Emily's family (brother, mother, and grandmother) will head back to Edmonton tomorrow. I'm not sure Emily and I will know how to live on our own after they've left! I consider it a very good test of how our family will operate once we move to Edmonton.
For the record, our apartment has 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, and is a little over 500 square feet or 47 square metres. So the five of us have been living together for almost a month in very close quarters. Our "regular" routine has been quite thoroughly destroyed. But overall, life together has been quite good.
Probably the biggest challenge has been sharing a living space with Timothy for a month. For example, he picks up on emotions from the TV so anything remotely exciting or scary can make him agitated. For the last month we've only used the lounge area sleeping or really safe media like Wii games and Chinese opera.
But we've had no major personality clashes, and no-one has been really upset or emotional after spending a month together. That's really quite surprising, all things considered. I actually think this is going to work. :)
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I find that, that is actually a detriment. Families, or any relationship, will always explode with disputes. I would rather know what I'm getting into before being trapped with them in a house. Of course, you've already committed to living with them. Whether they explode on you in Vancouver or Edmonton really doesn't make a difference.
It's kind of like how I believe I can't marry a girl until they get really mad at me. I'd really like to know whether I'm going to be stabbed in the back in my sleep.
Live dangerously. Get married. ;)
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