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How long did you date before moving in with your current partner?

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Contributor: PassionateLover2 PassionateLover2
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Originally posted by Femme Mystique
I searched this and couldn't find a poll like this, so I'm sorry if this has already been asked.
WELL!!! To ask such a question, only tells me that personal values today are not what they used to be like in the past! We see such behavior inundated more and more by "Hollywood" all the time on television or in movies, but does that make living together before marriage right? Who exactly sets the moral high ground on such conduct; I will let you decide? Has religious values and church teachings failed in this matter, perhaps? But I believe it is a matter of behavior, respect, conduct, and moral character on how someone approaches this decision (to move in together). More likely than not, premarital sex comes into play, as apposed to a monogamous relationship found in marriage. Accepting the fact that you are an adult, I am not judging others on this matter, but you have to admit that there HAS been a change in our society of the "social conduct" of today as compared to that of our parents.
06/12/2012
Contributor: TheirPet TheirPet
I don't live with my partner yet but we've been dating a year and we're talking about moving in together now.
06/13/2012
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
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Originally posted by Femme Mystique
I searched this and couldn't find a poll like this, so I'm sorry if this has already been asked.
About 6 months.
06/13/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Femme Mystique
I searched this and couldn't find a poll like this, so I'm sorry if this has already been asked.
I cannot currently live with both my partners at the same time because of lines in the sand drawn by politicians. However, I began dating my husband in High School so we dated for well over 3 years before we moved in together.
06/14/2012
Contributor: ghent529 ghent529
like 4 months.
06/14/2012
Contributor: L&P3040 L&P3040
Before we got married we waited about 2 months before moving in together.
06/14/2012
Contributor: Talena Talena
I'm not gunna post how long it was..I was hoping someone would have a short answer for moving in and getting married but they don't so I withhold since now I feel like a slut LMAO.
06/14/2012
Contributor: sweetwildberry sweetwildberry
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Originally posted by Talena
I'm not gunna post how long it was..I was hoping someone would have a short answer for moving in and getting married but they don't so I withhold since now I feel like a slut LMAO.
If it helps, my (now) hubbie and I dated for just over a month before I moved in with him. A year later, we were married. We've been together for 12 years now, so we obviously did something right!
06/14/2012
Contributor: LoveBug721 LoveBug721
Quote:
Originally posted by Femme Mystique
I searched this and couldn't find a poll like this, so I'm sorry if this has already been asked.
not very long
06/14/2012
Contributor: LoveBug721 LoveBug721
Quote:
Originally posted by Femme Mystique
I searched this and couldn't find a poll like this, so I'm sorry if this has already been asked.
not very long
06/14/2012
Contributor: KrissyNovacaine KrissyNovacaine
First partner, dated for about 6 months before living together.
My other partner, dated for 4 months before we moved in.

Personally, both were a bit quick imo, but I in no way regret it.
06/16/2012
Contributor: AU AU
We moved in together a few years after we started dating in high school. Everything with us is really slow. No rushing here!
06/16/2012
Contributor: sexykiss sexykiss
a year and this is very slow to lesbian relationships usually its like first date then your moving in! lol
06/19/2012
Contributor: Samantha B. Samantha B.
I hadn't moved with my boy, but we have plans to do so. We've been together for 2 an a half almost 3 years. I think around the 5 years we'll make the jump.
06/19/2012
Contributor: Modern^Spank^Anthem Modern^Spank^Anthem
sleeping over gradually became move in honestly it's difficult to separate the time. official move in was about a yr or so
06/19/2012
Contributor: lilgrump lilgrump
We moved in together shortly after I found out I was pregnant - which was 6 months into our relationship lol...
06/21/2012
Contributor: Mitzuki Mitzuki
After a few different visits in the span of about 5 months, we decided we wanted to live together. He moved in with me, about 1000 miles away from home for him, and then a few months later I moved back to his home with him.
06/22/2012
Contributor: woodsdragon woodsdragon
My fiance and I are getting married in about 3 months. He recently started moving some things in and we are cleaning/decorating. He is moving in with me. We wanted to wait until he was done with college (I am 5 years older than him, so I am already out of college) before he moved in. I am very excited for him to move in
06/23/2012
Contributor: amazon amazon
Hard to put a firm date on things. I've gone from 5 years, to 5 weeks.
06/23/2012
Contributor: xMila xMila
We had dated for about 6 months when we moved together, 6 months later we got married, and we have been married for seven years.
06/26/2012
Contributor: MistressDandelion MistressDandelion
Dated for 4 years before moving together
06/26/2012
Contributor: Polyserena Polyserena
I met my current bf, had a couple of dates and he moved away to the country for work. During a lot of this time we spoke every day on the phone and every time we spoke he would say 'when are you coming up?'. I moved up with him for about a month about 2 months after we met. After his work ended we are still in the same neighborhood both studying and living with our parents and have sleepovers and stuff.
07/06/2012
Contributor: Faeya Faeya
That's kind of a confusing question.
We've known each other since 1997
Dated for 2 months in 1998
Broke up
Stayed close friends
Got sick of dating stupid people and agreed that next time we were both single, we'd get together
Got back together in summer, 2004
Was collared October, 2004
Moved in together Feb, 2005 (had to wait for tax money)
And we all live happily ever after
07/06/2012
Contributor: Crimson Vixen Crimson Vixen
I moved in with my fiance and his grandmother around a year and a half into our relationship, a few months before our two year anniversary. While I originally hadn't wanted to, it was out of necessity that I did so.

I'm glad to be living with him now, but there are still issues we are sorting out a year later. It is difficult living with someone, and I realized that before I moved in with him. But it's also very nice to have someone to sleep next to each night.
07/09/2012
Contributor: talon4196 talon4196
Unofficially within months, officially more than a year later.
07/14/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
We dated only like 6 weeks, moved in together, 8 months later I bought a house, moved there and got married after 18 months of dating and living together. That was 16 years ago. July 20th will be our dating anniversary
07/14/2012
Contributor: squire squire
Took a few years due to living long distance.
07/14/2012
Contributor: thisisadeletedaccount thisisadeletedaccount
I've never lived with a partner, which is mainly due to my age - I'm in college and live in a dorm.
07/22/2012
Contributor: Femme Mystique Femme Mystique
Quote:
Originally posted by PassionateLover2
WELL!!! To ask such a question, only tells me that personal values today are not what they used to be like in the past! We see such behavior inundated more and more by "Hollywood" all the time on television or in movies, but does that make ... more
Yes, personal values have changed. I don't think it's a question of what's morally right, however; I think it's a question of what's right for each individual and the couple as a whole. Similarly, just because there is premarital (or non-marital) sex going on doesn't mean that it's not monogamous. Even so, while I personally feel like monogamy is the best choice for me, who am I to make that call for someone else? Similarly, not everyone is guided by religious beliefs or a church. Some rely on their own internal moral compass which is equally valid.
07/23/2012
Contributor: Zandrock Zandrock
We plan on it being 4 years minimum. Probably 6 though. This is mostly because of school though and our relationship going long distance for a bit. We might live together in the summers though after 4 years.
07/23/2012