I lived with my (now-husband) for about 5 years (out of a cumulative 10 we dated) and the living together gave me a LOT more confidence that we're compatible. I'm not the easiest person to live with, and I needed to know that we'd get along.

Besides which, marriage should be about two people who WANT to be together, not who are trapped together...what better way to determine if you WANT to be with someone than to live with them for a while?

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney