Did you live with your husband/wife before marriage?

lostinrates

I got a kitten instead of a ring. My husband knows me well.

( I did get a ring later but HE lost it...long boring story) but really its not so unusual. My mother had been married three times and had no engagement ring from those, just wedding rings. She was engaged a few more times, had a couple of rings, obviously gave them back....

Brighton_belle

I didn't have an engagement ring until 2 weeks after we decided to get married and had already booked the registrar and venue within that time.

Georgiegirl256

lostinrates wrote: »

I got a kitten instead of a ring. My husband knows me well.

( I did get a ring later but HE list it...long boring story) but really its not so unusual. My mother had been married three times and had no engagement ring from those, just wedding rings. She was engaged a few more times, had a couple of rings, obviously gave them back....

I'd have loved a kitten instead!

lostinrates

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I'd have loved a kitten instead!

. We went back and got her sister, so we got two in the end. :rotfl: its been far more rewarding than a ring. Though probably more expensive too. . They are getting older now and I can hardly cope thinking of life without them:o.

onlyroz

I don't have an engagement ring or a wedding ring. They're entirely optional.

System

lostinrates wrote: »

. We went back and got her sister, so we got two in the end. :rotfl: its been far more rewarding than a ring. Though probably more expensive too. . They are getting older now and I can hardly cope thinking of life without them:o.

I'm now undecided if i ever get engaged whether i want a ring or a kitten :rotfl: I don;t really wear jewelry so a cat would be a better option!

SingleSue

We moved in together after seeing each other for a year, lived together for 2 years and then got married.

We divorced 16 (almost 17) years later.

If we had waited, I think we would have been divorced within the first year! We very almost split up in the first year of moving in together but a health scare brought us back together.

Tropez

Yes, we lived together. Never actually intended to marry.

I think it takes a lot of energy to live with me, so it would be quite cruel to someone to marry them without them getting a chance to experience the whole Tropez-thing in advance. They have to know they can tolerate it first.

PolishBigSpender

I lived with my husband before we got married, but I know plenty of people my age (early 30s) who moved out from their parents after getting married. Some of them lived away from home at the university, but some studied in the same city where their lived, so they stayed with their parents through uni and sometimes even the first job.

toadhall

We met in 1986, engaged 1988, did not move in or even sleep together until our wedding in 1990. We are Christian and believed in waiting until marriage. 25 years later we have 3 daughters and if they wanted to move in with their partners we would be supportive, but as "old fashioned" would still like a wedding first