Living Together

To Live Together or Not To Live Together: That Is the Question

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 04.20.2012

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I always imagined that I would be bugging my boyfriend about moving our relationship along while he was dragging his feet, not that I would silently freak out when he asked me to move in.

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Living Together Is A Substitute, Not a Precursor To Marriage

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.18.2012

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When I was 18, I moved in with my first love. This was the late 1960s and as much as I loved him and he loved me, we both knew that we were too young to get married. Living together served many purposes, not the least of which was to seriously piss off our parents.

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Why Living Together Before Marriage Doesn't Cause Divorce

Natasha Burton | Posted 04.16.2012

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Some may scoff at cohabitation by calling it "playing house," demoting it from the important role it serves relationships like mine. For my boyfriend and I, there's an altar in the distance, but we're not rushing toward it.

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Needing Space

Jena Kingsley | Posted 05.08.2012

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One day my (then) boyfriend asked if he could have a little piece of his own real estate in my apartment. "Maybe a drawer?" I think my heart stopped for a second. Not in a good way.

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6 Steps to a Financially Harmonious Household

Women & Co | Posted 05.07.2012

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Whether you're taking the first big step in your relationship or have been happily married for years, having the money talk with your significant other is awkward. Here's how to make it less so.

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Why French Women Have More Sex Than Their American Sisters

Debra Ollivier | Posted 03.10.2012

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A group of researchers got together to compare and contrast the sexual behavior of Americans and the French. What they found, in short, is that Post50 French women seem to have more active sex lives.

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The Surprising Reason Couples Are Delaying Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 12.22.2011

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Recently, social demographer Dr. Sharon Sassler, a Cornell University professor, set out to learn more about how couples decide to live together, and ...

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Jennifer Niven: Combining Finances, Combining Lives

Red Room | Posted 01.21.2012

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Keeping our money separate helped me feel as if I'd held onto some small wedge of my independence, guaranteeing that I wouldn't lose myself.

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When Shacking Up Leads To Breaking Up

Vicki Larson | Posted 11.22.2011

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I am about to say something that many might consider blasphemous: I don't think couples should live together.

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Behind The Scary New Findings About Unmarried Parents

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 10.19.2011

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Unmarried, cohabiting parents may be putting their kids at risk for a host of personal problems-- at least according to a new report from the Universi...

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5 Tips for a Happy Domestic Partnership

Amy Chan | Posted 10.12.2011

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While domestic partnership can be cohabitating bliss, it can also be a near disaster if you don't learn how to co-exist peacefully under the same roof.

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Does Marriage Really Make A Difference In A Relationship?

Cristen Conger | Posted 11.17.2011

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Do unmarried, cohabitating couples derive just as many mental, physical and social benefits from their relationships? To sum up the 60-page study: Yes.

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Deserted by housemates

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Dear Irene, For the past sixteen months I've lived with two very vibrant, interesting, artistic women in a lovely house in the Toronto Beac...

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Money, Sex and Hot (Broke) Messes

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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People looking to solve financial problems are also looking for empathy. Instead, the message they often receive from books about money is "I'm OK and you're an idiot."

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Are You A Little Bit Married?

Christine Whelan | Posted 11.17.2011

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If you want to get married and have children, spending your late 20s and early 30s with a man who turns on the PlayStation every time you bring up "the future" isn't a great idea.

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The 5 Worst Types of Roommates

Victoria Namkung | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether it's the girl who keeps borrowing your coffee, clothes and boyfriend or the dude who can't pay the cable bill but finds the cash for keg parties, roommate hate is an inevitable part of life on earth.

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Living Together Before Tying The Knot Can Spoil Marriage

LiveScience | Posted 11.17.2011

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Couples who shack up before tying the knot are more likely to get divorced than their counterparts who don't move in together until marriage, a new st...

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