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Originally posted by Ginger
I moved in with my then-boyfriend after we'd been dating for only 4 months. We got engaged 8 months later and are getting married a little over a year later (eek, it's only 2 months away!)
I don't know... it's different for every person, but I don't think I would have done that in college. It's too transitional a time for everyone involved. We were both a few years out of college by the time we met, and had the experience of living on our own for several years, becoming financially stable, etc.
Generally I would say... if you're still in college, wait until you have a ring. In my case, we'd already talked about the possibility of marriage and I was pretty secure in the idea that the relationship was going somewhere 
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What an insightful post, and an interesting way of looking at things. I think it is very important that people live on their own for awhile first before moving in with someone. I know there are "exceptions" but I think that it is important to experience independence, especially especially after the "transitional" phase of college (because after all college is not really "reality").