Living with your partner before marriage.

Lil_Kells · 18-02-2007, 14:12

Hi,

Just interested to know others veiws on this ... would you or have you lived with your partner before marriage? Obviously there are a lot of different life circumstances that influence this but if you had the choice ... yes or no.

Personally I could not marry someone that I hadn't lived with and got to know extremely well (the good and bad traits) .... as the saying goes "you never really know someone until you've lived with them." I think that it really lets you know what you are in for and what the expectations are in the relationship ... it's all very well to discuss this before (eg, division of chores, who's the bread winner, which bills who pays etc.) but to me actions speak much louder then words.

Cheers Anna

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metal mickey · 18-02-2007, 15:16

ive been with my girlfriend for a year

FordPrincess · 18-02-2007, 15:30

Ive been livin with my bf since July and its good to know each other soo well. theres no way i could marry someone if i had never lived with them, way too many suprises!

Rebel Redneck · 18-02-2007, 17:44

my hubby & i lived together for 5yr before we tied the knot & i think its better to have lived with them before so u get to know them inside out & if u can't stand being with them all the time then don't do it

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Natalie · 18-02-2007, 20:28

It is essential! A marriage is another way of saying "yes you are the one I want for life" it's not a ticket saying "ok now we're married we can live / sleep together and hope we made the right decision!" Apologies to all Christians out there.

trashman · 19-02-2007, 03:20

peronly you would be MAD no to live with them befor marrying them ... you lurn so much more about the person when you live with them .... good and bad ... and in the end if you can't live with them it will never last... best off finding that out befor marriage ...

Emma01 · 19-02-2007, 06:15

I think that you should wait until your married and thats what my boyfriend thinks as well.

Soph · 19-02-2007, 07:35

You learn SO much about a person when you live with them! I couldn't marry someone I hadn't lived with! What if they turned out to be a nightmare to live with! What do you do then! Bugger that! Marriage is such a big thing that I wouldn't want to take any chances!

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countrygirl18 · 19-02-2007, 09:05

I rekon you should live together b4 you get married. It is better to be safe then sorry. And if you marry your partner b4 you live with them, and then figure out you cant live with them.. Then your marriage is pretty much screwed(no offence to anyone). And it would be easier not to be married if you broke up.

Samantha · 19-02-2007, 11:14

My fiance and I have lived together for a year. We had been dating for 2 years before that as well. Wouldnt have it any other way really. I think its definately a good idea to live together before you get married, at least you learn each others bad habbits and can learn to live with them LOL.

18-02-2007, 14:12	#1 (permalink)
Lil_Kells Status: Feral Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sort of near Townsville! Posts: 130 Rep Power: 3	Living with your partner before marriage. Hi, Just interested to know others veiws on this ... would you or have you lived with your partner before marriage? Obviously there are a lot of different life circumstances that influence this but if you had the choice ... yes or no. Personally I could not marry someone that I hadn't lived with and got to know extremely well (the good and bad traits) .... as the saying goes "you never really know someone until you've lived with them." I think that it really lets you know what you are in for and what the expectations are in the relationship ... it's all very well to discuss this before (eg, division of chores, who's the bread winner, which bills who pays etc.) but to me actions speak much louder then words. Cheers Anna __________________ "The roads of life are full of flat rabbits who couldn't make up their minds."

18-02-2007, 15:16	#2 (permalink)
metal mickey Status: CRAZY AND MAD LOL Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: rum capital of australia Posts: 2,392 Rep Power: 6	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. ive been with my girlfriend for a year __________________ RUM SO MUCH MORE THAN A BREAKFAST FOOD

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FordPrincess Status: August 2006 Best Chicks Ute! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Secret Harbour Posts: 177 Rep Power: 3	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. Ive been livin with my bf since July and its good to know each other soo well. theres no way i could marry someone if i had never lived with them, way too many suprises! __________________ Illiterate: what you are if you can't read this

18-02-2007, 17:44	#4 (permalink)
Rebel Redneck Status: January Best Chicks Ute! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northam Posts: 411 Rep Power: 4	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. my hubby & i lived together for 5yr before we tied the knot & i think its better to have lived with them before so u get to know them inside out & if u can't stand being with them all the time then don't do it __________________ ALL STRESSED OUT & NO ONE TO CHOKE Jester's Ute Club *Country or Concrete we are all here to have fun!*

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Natalie Status: Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Henley Brook Posts: 49 Rep Power: 0	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. It is essential! A marriage is another way of saying "yes you are the one I want for life" it's not a ticket saying "ok now we're married we can live / sleep together and hope we made the right decision!" Apologies to all Christians out there.

19-02-2007, 03:20	#6 (permalink)
trashman Status: Hardcore Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wolf Creek... lol Wongong Posts: 1,195 Rep Power: 4	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. peronly you would be MAD no to live with them befor marrying them ... you lurn so much more about the person when you live with them .... good and bad ... and in the end if you can't live with them it will never last... best off finding that out befor marriage ... __________________ *Chassing down the dream* *Project Black Opps :* *The NED* *comming in late 2008* *Principle Owner :COMET* *Work hard play harder* *Live my life like my mum told me not to* *With a ute under foot* *a rum in one hand and a pie in the other* *i only have one question?* *WHO THE HELL IS STEERING?*

19-02-2007, 06:15	#7 (permalink)
Emma01 Status: Feral Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ninderry Posts: 51 Rep Power: 3	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. I think that you should wait until your married and thats what my boyfriend thinks as well.

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Soph Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boddington Posts: 539 Rep Power: 2	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. You learn SO much about a person when you live with them! I couldn't marry someone I hadn't lived with! What if they turned out to be a nightmare to live with! What do you do then! Bugger that! Marriage is such a big thing that I wouldn't want to take any chances!

19-02-2007, 09:05	#9 (permalink)
countrygirl18 Status: Supacallafreakinawesome Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cootamundra Posts: 286 Rep Power: 3	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. I rekon you should live together b4 you get married. It is better to be safe then sorry. And if you marry your partner b4 you live with them, and then figure out you cant live with them.. Then your marriage is pretty much screwed(no offence to anyone). And it would be easier not to be married if you broke up. __________________ *Tests have proven that before a fatal car crash, city people say 'oh fck' where as country people say 'hold on to me bundy and watch this for fckin skill'* Established:17th Jan 1988 Made in Australia "THOUGHT 4 THE DAY! Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine, *into your brain & thats where the shitty ideas come from"*

19-02-2007, 11:14	#10 (permalink)
Samantha Status: Feral Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nth QLD Posts: 159 Rep Power: 3	Re: Living with your partner before marriage. My fiance and I have lived together for a year. We had been dating for 2 years before that as well. Wouldnt have it any other way really. I think its definately a good idea to live together before you get married, at least you learn each others bad habbits and can learn to live with them LOL. __________________ "Don't get your knickers in a knot, it solves nothing; and makes you walk funny"