Living Together Before Getting Married

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Living together before Marriage It has been said, “You will never know a person until you live with them”. Today many of couples are choosing to live together before marriage. Should you live with someone before getting married? There are many advantages in living together before getting married. Some advantages are getting to know your partner, learning about how one’s mate is handling their life in all aspects such as knowing who your partner is, responsibilities and financials matters. Although people that are living together before getting married are frowned upon, I believe that in order to have a successful marriage and in order to truly determine whether or not you could be committed to one person for the rest of your life you need to live with them. One of the advantages of living together before getting married is getting to know the person to whom you may get married to. Does he or she push the tooth paste tube from the bottom or the top? Is your mate organized does he/she leaves their clothes lying around? This is why it is very important for you to know everything about your mate for example, learning your partner’s behaviors, habits, religion, and actions and how your mate handles stress and conflict in any given situation. Another advantage in choosing to live with you partner before getting married helps you prepare for responsibilities before marriage. If children are involved it offers a stable relationship with both parents for instance; showing your child love, nurturing them, and teaching them right from wrong. Giving the child attention and enforcing discipline, manners, and respect which will help set a positive example for your child to live by. Most importantly are financial reasons. It’s so hard to be on your own nowadays, it can help save money for both partners so you won’t have to worry about not having all of your rent,
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