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First, let me state that no, I don't think it's right or okay to live with a boyfriend/girlfriend before getting married (because I'm sure someone would have crawled out of the woodwork to jump on me about that). Now that's out of the way...
I had a discussion with my aunt about "shacking up", and what she sees as the advantages of a situation like that (which is not what this thread is about), but also what we both feel the emotional effects of it are.
She doesn't think there are any emotional repercussions of such a situation. I strongly feel there are, but I'm going to keep them to myself until some other thoughts are shared here.
So the questions-
Do you feel that shacking up has a negative effect on one's emotional wellbeing?
Does it make a difference if the couple ends up getting married, rather than breaking up and going on to live with another girlfriend/boyfriend in the future?
Feel free to share any other thoughts/opinions/experiences regarding this, if you have them.
Or feel free not to. But threads work so much better if you share
Note: This is something I have past experience in, so I'm not posting this to single anyone out for anything, I'm just curious what people's opinions are.
I had a discussion with my aunt about "shacking up", and what she sees as the advantages of a situation like that (which is not what this thread is about), but also what we both feel the emotional effects of it are.
She doesn't think there are any emotional repercussions of such a situation. I strongly feel there are, but I'm going to keep them to myself until some other thoughts are shared here.
So the questions-
Do you feel that shacking up has a negative effect on one's emotional wellbeing?
Does it make a difference if the couple ends up getting married, rather than breaking up and going on to live with another girlfriend/boyfriend in the future?
Feel free to share any other thoughts/opinions/experiences regarding this, if you have them.
Or feel free not to. But threads work so much better if you share
Note: This is something I have past experience in, so I'm not posting this to single anyone out for anything, I'm just curious what people's opinions are.