Express your needs.
Your partner is not, presumably, a mindreader. If you want a back rub or a hug or some alone time — well, for crying out loud, SAY SO! One bride-to-be, Abby, asked her fiancé to write out a list of expectations before they moved in together. “It was really, really detailed stuff,” she said. “Like, ‘If you come home from work and you’ve had a bad day, where are you going to go in the house?’” Instant relationship roadmap.