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re: Did any of you not practice cohabitation?

Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:30 pm to
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:30 pm to
My husband and I had said we didn't want to live together until we got married.


At one point we lived in the same apartment complex but separate apartments. Which was pretty awesome. Convenient to see each other...but could easily just walk back to our own places when we needed our space(we both need alone time away from each other or we will kill each other). Best of both worlds imo.


Then layoffs happened at his work and rumors were that his department was gonna be the next to get the ax. Our leases up around that time so decided to move in together just in case he got laid off and would be job hunting for a couple of months. We got engaged a few months after that. And he didn't get laid off...has actually moved up in the company a good bit since then.
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
39015 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:32 pm to
Go buy a car without a test drive and report back
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
38170 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:32 pm to
Wife and I lived together for six months before we got engaged, then married a year later. Yesterday made 8 years of marriage for us.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53819 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:35 pm to
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Then layoffs happened at his work and rumors were that his department was gonna be the next to get the ax.

My wife and I moved in together when we were engaged because she lost her job. We had talked about it already to save money but it kind of became a necessity then
Posted by bawbarn
Member since Jul 2012
4009 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:48 pm to
Wife and I chose not to.
Posted by FulshearTiger
Member since Jul 2015
5295 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 9:55 pm to
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t's irrespective not to live with someone prior to marriage, imo.


I don't think that's the word you meant to use.
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
50941 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 10:04 pm to
I strongly recommend living together before getting engaged.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87748 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 10:09 pm to
We did.

For most of the time we had separate places, just one wasn't being used at all and was a total waste of money. Even my uptight southern baptist parents thought it was dumb.

When we got married it was....exactly the same. Have actually argued less than ever post-engagement/marriage, though.
Posted by Melvin
Member since Apr 2011
23535 posts
Posted on 5/23/18 at 10:11 pm to
I have multiple friends that stay with their SO every night of the week but pay 600-1000 dollars a month to have a “place” so their parents don’t think they’re living with their SO before marriage. Just pissing money down the drain.
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
13057 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 5:22 am to
We had seperate apartments, but we were over at each other's places so much, we practically did live together.

But did we truly practice cohabitation? No.
Posted by JakeTheTiger
Biloxi, MS
Member since Jul 2005
3154 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 5:45 am to
Cohabitation with someone you are romantically involved with is illegal in Mississippi. Of course, no one has been arrested for it in quite a bit of time. There is a local judge here that sees cohabitation as sinful and will take custody away from someone based solely on the fact that they are living with a significant other out of wedlock.
Posted by DannyB
Bagram, Afghanistan
Member since Aug 2010
6141 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 6:08 am to
My wife and I have been together for 16 years, married for 13 of those. We moved in together 3 days after our first date.
Posted by urinetrouble
Member since Oct 2007
20659 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 6:19 am to
We were engaged when we moved in together. There was no sense in delaying the inevitable once we both needed a new place to stay.

I get a kick out of people who pat themselves on the back for not living together before marriage, yet were still having tons of sex. You're still going to rot in hell with the rest of us.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21527 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 6:45 am to
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I get a kick out of people who pat themselves on the back for not living together before marriage, yet were still having tons of sex. You're still going to rot in hell with the rest of us.


It's like the "virgins" who do oral and handjobs, plus anal on birthdays and New Years.

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The best plan is live together for a year before marriage, then for 5 more years after the vows. Then get separate homes in the same neighborhood.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
70471 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 6:48 am to
quote:

went to HS with a couple that have lived together for 22 years and have been dating for 24 and still aren't married 





Do you know my brother? He lives in bossier, but the years are slightly less. I think they have been together 20 years total
Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
41977 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 7:55 am to
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Cohabitation with someone you are romantically involved with is illegal in Mississippi. Of course, no one has been arrested for it in quite a bit of time. There is a local judge here that sees cohabitation as sinful and will take custody away from someone based solely on the fact that they are living with a significant other out of wedlock.


Wow, that seems almost unreal to hear
Posted by Box Geauxrilla
Member since Jun 2013
19221 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 8:42 am to
My wife slept over at my place every night anyway when we’re dating and lived in BR. When I took a job in Texas, she moved with me and we got a place together. We were engaged a year later.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53819 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 8:49 am to
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Do you know my brother? He lives in bossier, but the years are slightly less. I think they have been together 20 years total

I don't think so. This particular couple has lived out of state for a long time.
This post was edited on 5/24/18 at 8:51 am
Posted by YungFO
Dallas
Member since Mar 2018
1144 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 9:05 am to
Save some room in heaven for us heathens.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 5/24/18 at 9:09 am to
Touche
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