Living Together before marriage

I also agree that everyone should also be able to make their own decesions; however, personally, I don't see any reasons not to. My boyfriend and I live together. We have been togehter for almost four years now. We are planning on getting married in a couple of years. In all honesty, I think it is a good idea for a couple to live togehter before they get married. If not, at least do a trial run for like a week or so. I know that you love a person for who they are, but there are some people who can't get past certian habits or other similar things. Living together, even if it is only for a short period of time, may give a couple a good idea as to whether or not they are really good for each other or meant to be together.

it's actually up for the couples to decide on what's best for them. i am not against living in together before getting married. atleast, you get to know each other well before saying your vows. i respect all people's view on this. for as long as they are happy with what they wanna do with their lives, then, go for it!

I don't want to tell other people how they should live their lives... But in my experience, my husband and I did. :) We moved in together very shortly after we started dating... LOL But then again, we started out as co-workers and we knew each other for about 4 or 5 months before we started dating... So we both knew we weren't psychos! LOL During the time we were living together, we LIVED and acted like we were married. :)

Living together makes a relationship more real in that you get to see how the other one really lives. You get to see if you are as compatible as you thought you were. My husband and I lived together for about 6 months before we married and it was a great time to get used to living with someone else.

it depends on one's principles, but i see this as a great opportunity. living together before marriage has the same purpose as engagement itself ... getting to know better the person who will be there for the rest of u'r life. it's better to find out before marriage if u and u'r fiance get along just as well living a domestic life. divorces and fighting for the custodie over children can be avoided that way.

Well, many people think that this is very wrong, but I think that it is ok. Me and my boyfriend have lived together for a few years now and I think it helped bring us closer together. Some people end up getting divorced not long after they get married, so maybe they should live together for a while before getting married. Then they would just have to break up instead of get divorced.