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Today it’s quite common for couples to live together before getting married. In fact, over the last 50 years, the incidence of couples living together before tying the knot has increased by 900 percent. You read that correctly. It’s common that couples live together for a few years before saying, “I do” so they can sample before they buy, and see how they do in close quarters, sharing bills, responsibilities, and space. But if you look around, you’ll find a lot of your couple friends get married after a few years of cohabitation. But then there are those couples who, even though things are going great, don’t get married. And yet they keep living together, for years, and years, and years…Hey, it’s their prerogative! If you are one of these couples, then you know about the funny realities of living together for a long time without getting married.

 

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People mention it a lot

Your friends seem to know exactly how long you’ve lived together, down to the week. Any time the subject comes up they become little investigators asking, “Didn’t you move in together five years and 3 and a half months ago? And weren’t you together for 14 months before that?” You get it; according to their math, you should be married by now.

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