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I lived with my last bf for nearly 4 years after around 3 months of dating. He used me for the 4 years and I was too stupid to walk away because he was my first real boyfriend and I thought he cared about me. Nope, he cared about getting laid and having someone around to clean the house and cook him food. The situation was great for him.
Now, unless there's a proverbial ring on the finger (I don't want an actual ring) I won't be living with a SO. I want full commitment (from both me and him) before I take that step.
I said the first one because I feel it's best to get to know them and what living with them will be like. If I move in with them after a year and it doesn't work out, will it be time wasted? I'd rather know now then later if that will work out.
0-6 months for me.
I've been dating my current boyfriend for 2 months and I stay with him for a week then go back to my place. He wanted to move in impulsively, but after two arguments we've had, and deciding we don't really know each other, we're taking it extremely slow. Like I said before, it's better to find out these things now (if we can live together) and whether or not they are worth continuing the relationship.
I wouldn't live with someone unless I was married to them so if it's just an "SO" and not a spouse, then my answer would be never.
Once you live with someone, break-ups become messy. His stuff...your stuff...someone has to move, etc. I wouldn't want to deal with that BS. That, to me, is the beauty of dating. When you aren't into that person anymore or they screw up...you just wave your hand and say good-bye.
Same here. I would think that could be actually worse than a divorce because even though there was no real committment and it seems that it should be easy for one to just pack up and leave when just shacking up, it probably isn't.
If I am not committed enough to someone to marry -- I would not like to give up my own place to move in with them or have them move into my place.
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