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[quote=Anonymous]Usually you wind up moving in together because you are already spending the majority of your free time together and you want to see how it goes sharing a place, paying bills together, shopping together, etc.

The risk, of course, is that you will find out that you aren't as compatible as you thought you were.  Maybe one person is an unreliable bill payer and the other person doesn't do their fair share of the cleaning, grocery shopping and cooking.  You learn to work together on that stuff or you decide that things aren't working out and you aren't compatible.

It's also a way to see how devoted you really are to one another.  People who live together tend to celebrate holidays together as a couple and visit their families together.

Living together is a big step up from merely dating without the financial/legal entanglement of marriage.  You always are aware that if things don't work out the other person is free to leave at any time.  It sort of gives you incentive to work things through with each other rather than simply put up with the other person's crap because you're married and divorce is expensive...

Yes, splitting up would be hard, moving is a pain and getting another person to take over your end of the lease is a hassle but it is way, way easier than a divorce is.

So I am fine with people living together before marriage.  In fact, I would recommend it.

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