Is it wrong for people to live together who are not married?

It is a terrible shame that society has caused older people to feel they can't marry because they will lose benefits. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do I guess. It will be up for God to decide if it is wrong or not. I think it is important they live in a committed relationship and continue to love one another. Maybe in God's eyes they are married. It is not for me to judge.

i think that living together with out marriage isn't wrong, i'm really not that of a conservative type, and i just think that it's really just ok to do it rather getting married and then having divorce when you find something wrong about your partner. sometimes, there are more things that meets the eye that are better left unsaid, so i respect others that do it and also for those that detest it. living together gets to be wrong for me, is when you are living together because you can't be married because you are just having some affair, it's wrong because it's gives a bad shade with the word living in. and it's a totaly different concept from what i am trying to discuss.

Of course it's not wrong! Some people might not approve because of their religion etc but ultimately it comes down to your personal views. I plan to move in with my boyfriend long before we get married.

Well well well!!! Living together, without getting married, is not all wrong or sin!! Basically its toatlly depends upon those people that what exactly they think about themselves. If they do respect their realtion ship then nobody can point out them , or nobody can talk anything bad, anything wrong about them. And most important thing is if tehy are really finding themselves happy with that kind of realtion ship, and truely trsut each other, then its perfectly allright!!!

I'm not sure if its wrong in the eyes of god. I think it is a personal choice. For me I think living together before marriage is a good thing, with the rate of divorce shouldn't you make sure you are compatible before you take the next step.. People are different once you live with them. You should see all sides of them before you marry.. Im just living with my partner we are not married but I call him my husband. Maybe we will get married someday and maybe we wont. I've been married before and I don't want to take that step again until I know its going to be forever. There are many reasons couples don't get married, yes, I have heard of the money thing too. I know when my aunt got married they came after her for her new husbands back taxes...So they had to get legally seperated so she wasn't responsible.. I don't think you should be liable for things your new spouse has done in the past.. I think I will stop now because I"m rambling..

While I don't think it's wrong to live with someone if you are not married to them, I am of two minds on the subject. On one hand, I think living with someone before marriage is a good thing. This is because you get to judge if you two are truly compatible in a living situation before you decide to get married. On the other hand, I don't think it's a good idea because I feel you are less likely to get married if you live with someone before you are married. I fear that some men won't bother asking a woman to marry him if she has already taken the role of wife beforehand. So I think it's good and bad in some ways.

Let them live together, let them enjoy togehter, ultimately they should not indulge in cheating each other. The whole relationship rests on mutual trust and mutual respect. Love has 2 sides - darker and brighter. Better undergo darker side first (not lights off in the bedroom) I mean difficulties and later on brighter side will come which brings happiness.

there is nothing wrong in people living together without getting married, as long as they know what they are doing.

For me it is very wrong and I won't do it. In the eyes of God no two person should live together as couples without the blessing of marriage.

Live together without any se*ual activity involvement, why not?! However, usually, when you are in love, or think you are in love, this kind of activity is very hard to reject. Therefore it wasn't advice in the Bible to become one in the eyes of the Lord with no commitment. Living together could end up no marriage or marriage in the future (in the law). I see living together with s-e-x involvement as a kind of marriage anyway. I myself, would like the idea of no living together before marriage, but find out as much as I could the character of my future spouse to be before I tie the knot. I don't really need to live with him/her to know his/her character before I get married, I suppose.

It is definely wrong. if someone lives together with his partner without marriage. Let's say someday they have children, automatically your recent status educate your chidren to do the same thing in their life. Do you want to have a daughter to live together with a man without marriage. It will be good if they can be together for the rest of their life, but what if the man just leave her, without law you can't sue him.

i lived with my husband 5 years before we got married. i think it gives you a chance to get to really know someone better if you live with them. maybe if more people did, not so many relationships would fail after they were married.

Biblical probably so, but in reality no. Living togehter is as close as you can get to marriage with out taking the final step. It's probably not a bad idea to try it out first. Relationship dynamics can change for the better or worse when you live with someone. You get to see them at their best and at their worst.

I was surprised by the number of older couples that live together. I thought the older couples would not believe in living together and that was just for the younger crowd. If I found the right person and we did get close and want to move in together I would not mind and I would settle for that until marriage was ok for both of us. I would not move in with someone until I was really ready and sure of my feelings for him. Living together is just like marriage without the legality.