Comments on: Force of Cohabit: Making or Breaking a Marriage? http://yourchildyourdivorce.com/wordpress/force-of-cohabit-making-or-breaking-a-marriage/ The Complete Parent's Guide to Children and Divorce Thu, 24 May 2012 01:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Carolyn http://yourchildyourdivorce.com/wordpress/force-of-cohabit-making-or-breaking-a-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Carolyn Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:47:57 +0000 http://yourchildyourdivorce.com/wordpress/?p=259#comment-924 An interesting post. I actually kind of agree. I lived with a man for five years without us taking one single step towards the altar. When the relationship ended, it all seemed like such a waste of time. When my now husband wanted to move in with me (oh so many years ago!), I told him no. I said that until we were engaged with real plans to wed we would not cohabitate. It wasn't a tactic to get him to propose, just a way to prevent losing another five years to a dead end relationship. And it worked! An interesting post. I actually kind of agree. I lived with a man for five years without us taking one single step towards the altar. When the relationship ended, it all seemed like such a waste of time.

When my now husband wanted to move in with me (oh so many years ago!), I told him no. I said that until we were engaged with real plans to wed we would not cohabitate. It wasn’t a tactic to get him to propose, just a way to prevent losing another five years to a dead end relationship. And it worked!

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