Live-in or marriage?

Honestly, I've tried both and I would now choose neither of the above. I prefer to live on my own and date. We both have our own space and see each other ONLY when we want to. We don't have to deal daily with each other's little quirks which we all have. I have seen so many divorced couples that take up this idea and it really works. You can date a person exclusively for years and years and be perfectly happy. You can look forward to spending a nite or the weekend at each other's place and you always have something to look forward to. It may not be for everyone but for me it is perfect. Also, with the break up and divorce rate, if things go south...no need to stress over who gets what or where you are going to stay. You have no reason to stay in a bad relationship for all the wrong reasons therefore you are only in it for love and nothing else. It's perfectly perfect.

Many christians will attack me now....I am on a Live in relationship, well I am just being careful there is no divorce in our country. I am also not ready to get married but I am sexually active. so yeah me and my girlfriend lives in the same roof and living like husband and wife. People who never sinned cos they think they were holy, you can now pick your stones and throw it at me.

I think it is better to really marry since if you have kids, there would be no problem with what the child's family name would be. But it would be n ice to live-in at first, just for a few years- kind of a like a practice of married life.

I rather choose marriage whether in front of a priest or of a judge because it's really what we used to do and it's legal. Live-in partnership is deviant and both partners could easily decide for break ups because of the fact that they are not married. In marriage, you swear to God, to the presider, to the witnesses and to your partner to be always faithful until the end.

In my opinion I would rather have a live-in relationship with my boyfriend because although my religion is strict about issues like these, I have witnessed people who get into marriage and fall spectacularly apart eventually because they were not able to cope up with adapting to the person they married. Living in gives you the chance to get to know your partner before you can actually decide to seal your love with the binding contract.

I am in a live-in relationship with my partner. We're planning to get married soon. We've been together for 6 years and it's really fun. You get to do a lot of things together without being hampered so much. No worries at all in our relationship. We both are the obsessive-possessive type, so we know how to get along. We're both very loyal and I really think that it was best that we lived with each other so we know each other's good or bad habits so that it won't be as big of a shock if we got married.

For me if I love her and she loves me. I don't live in is enough to be with her. I prefer to get married with her than to live-in

I still prefer of getting married than to live in relationship. I witnessed a lot of marriage been failed, it scares me though.But I know some can be successful and still works well with two individual. I'm not againts of lived in relationships just the sacred of marriage still in my thought. Most woman dream about getting marriage and that still in my belief. Live in relationship though its convenient to both and it relieves partners from being entangled into responsibility when relationship doesn't work well. But for me,even if someday marriage will fail to succeed,it means a lot to me.At least my dream has fulfilled and been experienced to walked down the aisle with my groom,with all those blessings from people important to us and moreover a blessing from GOD..

I'd like to get married someday in my life, because... not because of the paper, but because I love the spiritual meaning of it, to declare our love in front of the whole world, officially. But before that, I would have a live-in relationship for a while, because I think you get to know your partner really well if you live with him/her for a while.

In my opinion,getting married with her is the best choice,if you really love her.But here is a problem,that's how you can make sure you love her.I won't say no to a live-in relationship,if you take it as a way to get to know each other better and to prepare for your future marriage life. The point I stick at is that your aim should be a marriage instead of a long-time live-in relationship,when you start a relationship.If you two are ready,getting married is of course the best choice.When you two are still not ready,trying a period time of live-in relationship is also OK. If I was in such a situation,I would like to getting married if the situation is fine.The second best choice should be having a live-in relationship for some time,like no more than a year.If you two feel good,just get married. Anyway,I prefer to get married rather than a live-in relationship.I mean,for me,getting married is always prior than a live-in relationship. Hope you have your own thought about this,friend.

Marriage. For legality in the society and of God.

I prefer the live-in relationship because based on what I saw around me there are a lot of my friends who get married and they got separated for just after 3 to 5 years. I saw both of the parties regretted, others hardly move on so it is difficult for me in that situation. I prefer live-in relationship for my reason to know my partner better when we are together in one roof. If we both realize lately that we are not compatible then we can talk for separation. Off course we should plan not to have a baby until we realize if we really love each other and if we want to be each other's lifetime partner.We should be responsible in our decisions.