Moving home can be an exciting time in your life, particularly if you’re moving in with your partner for the first time ever. No matter what you’re moving for, congratulations are in order, so, congratulations! What matters, however, is how well you move in, because this can often taint the experience if it’s not planned well – and as we know, most home moves can be a little tense.
It can be a great idea to plan ahead and use worthwhile services to make this approach a little easier to deal with. Professional moving companies such as SMARTBOX Solutions, Inc. are worth their weight in gold here. That said, it’s also good to support your partner in their ambitions, and to use this time of sometime-stress to bond with someone you love. If you can keep up with a stressful home move together, you can survive a vacation that goes wrong due to bad luck, and if you can get through those things together with a smile on your face, well you have a bond worthy of envy.
Let’s consider how we can be the best partner ever during this time of both excitement and planning stress:
Share The Burden
Sharing the burden can alleviate the stress of your partner and can also help you avoid the little struggles that come with partitioning duties. Sit down and talk to them about what you can both do, and what responsibilities each of you have. Then, it can be good for you to lend a hand with one another and to review the work completed. This way, you can make sure everything is packed well, that services are uncoupled, and that your home is in good condition before you leave. It’ll also give you time to say goodbye to your old life and emotionally prepare for your wonderful new chapter.
Discuss Travel Ahead Of Time
It’s good to discuss your traveling route ahead of time. You might decide, for instance, that you’ll share driving privileges, or that one person will read for directions to keep you both on track. You may decide to allow your partner to stay at the new house to meet the moving team while you drive everything across. What matters is agreeing and sticking to the plan. This way, you can both pull your weight with confidence.
Make Sure Both Of You Visit The House
It can feel somewhat uneven to have one person know everything about the household while the other may have only visited it once due to time constraints and schedules. Make sure both of you visit the house in advance, at least twice, and that you have some time together exploring the local environment and deciding on what work you’ll see to. Little efforts like this can really make the biggest difference going forward, and you’ll appreciate the time together.
With this advice, we hope you can both support your partner during that tough and difficult first home move.
