Should you live together before marriage?
All Woman, Relationships
 on April 21, 2015

Should you live together before marriage?

BY NICOLE NATION 

Religion, and tradition for many, dictate that couples should cohabit only within the confines of marriage. However, more and more couples are choosing to move away from this view, holding that experiencing day-to-day living with a person will make them more prepared for marriage.

Does testing the waters first help in a marriage’s longevity?

Peggy, 39:

No, I don’t believe in cohabitation before marriage for religious reasons mostly. Personally I don’t want to tempt my partner or myself. The Bible says that you must shun the very appearance of evil.

Suzanne, 33:

I would test it out first to see if we’re compatible.

Richie, 37:

Practice makes perfect. Everyone knows that experience teaches wisdom. I would prefer to live with the person for a while and then see if we could live together as husband and wife.

Marcus, 38:

See me and live with me are two different things. I would prefer to give my wife-to-be a test drive and see what the potential issues could be so that we could iron them out beforehand. I’m personally not making a big commitment to any woman without knowing beforehand what type of person she is.

Joel, 35:

I love my girlfriend but we have both chosen not to live together until the time comes for that. We are willing to work together to work out the growing pains. If I suddenly decide that there is something I don’t like about her I have no choice but to stay with her and work on it.

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