Facts You Didn’t Know About Premarital Cohabitation

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Hey roomie, are those your dishes?

Before, you could complain to your partner about your roommate. You could vent and say nasty things about that Craigslist or old college mate you lived with. You can’t do that when your partner is your roommate. Matthews says that living together gives you the chance, before marriage, to see if you are compatible roommates – which is a type of compatibility you haven’t explored before. Some mistakes she sees couples make include “Assuming that the other person is going to clean up after them, not helping with the bills, not respecting spending time with your mate, and keeping secrets.” That goes back to the money topic: Cohabitation gives you the chance to explore financial expectations in a relationship before tying the knot. What if one person assumes the other will pay all the bills once you’re married, and the other had no idea? What if one thinks it’s okay to hide purchases?

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