Couples moving in together

Turtle

I think the only 'issue' with moving in with someone quickly is that you could end up living with a whole string of people and that doesn't seem quite right to me (but then I am old fashioned with things like that).

Husband and I started saving up for a place after 2 years, after another year we bought somewhere then it took another year to make it habitable! So, it was 4 years, but on the cards after 2 years.

Laurajo_2

It was two years for us - my now husband owned his own house, I had a council flat which took me years to get as a single person with no kids, and I didn't want to give that up until I knew I was earning enough to be able to afford to rent on my own if things didn't work out.

If we'd have been singles both renting, we would have maybe moved in after a year or so...

Goldiegirl

We didn't live together until we got married - we were together two years before we got married

We both lived with our parents, him in London and me in Essex. We saved up to get a deposit on our first home, here in Kent. My husband commuted to the same job and I found a new job. There was so much change, and we felt it had to be planned.

However, if one of us already had a place, we would have made the move much quicker, certainly no longer than six months, probably sooner.

All this was in 1979 to 1981

notanewuser

We moved in together about 20 months into our long distance relationship. So I suppose that was the equivalent of a year or so.

System

i don't think it will ever be the right time we've been together 18 months and the only thing future wise we've discussed is that it might not happen.

maybe i just havent met the right person yet

74jax

fake_smile wrote: »

How long were you dating before you moved in and how was the subject brought up?

We had been going out for 5 years (I owned a house and OH originally rented, then bought somewhere after we'd been going out 2 years) when I asked OH to marry me and he said no.

He said he didn't know if we could live together, although I wasn't happy at all with it, we decided to live together for a year.

After the year we got engaged and then married.

I don't like we lived together not engaged/married but understood to some degree his concerns.

Gavin83

6 years. I wouldn't even consider living with someone before a year, no matter how right it felt.

Gloomendoom

We only moved in together after we were married. About three days after, if I remember correctly.

Person_one

Now that I own my own little place (and there's only room for me here) it would take a heck of a lot for me to give it up to move in with someone.

Ideally, they could buy the flat next door and pop round regularly!

lika_86

Nearly four years before we lived together, and only then because I moved halfway across the country and he followed me.

I'm still trying to get used to the idea that if we stay together (all being well) that I'll never live alone again (unless and until he dies before me).