Quiz: are you ready to move in together?
Is it time? 8 honest questions about money, chores, space, and expectations to find out if you're truly ready.
Moving in together changes more than it seems: finances mix, routines clash, and space is negotiated daily. This cohabitation quiz measures five key areas — finances, chore-sharing, need for space, aligned expectations, and conflict management — and gives a 0–100 score. It doesn't decide for you: it gives you a conversation map.
What makes cohabitation work?
Research on cohabitation shows that couples who talk before moving in — about money, chores, space, and expectations — report higher satisfaction during the first year. The most common early conflicts tend to revolve around cleanliness and order, couple time vs. individual time, and day-to-day finances.
This quiz doesn't decide whether you should move in: only you know that. What it does is highlight the topics worth covering before you sign the lease.
How your result is calculated
Each answer adds to a total and to five dimensions (finances, chores, space, expectations, conflict). The score is the percentage of the maximum. Low-scoring dimensions are the conversations most worth having.
All the quiz questions
Have you talked about how you'll split household expenses?
Do you know who will handle what at home (cleaning, cooking, shopping)?
Does either of you regularly need alone time or personal space?
Have you aligned expectations about friends' or family visits?
After long trips or weekends together, how do you come out?
Have you talked about who owns what if you ever decide to separate?
When you disagree about home habits (tidiness, noise, temperature), how do you resolve it?
Are you moving in for the right reasons? (love and shared project, not external pressure or economics)
- Rhoades, G. K. & Stanley, S. M. (2014). Cohabitation, engagement, and relationship quality.
- Premarital education programs — The Gottman Institute
Frequently asked questions
How long should you be together before moving in?
There's no universal minimum, but it helps to have spent extended time living together (trips, long weekends) and to have talked about money, chores, and space before making the move.
Does living together before marriage improve or hurt relationships?
Research is mixed: what best predicts success isn't whether you live together before or after marrying, but the quality of communication and the level of mutual commitment.
What if we score very differently?
That's valuable: it means you perceive the situation differently. That contrast is exactly what's worth discussing before moving in.
What about your relationship?
Take the quiz and discover your compatibility, communication, and future in minutes.