Moving In Together...

[Em_Catz]

Originally Posted by lucybelle

I hate when people spew that line of BS. It drives me crazy. I would never EVER marry a man without living with him first.

[Irishdave]

Originally Posted by lucybelle

I hate when people spew that line of BS. It drives me crazy. I would never EVER marry a man without living with him first.

Lucky it is a short drive

BTW what level of BS are we talking about?
I have seen it happen both ways, the cow and the pig. I have friend from High school who Lived with for 14 years and the guy made tracks as soon as they got engaged couldn't handle the commitment!

[KateL]

As long as both people have similar expectations about the future of the relationship, moving in together is fine. If they both understand that they will likely get engaged within the year, or if they both understand that living together is just convenient but there's no promise of marriage, then fine. It's when one party expects to get engaged and the other isn't even thinking about that yet that there are issues, and that's where the cow-milk (pig-sausage) analogy comes in. The TV show Bones did this really well a few months ago, and the couple broke up before they actually moved in together.

[lucybelle]

I agree with KateL. It's not the living together that breaks a couple up, it's the lack of communication.

The whole cow/pig thing is disgusting and sexist.