My fiance and I do not live together and have no plans to live together until after the wedding, when we'll be moving to the UK.
We've been together for 6 years, been engaged since March, and we're enjoying being engaged. I don't feel that I have to "test drive" our relationship...I've known him long enough to know most of his quirks. In addition, living together might prevent us from having a fully recognized marriage in the Catholic church like we intend to (lemme 'splain: the church feels that living together before you're married is a "Trial marriage" and premarital sex, not trusting each other/god, bla blah blah, extra hoops, etc. etc.) I don't necessarily agree with that assessment, especially since my brother and his future wife moved in together shortly before they got engaged and it was purely an economic decision, and it worked out great for them. But they don't have to deal with the church. I'd really rather this whole thing go as smoothly as possible.
In addition...the opportunity never presented itself. I've been in school since the beginning of our relationship, and been living in another town or country than him for most of that. It just didn't make sense for us to do it.
Getting our own flat, our own furniture, our own stuff is really exciting. It will be "OURS", our first investment as husband and wife. And I think that's kind of a great adventure we'll get to have together.
