{"id":5357,"date":"2015-08-11T21:56:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T21:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:48:40","slug":"flatmate-falls-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/flatmate-falls-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"8 signs your flatmate has become your BAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5357\" class=\"elementor elementor-5357\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e0a9d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e0a9d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a666d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a666d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/istockpizzfeature.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5368\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/istockpizzfeature.jpg 750w, https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/istockpizzfeature-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b42bb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71b42bb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a8829de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a8829de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You&#8217;re already living together. You&#8217;ve skipped about fifteen steps in the relationship process.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s obviously not hard to fall in love with your housemate. <a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/flatmates-partner\/\">They&#8217;re basically like the partner<\/a> you got to CHOOSE to have leaving their smelly socks and three-day-old underwear under the kitchen bench (GROSS). They couldn&#8217;t lie to you about their age, hobbies, religious affiliations, or that youtube video of them eating 12 hotdogs in 1 minute, because hey they had to fill out all those exhaustive forms just to be near you in the first place.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/flatmates-partner\/\">How to have THE talk with your flatmate. Yes, that one.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>No lies, just love.<\/p><p>So if you&#8217;ve noticed some of these things happening then we are 99.9% sure your flatmate wants to cuddle you at night or share your toothbrush. You know what I mean.<\/p><h3><strong>1. Your\u00a0flatmate gives you a running\u00a0commentary of their date.<\/strong><\/h3><p>You are also the person they ask to ring them after 30 minutes with an &#8220;emergency&#8221;, just in case they have to ditch this Tinder loser.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/zm9zv.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5358\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/zm9zv.jpg\" alt=\"zm9zv\" width=\"720\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/zm9zv.jpg 460w, https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/zm9zv-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>2. If either of your parents decide to visit, they actually clean out the cutlery drawer and WIPE THE FINE CHINA.<\/strong><\/h3><p>You never know when your mum may reach for a knife only to find it hasn&#8217;t been washed in 1.3 years.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EqQdZro.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EqQdZro.gif\" alt=\"EqQdZro\" width=\"750\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>3. You have a secret language of swears that would sound ridiculous to anyone else.<\/strong><\/h3><p>&#8220;Can you come over here you, flippetyflacker!?&#8221; See, absurd.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/9Ekjj1x.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5361 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/9Ekjj1x.gif\" alt=\"9Ekjj1x\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>4. When you rant to them about the price of petrol\/the ridiculousness of your mechanical and mechatronic physics lecture\/your dog sh*tting everywhere, they genuinely listen.<\/strong><\/h3><p>They don&#8217;t have a car, take the subject or like pets but by god do they nod their head like they FEEL YOU FROM THEIR SOUL. Hold onto that magic.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fn3tw3P.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5362\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fn3tw3P.gif\" alt=\"fn3tw3P\" width=\"720\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>5. They don&#8217;t even close the door when they go to the toilet\/shower.<\/strong><\/h3><p>You&#8217;ve seen and heard it all. However disturbing that may be, you&#8217;ve got to give them kudos for their confidence.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/6b9720e0-537c-0132-0b43-0eae5eefacd9.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5363\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/6b9720e0-537c-0132-0b43-0eae5eefacd9.gif\" alt=\"6b9720e0-537c-0132-0b43-0eae5eefacd9\" width=\"720\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>6. If neither of you finds a partner by age 30, you&#8217;ll marry each other.<\/strong><\/h3><p>It&#8217;s an unshakeable pact. For now you&#8217;ll settle for carving your names, &#8220;Carrie + Tim&#8221;, into a tree. Because tree&#8217;s are forever.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_m017xcczDU1qci0woo1_500.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5364\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tumblr_m017xcczDU1qci0woo1_500.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_m017xcczDU1qci0woo1_500\" width=\"750\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>7. When they get free coupons for salsa dancing lessons\/grocery shopping\/crocs, you go and use them. Because bonding.<\/strong><\/h3><p>Who cares if you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing and you just head butted the teacher???<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kp8bSAU.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5365\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kp8bSAU.gif\" alt=\"Kp8bSAU\" width=\"720\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>8. They understand that you&#8217;re never on a &#8220;diet&#8221; and there is always room for cheesecake.<\/strong><\/h3><p>When everyone else is offering you a salad, BAE is offering you a sandwich. With white bread. 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