Living together: before or after marriage?

I moved on with my husband 6 months after we met. Lived together since then.

We are living together before our wedding!! He is going to stay at his parents for a couple days before our wedding though for traditional purposes!

I personally think it is a good idea to move out together as it allows you to really get to know your partner before getting married, but that's just my opinion! We moved out together in 2013 and bought a house together almost a year ago now. But, what works for us isn't what is best for everyone!

We've been living together for the last 3 years. I think it's a good idea as you get a better vibe for the person and learn all their dirty habits and if you two can actually put up with each other

We have been living together for a bit over a year now. Got engaged last year and now getting married in July 2017

Hi Maria, I'm so happy to hear your story in here! It's so cute that you two met after such a long time and with similar stories. I'm sure you share a lot together and that, that made you both stronger! You're getting married so soon!! You must be so excited! You seem to have such a lovely family to share this moment with! You should meet other brides in the community who are also getting married at the same time!

Brides and Grooms of 2017. When are you getting married?

What's left on your list before the big day? Did you already find your dress?

I was married for 29 years in a bad marriage and finally got divorced. At 46, I met the true love of my life online. He had just left his marriage of 29 years also. We both were heartbroken from infidelity. We chatted for two days online and decided to meet for coffee. It was love at first sight. Two days after we met; we spent every day together. He started staying at my place every day after that for about a month. He then moved his things in, and we have been together for five years now and engaged for two years. Between the both of us, we have five kids and five grandkids! We are a big happy family, and we are getting married in February. I can't imagine my life without him and his family.

We have bought a house that will close about 4 months before our wedding.

Initially my fiance and I wanted to move in and live together and extend our engagement a bit to save some money and then set the wedding date. But I have extremely conservative and traditional parents who "prefered" we don't move in until we are married. So we compromised and set an earlier wedding date.

We live together in our home, we purchased our first house together back in July 2015 and he proposed to me in Dec 2015 we had been dating a year and a half prior to buying our home together.

This sounds like a romantic leap of faith! Was it love at first sight? The romantic in me swoons at the idea!

I would love to read your story

Emilie, our entire wedding is based on our family. Being parents together has only made our relationship stronger. My entire life is my family and it will have a very strong presence in our wedding. I haven't thought about vows yet but if I can make it about us as a couple and as a family at the same time I certainly will.

Hey Ashley

That's amazing! I can imagine that starting a family with someone in addition to living together must reveal a whole different side of both of you.

Do you feel like being parents is now a strong part of your relationship? Will you include words about your family in your wedding vows?

We noved in together 4 days after we met

We moved in together 3 months after dating. We have 3 children now and getting married is one thing I really wanted before my oldest goes into kindergarten next September. It was the best move for us to live together before getting married. It was quite a long distant relationship before hand and I can honestly say I know my fiancé inside and out before we get married (the good and the bad, lol)

In our case, we moved in before marriage as we wanted to know each other's habits and see how we interacted with on another. We moved in together after a year of dating and it was worth. Tomorrow, will 1 year of living together after two years of dating.

We are living together now, and have been for just over a year. we dated for about 3.5 years before moving in together.

For us we dated for a year and decided to move in afterwards which lead us to planning our wedding. I found that this was a great move on our part as we really wanted to know how were got along on a daily basis.

We just bought our house and we will be moving in together shortly after we are married

We just bought our first condo together and we'll move in shortly after our wedding.

For us it was before but I think it could also be after. It definitely revealed a whole different side of our relationship and sooner or later whether before or after marriage you'll find out what this side is. For us marriage is just another step before buying a house and making a family but we've been living together for a while already

In our case we'll start living together after marriage. It's not necesarily better but it was more convenient for us. Although he's not officially living with me and my son, still has his own place, we have a good idea how living together will be like and I think marriage for us really is going to be that step that just makes us be a real family and we'll start looking for a new place together from then.