It’s usually best to get to know your other half totally inside-out before doing anything involving contracts and big money, right?
You know, just in case they’re seriously averse to loading the dishwasher, or worse, they’re into eating tuna straight out of the can at 3am and crawling back into bed without brushing their teeth.
TOWIE's Sam Faiers doesn’t seem to think so – according to reports in The Sun, she’s been house hunting with boyfriend Paul Day – despite only dating him for five months.
“Sam is all or nothing and they’re in discussions about buying. It’s actually Sam’s family who are encouraging her,” reports the paper.
Steady on there, Sam – remember when you went house hunting on TOWIE with your now-ex, Joey Essex? Yeah, that…
Ah, well. We guess Sam (most probably) knows already whether Paul’s into 3am tuna feasts. We hope so, anyway.
The Mirror reports that Sam’s been keeping her relationship with Paul mostly off-camera because he’s “down-to-earth”.
“The only reason Sam has been keeping it under wraps for the past three months is because she is worried about how Paul will cope with being flung into the spotlight.
“Paul is successful in his own right and Sam feels like he is more mature than Joey. He’s shy, not a big drinker and is not on any social media.
“He is not after her fame. He is just a genuine, down-to-earth guy.”
Well, that sounds sensible. We just hope that Sam’s not rushing into the house-buying thing. And that tuna thing could technically be true...