I had coffee with a friend recently. She was excited her boyfriend would soon be moving in with her. She wanted my input.
My friend and her boyfriend enjoy being together. And now circumstances are such that it makes moving in together expedient. Her previous roommate had just moved to another city and my friend needed help paying the rent. Conveniently, her boyfriend’s lease on his apartment was up at the same time. “So we’ll move in together,” my friend said. “And besides, what better way to find out how compatible we are?”
I told my friend about the research on couples who lived together before marriage. All of this research—and there is lots of it…
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