Living Together Before Marriage: I Do or I Don’t?
Living together before the wedding is a personal preference that most people feel strongly about one way or the other. Some people, me included, think living together is a good test run for marriage. Others want to wait until they are married to move in together. Is there a right and wrong way? My husband and I lived together for five years before we got married. It was a very good thing for us. It let us get past those early days of passive-aggressively battling over...
Live In Sin or Save It For Marriage?
I was excited to tackle this topic because growing up in a strict Catholic household, I had “save yourself for marriage” (and everything that goes with it) drilled into my impressionable head. Having a child out of wedlock would shame you and your family, and moving in with your significant other before tying the knot was “living in sin”. Or so they said. While I can respect this older school of thought, my personal opinion is that I’d never, ever marry someone without...
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