Ep. 314: Surviving 28 Years Together, Pt. 2: Moving In, Fights, and "I'm Not Happy"

Zach continues his real-talk series on surviving a 28-year relationship — from moving in together and fighting over furniture to the terrifying night his husband said "I'm not happy." Honest, funny, and unfiltered relationship talk.

 

• Picking up from Part 1's origin story, Zach recaps the whirlwind first year and a half before he and Andrew moved in together
• The awkward apartment-hunting saga on the Upper East Side, including who really controlled the decor decisions
• Learning to live with someone — messiness, shared closets, and merging two lives into one bedroom
• Zach's parents' disastrous "housewarming gift" dish-shopping trip (and why his dad swore off shopping with them forever)
• Living through 9/11 in their Upper East Side apartment and the walk home that changed how Zach felt about Manhattan
• The move to Park Slope, Brooklyn — their first two-bedroom, and why it didn't last
• Relocating to Miami: apartment hunting, no broker fees, and buying their first house in Miami Shores
• A hilarious tangent on how differently Zach and Andrew approach buying a car (spoiler: Zach just wants to buy it today)
• The kitchen renovation that went way over budget — and is still intact 20+ years later (according to Zillow)
• The emotionally raw turning point: the night, seven years in, when Andrew said he wasn't happy — and what happened five minutes later
• Zach closes out year seven of twenty-eight, with more chapters still to come

 

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