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What is the optimal length that a couple should date before moving in? (lemmy.perthchat.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/184069

All I found with citations was that it's best to wait until marriage before cohabitation, but that boomer talk ain't gonna happen for zoomers.

Otherwise, 1 article said "wait as long as possible" but I need a month/year number lmao.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I'll say this, purely from a reasoning standpoint and not from a research stand point. With my wife, we dated for a year, cohabitated for a year, and were engaged for a year before we were married. This made sense to me because you get to experience all the holidays at every point in your life, and it let's you see each other how you exist throughout different points in the year. If you need the AC cranked in the summer, and your parent can't stand that, or if you want to bake all winter and stay inside while your partner wants to go out all the time, you aren't able to discover that without cohabitating for at least 1 year.