HOW MANY OF US SUPPORT LIVE-IN RELATIONSHIPS AND WHY?

i know a lot of couples who tried living in together. and honestly? i get surprised results. they love each other so much. and some relationships last really long. i know some which lasted for 8 years and they get married! some for 4 years, 6 and get married. i even heard in the news that there was this couple who were living in together for more than 20 years. and still, they love each other so much. they got married during a mass wedding ceremony. i think it all depends on the couple. if they are serious, then, it will surely last for a long long time...even for forever.

I support live-in relationships because I have been in two myself. I believe it is better to live with someone before marriage because it opens your eyes to a lot of things you may have never known about that person. In fact, if it wasn't for the first one being a live-in relationship, we probably would've gotten married and I would've never known he was cheating! The second one has lasted a year and a half and we have a great relationship. It is kind of like a trial marriage.

I do support to live in relationship to some extend, but I still believe marriage brings more commitment than live in relationship. Rather going for live in relationship, I would suggest going for dating like having time spend together in beaches, coffee, etc to see if the relationship works. Most times the live in relationships when people live together they have less commitment. Sometimes the relationship tends to get over. Marriage gives more responsibility and care for each other and more commitment to each other.

For a guy it is an easy escape when thing go wrong in the relationship. But I also have seen relatioship that has last as long as the married couples. They even had children of their own and looks pretty normal family. The only problem is that they can easily crumble when the guy is weak. In the end it is always the woman left alone with kids and devastated whereas if you would opt for marriage they would have to go to all the troubles before they can truly say they are free from obligations.

Before i am sarcastic about this thing when i heard such. But now that i am grown up and getting older i can see some situations which is difficult because of marriage and much more the children and the most affected. I understand that living in is also a way to know each other better. This is also depends on how both of you perceive things. It takes two to tango, right? There's nothing wrong about living in in my own opinion. Marriage for me is a very sacred thing and i believe that when you have entered this you have to remain faithful to all the rules and regulations of a married person. Not only that but more so the law of God which is oftentimes put into waste because those who have entered marriage are not so sure themselves or i may say not aware of the consequences, the meaning of real Marriage.

I'd rather live in first than get married then live together with the person. Why? Because you will never know the attitude of the person, you will never know how he is inside the house or if he snores or do crazy things you will only realize when you got married just by having dinner or having dates with the person because courtship dictates that you put your best self forward. Living in will give you the perfect picture of what he really is. Sometimes people cite in their divorce irreconcilable differences because when they got married they didn't know that the person is like this or that. They only discovered it eventually when they are together. I believe in marriage, it's sacred so I wouldn't want to break it. So I wouldn't get married just because before i could live in with the person we'd have to be married first. But rather I will marry because I have seen what he is, his best and his worst and that I know in myself that I can put up with it.

I respectfully disagree. My S/O and I have been together 6 years, living together 5. We are very committed to each other and are in love. As I said, I do live with my S/O. We call ourselves husband and wife though we are not legally married nor do we plan to be anytime in the near future. In today's time, it's not considered a sin or taboo to do that. In fact, it actually helps a relationship grow and if it doesn't work out, at least you know before marraige and divorce.