In regards to living together, I think it depends on the couple's expectations. Does one person expect marriage to follow and the other person does not have marriage on the mind? That situation is a disaster from the get go. If both have similiar expectations, then that is a better situation.
I never lived w/ someone because I didn't want to make that emotional/financial investment for someone I couldn't call my husband.
I'm married now and living together is an adjustment but we spent enough time together to learn each other idiosyncrasies to get along. Also having separate rooms makes it easier to adjust to one another since we have a place to be alone.
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