Moving in

It depends on you both and your feelings/values/traditions. Me and my FH moved in together after just 6months of dating, and while that isn't custom, it worked out for us. Everyone is different. We've lived together 3 years and have 14 months until wedding day.

We've been together for 7 years and living together for 5 years. Just got engaged in May and will be married in May 2020. I say do what works for you.

I am moving into his(now our) house the second week in November. Our wedding isn’t till September 2020. I’m 44. He’s 46. We both want to do it, so we are.

We’ve been together for 5 years, college sweethearts. We moved in together in April and got engaged in September. Things haven’t changed dramatically but I am definitely getting glimpses into what marriage will look like and finding ways to adjust or address concerns now. I don’t think 2 years is too long. It’ll teach you, grow you and, strengthen you before you walk down the aisle. Plus, moving and wedding planning together is so much.

I did we have been together for 7years and just got ENGAGED almost 2months now😊

Everyone is different. Although I never would have lived with someone before getting married, my FH and I did as we lived 2-4 hours away (depending on traffic) from each other when we met and I would not have been able to afford an apartment by myself. I also kind of knew from the beginning that he was the one. We did wait until we had been together for a year before we did moving in together. We’ve learned a lot about each other since then and we’ve been together six years this month. It hasn’t always been easy, but we’ve already jumped the hurdle of adapting to one another’s habits and quirks. So, there’s less stress there. I think you will be okay whatever you decide as you are marrying him.

We've been staying at each others houses basically since the first couple months of dating and then officially moved in together after maybe a year of dating. And we're just getting married now after living together for a little over 2 years or so. You really should so you can get a feel if you're comfortable with their quirks and such. Does he/she cook, clean, help with stuff? Or does he/she leave the house a mess and do things you couldnt live with. I think it's a huge benefit to live together before marriage.

My fiance and I have been together for 8 years and have lived together for 6 of those years. It's definitely a personal thing. If you're willing to live together before being married, I don't think the length of time matters.

We will have been living together for 3.5 years by the time we get married. It’s important to live together before getting married! So no shame at all with moving in together way before the wedding, it will be a good thing for your relationship!

I lived with my husband before getting married. Had to see if we could live together before saying “I do”.

Lol, we’ve been living together since 2013 and get married next week. We’ve also had 2 kids during that time (now aged 5 and 2). I think everyone is different, just do what feels right for your situation.

I did pretty much move in before our wedding. Maybe 1-2 months before. just made wedding planning easier. Before I was living with him half the week

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And something that people don't seem to take into account is that it literally doesn't cost money to live with your SO and weddings cost a ton of money

We lived together for over 3 years before getting married.

I'd been living alone for a while, so DH moving in caused some adjustments on both our parts. He'd had a key to my place since I had moved in, but there's a difference between someone having access to your space, and *sharing* it.

That said, our biggest adjustment was just getting used to each other's schedules on a day-to-day basis - we have opposite work hours, and we had to better manage showers/mealtimes/etc. One of the funnier things that happened? We both had a bad habit of leaving leftovers for the other - and not *saying* so... we had so many leftovers go bad! Now, we are VERY CLEAR to each other about that!

Planning a wedding while living together was relatively easy. We didn't have to worry about lists being in different places, or DIY materials being spread out (until we took them to his parents' to be assembled... oops). We could work on planning together, whenever we had time/energy, or just leave it be and do our regular couple things. Also, if we had a disagreement, we were at HOME, so we could communicate better.

We have friends who didn't live together until about a month before their wedding, and I *still* don't know how they managed.

My fiancé and I lived together for 7 years we got engaged almost 2 1/2 years ago I never even thought about that question hahaha so my answer is no not at all.

My fiancé and I are getting married in a month, and we moved in together in April. Originally we were planning on moving in together after we got married, but an opportunity to own our own home presented itself, and we couldn’t pass it up! I’m very happy with our decision. I think it’s a very personal decision, but I’d say go for it!

I’m marrying my fiancée today! We have lived with each other for 2 years. We had a long distance (NY to PA) relationship for about 10 years. About a year after he proposed, I got my degree and we got an apartment together. I am
so happy we decided to live together first. You get to know someone so much more. To be honest, I feel like I’ve only fell more in love with him because he just compliments me so well. Everything that I lack, he makes up for: aka organization, cleaning, etc. lol!

My fiance and I have been living together for three years (going on four next spring). I don't even know how we'd get wedding planning done if we lived separately, I work nights and he's a full time student. Living together beforehand has definitely been more beneficial for us.

My fiancee and I have lived together for 2 years almost 3 now

FH and I will have lived together formally for 1.5 years by our wedding date. Although I basically lived at his place for 2.5 years prior... it was an adjustment. Especially for him emotionally. They say "the first year of marriage is the hardest," but I think that came from before people were cohabiting prior to marriage. I say the first year of cohabitation is the hardest. If you can smooth over things by living together for 2 years (which many do!), there is nothing wrong at all with that timeline. Don't rush and enjoy life's stage!