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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you know what he wants in life? Like does he want marriage, kids, etc? Living together is a natural precursor to that. Every married couple I know (myself included) lived together before getting engaged. I don’t buy into that whole idea about why would men propose if they’re getting the benefits of marriage already. Lots of men do want committed relationships and marriage and kids.  Living together is a good way to take the next step to that, save money, and spend more time together.

If you haven’t talked about it, now is a good time. Just be upfront about what you want and when you may want it.[/quote]

OP here. Yes. He told me on the like date 3 that he was looking for a relationship that would hopefully become very serious. He’s ready to settle down and didn’t want to waste my time if I wasn’t considering marriage in the near future. We have had at least a handful of serious conversations about our future since then. We don’t have a timeline but we both want to get married and have kids.

We are in love and I see myself marrying him. I’ve never lived with a partner before and navigating this stage is new to me. He has told me many times he will marry me. His brother wife told me a couple of months at their wedding how my boyfriend told them he plans to marry me and that he was sure I was it for him. She said that he told them very early on and many times more that he knew he wanted to marry me. [/quote]

It sounds to me like his intentions are very serious. In that case, and if you’re both in at least your late 20s or an age where it makes sense to see an engagement in a year, moving in makes sense. Many people these days what to live together before getting married. DH and I did, 15 years ago. He proposed four months after we moved in and we got married a year later. I could tell he wasn’t the kind of guy to mess around, though. By the time we moved in we had been together 1.5 years and we were both nearing 30. [/quote]

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