relationship – because if one doesn't follow the rules, the other has the power to kick them out. Dylan Smith, 24, had been with his girlfriend Emily, 21, for a year and a half when they decided to take the plunge and move in together.Since then the couple, from Essex, have been trying to think of ways to make sharing a home easier.READ MORE:'I always cheat on my partner on holiday – sun is the greatest aphrodisiac'Even though they were excited to start their future together, Dylan said they began to bicker about household chores, and became worried that their relationship wouldn't stand the test of time.He said: "Living with my mum was starting to become stressful, and Emily didn’t want to live in halls for her last year of uni so it made sense to the both of us. "Neither of us really thought about everything that living together entails. “Because I’m in full-time work I didn’t want to get back and do a bunch of chores, but Emily felt like it was unfair that she would be taking on all of the housework. "At the same time I was stressed about having to find furniture and sort out the broadband."We argued about trivial things every day, but it’s so easy for them to build up when you’re not resolving anything. "We were both exhausted and heartbroken that it felt like we couldn’t be on the same side."She said to me ‘surely just talking about living together isn’t going to break us.'"Then, one day, Emily was scrolling through Instagram and saw there was something called cohabitation agreements – a form of legal agreement reached between a couple who have chosen to live together.
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