be my last first date of 2017, and that’s a relief.

Just finished catching up since i was out of town last week visiting family for Thanksgiving. Wow, so much news! Congrats to thehizzy and missdre! Hope you have a good time on your first last date of 2017 copa! And congrats to the ladyE on your upcoming show!

My oldest (22) daughter and her boyfriend decided they want to live together (they’ve been dating 6 months). She lives with us and we told her she has to stay on top of her own bills for 6 months before she can do that. She’s just now getting back on her feet and we’ve been paying her car payment and insurance. Plus, he still lives at home and they plan to live there for a year before moving out on their own. I think that’s kind of a dumb idea. I think they should save now and plan to move in a year into their own place. No need to be in a hurry….except I’m kinda ready for her to move out. But then I don’t want her to make yet another mistake and have to move back in again. Technically she is an adult so we don’t have much say, except we have been supporting her (financially) which is why we put the 6 mo stipulation.

@MissDre I’m excited to hear your adventures of via getting, job searching and moving across the pond! I’m stoked for you! The first 6 months of living with Future MrHizzy has been a rough go of adjustment but still fun every day. I hope it goes smoothly as possible for you. So excited for you! Are you officially engaged or waiting for that?

@Rangerchic That would make me nervous as a mom. The only time I’ve ever lived with an SO was when I was about that age, like a year out of college and we figured why not since his lease was up and we already spent all our free time together anyway. It didn’t end well. It was almost 10 years ago at this point, it’s kind of incredible to look back on how young and poor and downright clueless we were. Haha. Although, two of my co-workers, both of whom are in their early 20s and not far out of college, seem to be successfully and happily cohabiting with their respective boyfriends, so maybe I was particularly immature at 23.

@Moneypenny That’s an exciting step to take! Glad it went well!

I liked that article @MissDre. So true!

@MissDre sounds like you have a plan! I’m still excited to follow your journey. I had “lived” with a significant other in college with a bunch of other roomies but we had separate rooms so Future MrHizzy was my first big kid relationship to move in together. His patience and love is what got us through and still gets us through. I *thought* I knew what to expect, but not really! Haha! But still, wouldn’t change it for the world.