He’s moving away, and she doesn’t agree with cohabitation.

“My boyfriend and I have been together for a little over six months (almost literally). The last time we slept apart was three months ago when I left town to visit my parents. I love being with him, and he feels the same way about me. He’s planning to go to medical school in about eight months, and this could involve an out-of-state move. But wait! — this isn’t a long-distance relationship question; it’s about cohabitation. We already decided that I’ll go with him. He assumes that we will live together. So far, I have just gone along with this assumption…”

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Add comment February 8th, 2007

Parents say “no” to cohabitation before marriage.

“I’ve been dating my boyfriend for about six months now and I’m starting to really fall in love with him. We both attend community college part-time and work full-time jobs, so we don’t have a lot of extra time to spend together. He wants me to move in with him so that we can have more time together.

My parents are really against the idea. They think that it would be too much of a distraction from my education and job, and they also strongly believe that before I live with a guy, we should be married. They keep telling me that if he really loved me, he would marry me and that if I do this outside of marriage, I’ll be making a big mistake…”

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Add comment April 20th, 2006