Moving in with someone can be a big point in a relationship, it can be a very testing and scarey subject or it can be a very happy experience. It usually lets you find out what you do and don't know about your partner and vice versa.

When was the first time it cropped up for you? Did you want to do it? or did it scare the crap out of you?

In my senior year in high school I thought about moving out with a couple of friends.

BUt it wasn't until 1995 that I seriously thought about moving in with a love interest. But I'm glad I made the move!!! :)

In 1989 my best friend and I decided to get an apt. together. That was a huge mistake! I moved back home withen a month. :rolleyes:

As for moving in with a a b/f-- I would not do that. There is no security there. ;) IMO, it's best to be married before you take that step. :)

My first roomate was my husband.
It was a learning experience. I learned alot, I learned that men can pee sitting down:lol:

When Aron and I first started dating, he'd stay over on the weekends, and go home during the week. At one point in June, he just never went back home. It was never really discussed or anything, it just happened. I think that was when I knew that this man was IT for me.

OT.....this April 27, it will be one year with Aron. It still feels like it has only been a few months.;)

Which time??? LOL!!!
I was living in an apartment with my friend from High School ( this was after graduation of course!), and my boyfriend at the time, his roommate sortof just up and moved out one day...
So, he was stuck for a place to live, and I half heartedly offered him to move into our place until he could find another apartment.
What ended up happening was, after a year of him living with us "ala Three's Company", we ended up moving into another apartment, just the 2 of us. That was SCARY! We were together a total of 9 years and lived together 7 of those years...

I lived with my husband before I married him too, and it was the same way as DD86 described it...one day I realized I was spending more time at his place than at mine...so he asked me to move in with him. I was in shock! And so were all his friends...because he was the "confirmed bachelor" of his little group! LOL! We were married a year later!

I don't think I could ever just marry someone without living with them first! You sure do learn a lot about someone when you live with them!

I don't know if we ever really talked about it. We just assumed we'd move in together after I graduated, since we got engaged during my junior year of college.

I'm glad we did live together before we got married. For one thing, I had a place to crash when I dropped out of grad school. ;) No, that wasn't the only reason!

After the hectic year of graduating, going to grad school, dropping out, moping around looking for a job, starting this job, and then getting married, the marriage itself seemed so relaxing. I was quite a stress puppy in 97-98 if you hadn't guessed :vibrator:

We have talked about it very soon, since my g/f lived in a very small apartment and I lived with my dad at this time - two months after we had our first date, we merged our possessions (which was not very much... ;)). Until now, it turned out pretty good, we're currently looking for a larger home since I also want to take care of my dad without driving through the whole town three times a day.