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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious as it came up in conversation the other day. My rather liberal mother is staunch on one rule in life - never live with someone until you are married. Her reasonings are that classic "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" idiom and that it just makes things 10x more difficult if things go south.

I understand those points of views but think it's a good idea to live with each other before marriage because understanding whether you can live well together is a BIG part of having a successful marriage. I would perhaps open up her rule to "never live with someone until you're engaged (or soon to be engaged)." Or I would say that living together (in a rental situation) before marriage is fine, but you shouldn't buy property together yet.

What are your opinions? [/quote]

[b]I have a better idea: Live 6 months with his parents[/b].

Then turn around and try to understand his family of origin, the role-model his father was, the type of mother his mother was, how they ran their family/split responsibilities, how well they communicated (or not), and then assume that will be your BF's baseline. Horrified?  Excited?  [/quote]

Good plan.  And after those 6 months are up, you and he can live 6 months with your parents.  It'll be fun!

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totally, he would learn a thing or two!  It's crazy how many ppl think the only way to do things is how their parents did it in the 70s and 80s. crazy. [/quote]

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