If yes, did you get married to the partner you lived with? Did your marriage last? If not, why not? Did you marry again?
Did you marry someone else? Did you keep comparing (in your mind, if not aloud) your spouse with your partner? Did this marriage last? If not, why not?
Do you approve of pre-marital live-in relationships? Would you advise your children for or against them?
I am looking for well thought out answers, not frivolous brief ones. I have never been in a live-in relationship outside of marriage, but my children are in their 20's and I need info to advise them one way or another. Not that they may take it; but that's another matter.
2006-12-25 12:11:41 · 3 answers · asked by wisdom tooth 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
i lived with my husband for 3 yrs. before we got married. we have been married now for 16 yrs. a lot would depend on who my son/daughter was planning on living with whether i would approve of it or not, every situation is not the same. i think it was more accepted then than it is now. divorce is painful and expensive. a split up after a live in relationship may be just as painful, but it isn't as costly. there are drawbacks too, what if you are together and have shared everything and one of you dies? do es the survivor get anything or does it all go to the family. when you aren't married, you both have to have your own insurance. would i do it again? i was one of the lucky ones, but if something happened to my marriage, no i wouldn't. good luck.
2006-12-25 12:22:12 · answer #1 · answered by barb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i never had a live in relationship,however i did have a sexual relationship and did marry him.....we were married very young and married for years,then divorced...had a couple of boyfriends,one was intimate,them married )big mistake,,,, then another and married again....The first one I married in 1960,i was 15 and didn,t know any better....the others were out of ignorance...yes i have compaired them to my first,not a good idea.I use to not approve of pre-matital live-in relationships,but now im not sure,i think its wrong but i think i would have to try them out a long time before marriage,possilby a live in yes.My daughter has had 2 live in relationships,I did not approve or disaprove,but im glad she did not marry the first one ,he was abusive...The one she is with now she lived with 2 years and then married..I hate to tell you to live with some one,but the reason is because back then we were all taught it was wrong,but I don,t blame you for a live in relationship because if i had done that i could have saved myself from 2 divorces....I don,t know if I have been any help to you,maybe you can get a better answer,but good luck to you,and I wish you the best in whatever you decide.
2006-12-25 20:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by slickcut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am one of those who beleive in living in rather than marriage. if the couple is doing a relationship loving and respecting each other in day to day basis then when time comes that they will end up in separation no long process will be needed only the two of them who will be getting an arrabgement nothing more.
2006-12-25 22:46:52 · answer #3 · answered by lina i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋