Living Together Before Marriage?

[Gina]

Originally Posted by Tink

Greg and I lived together 3 years before marrying. I'd had a really BAD 1st marriage, and there was no way I was subjecting myself or my daughter to that again. It took greg 3 yrs to convince me to marry him; and I seriously don't think I'd have ever built that trust if we hadn't lived together first.

Once I said yes, we were married within weeks. We've been married 21 yrs. I wouldn't say it's for everyone, but it obviously worked for us.

Tink thats great, statically they say that couples who live together then marry usually break up. I find this to be true with couples that I know that have. Sad you would think that living together that they would be happy. Sometimes that piece of paper means something. I was raised pretty strict my parents would have killed me lol but I believe to each his own.