Is It bad To live together before marriage?
By jen14ed
@jen14ed (865)
Philippines
3 responses
@Jennlk84 (4206)
• United States
10 Sep 09
I think it can be fine.
My husband and I ended up moving in together for about a year before the wedding. We were already engaged and had a wedding date set. We were able to save rent money by moving in together, which is why we decided to do it. Our parent's were ok with it too since they knew we were definitely getting married. I think it can definitely be ok. It's not such a huge transition then when you do get married because you're already use to living with the person.
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@Revenwyn (43)
• United States
11 Sep 09
Personally, I think it is a bad thing to do. Statistics show that those who live together before marriage are more likely to divorce later on than those who have waited until after marriage to live together AND everything else.
I think it's because it's an exercise in patience to wait until after the wedding to do either of those things. Marriage takes a lot of patience to overcome obstacles, and if you don't have the self control to wait, who is to say you'd have the self control to work through problems in a marriage?
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
10 Sep 09
yes, i think its against our customs and traditions. Its braeking a rule which our ancestors have made. and our family is still following .we di need a chnage but this would be a bold thing to do.