how do you think of cohabitation before marriage?

well, i think it's perfectly fine. of course, i am doing it right now. my boyfriend and i have been living together since mid october. we're getting married in january though and moving into his parent's house to help them and save up money and everything though. but i think that living together before marriage is perfectly respectable.

Would you buy a car without a test drive? You will live with this person for a lifetime. You only keep a car for 5 years.So cohabitation makes good sense! A lifetime is a very long time!

When I was younger I lived with a man for nine years, without being married to him. I never want to do anything like this again. To me, it is pretending to be something that you are not. I was playing the role of wife and he was playing the role of husband, but neither one of us had made a commitment to each other. We were pretending. I had already realized that I didn't want to marry him because, he had been abusive. If I had known then, what I know now, I would have never stayed with him for so long. However, I learned a lot about life.

I have to agree with one of your responses, it's not a try marriage, it's a relationship between two people who love and respect each other. Me and my s/o have both been married (3 times) and we are not in a rush to go down that aisle again. But we have been together 2 1/2 years, and we live as husband and wife. I don't need a piece of paper, a ring, or a bridal party to know that we love each other. And anyone that thinks leaving would be easier just because there is no need for divorce papers, is nuts. I know that if something happened between us, it would be worse than divorce.

There must be many dangers in cohabitation!Frist , if you don't have good financial basic ,the trouble would be unbeared ,also ,parents clearly oppose

i think it is a decision of both party to cohabit. it is perfectly fine. i am open to other ways on how to make a relationship going and grow. if cohabitation is a way towards this, then by all means it should be an option to the couple. however, i would not try to impose my way on how to do things especially about marriage. it is always a decision of both parties.

Yes it is common.I have nothing againts this practise as long as the couple are comfortable.Actually it is there choice & there life.Anyways i don't want to be judgemantal about this .

It's not a trial marriage or a try marraige. It's a relationship. I hate it when people tell me that my S/O and I have a "trial" relationship because we both don't want to make our union legal. Why fix it if it's not broke? There is nothing wrong with living with someone without marraige. Marraige is an outdated institution meant to enslave and control women. Just take a look at how marraige got started: A man from a tribe would go to a neighboring tribe and steal one of the women. Then to keep her from running, he'd bind and tie her hands and feet together until she'd quit running. Then when she would no longer try to run, he'd put a piece of rope around her left ring finger just as a reminder that he owns her forever. My relationship may not be a "real" marraige complete with groomsmen, a cake and a nice dress, but to us, it's as real as it's going to get.

TO be responsible or not to be responsible,that is a question.