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Dude's thread about what he's learned living with two female flatmates is a real eye-opener

"'I NEED A POO' is probably the most used phrase in this house."

Rachel Thompson

on April 3, 2018

You learn a lot about someone when you move in with them.

One chap didn't just learn about his S.O.'s quirks and habits when he moved in with his girlfriend and her BFF. He also ended up learning a lot about women and the power of female friendship.

Craig Shapes, from Kent, UK, tweeted about his experience of living with his girlfriend and her bezzie, who's also female. "Some of the shit I've seen is EYE OPENING mate," wrote Shapes.

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Here's a shot of Craig, his girlfriend Billie (right), and her BFF Sarah (left) all together:

Shapes' first observation is female friendship 101. He observed that women show each other ALL the messages they receive. "Nobody is safe," wrote Shapes. "Girls don't need screenshots mate, they have photographic screenshot memories."

He even made a few observations of the bathroom variety. "'I NEED A POO' is probably the most used phrase in this house," wrote Shapes.

"Oh my days the hair clips. Stand on them, sit on them, wake up with them attached to your skin, mate I could have a fucking bath in the ones I find on a weekly basis," Shapes added.

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"The process for getting ready for a night out is not just 'wash, get dressed, go out.' Nah," says Shapes. "There’s meetings, catwalk shows, endless compliments and it’s sometimes an actual 2 man job cos some dresses have back zips that would literally be impossible for one girl to reach mate."

Moving in with his girlfriend and her BFF means Shapes now has a great deal of candles in his life.

One of Shapes' observations might ring true for a number of you Instagram lurkers. Shapes says he's found that the saying 'girls find out everything' is 100 percent true.

"Seriously I mention a first name, after 5 mins on Insta they know the person's dog's name, their shoe size, and their national insurance number," he wrote.

Shapes has also gained useful lifestyle insights. He's learned about the wonders of dressing gowns, a.k.a. bathrobes. "If you haven't got a dressing gown then you are missing out mate," he writes.

Shapes has also discovered that women have access to a wondrous thing called a shared wardrobe. What's mine is yours, as the saying goes.

This observation is true of anyone who lives with someone with longhair. "There is so much hair everywhere mate," says Shapes.

But the most important observation of all is this one right here. "You don't know true loyalty until you've lived with girls. And the house is full of laughter every day. Love them," he writes.

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Rachel Thompson

Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.