Moving in

My FH and I dated for 7 months before we moved in together. We are now going on 4 years of being together and 3 years of living together. We also have a 2 year old and I wouldn't want it any other way.

My FH and I are barely moving in together in December but our wedding is in March. But, I think it’s completely normal to live with someone for a long time before getting married. I honestly wish my FH and I moved in sooner.

My fiancé and I have been together for 2 years. And have lived together 1 1/2 years of that. (But we have known each other for 12 years)

We bought a house about 8 months before our wedding lol

This is a super personal choice and there is no right or wrong answer. We live in 2019. Most people I know who have gotten married in the past decade or so have lived together pre-wedding.

I am a huge believer in try before you buy. Even if you have known someone for years, living with them is a whole other thing. You don’t really know a person until you cohabitate. This is so important to me that My FH and I are having a two year engagement (10/2021) because we won’t be able to move in together until 7/2020. We want a fall wedding and I want to give it longer than a couple months.

Its not too long. You want to live with someone for a while before getting married.
I was married before and we didn't move in until after we got married.
This time we dated for 3 years before even moving in and then lived together for 2 before he proposed. Personally I love that we took our time.

We lived2gether be4 the engagement 6yrs and it helped me deal with him... He has ways that if i would of waited til marriage to move in i would of moved back home quick lol...

I wouldn’t ever want to get married without having lived together beforehand. I mean, how can you gauge true compatibility otherwise?

We lived together 2 years before we tied the knot. I highly recommend it. We learned some things about each other and we had to work to get thru fights. I would not have wanted to start out my marriage in these kinda fights. It’s better that it’s in the past. You don’t really know a person until you’ve lived with them

We moved in together a year into our relationship and lived together for 5 years by the time we got married. It was important for us to live together and make sure we were compatible before even considering marriage.

I’m in the same boat with my fiancé! We’re getting married in 2021 but plan on getting a place next year !

View Quoted Comment That’s pretty smart advise Mrs. Bubba!

My fiance and I have lived together since right after high school 4 & 1/2 years ago! We get married Dec 2020 (I tell people we are married without the certificate becase all our finances are together, we have a dog together, etc)

We lived together before getting engaged and it made it all much easier for us. I don’t think the length period matter but that’s honestly up to you. A lot of people asks how’s married life and since we lived together already it hasn’t made any difference for us which makes the transition smoother than most.

Not at all!! I feel like it’s important to live with one another before you marry! It’s so important now a days

When FH and I started dating we were long distance. Once I graduated school we moved in together. That was about three years ago, we’re getting married next year. By the time we get married, we’ll have lived together about 3.5 years and been together for 4. It worked perfectly for us but everyone is different!

View Quoted Comment Thank you!

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I have a very conservative family who has questioned us living together for the past 4 years. We bought our house together 2 years ago. It has challenges and strengthened our relationship. It was financially and emotionally the right thing to do for us.

We we are still very excited for our wedding in a year, and recognize the responsibility of marriage. Us sharing a mortgage doesn’t change that. People will always have opinions. You do do what is best for you and your partner.

My FH and I have been living together our whole relationship. We were best friends before we started dating so I already knew him well enough to know he wasn’t psycho so I figured why not.

I moved in with my FH a month after we started dating. February will be 5 years and we aren’t getting married till next October. We bought our first house last May. I guess when you know you know. 😆