You are something else! As usual.

Really, everybody has idiosyncrasies.

And it is those idiosyncrazies which makes a person either endearing or unbearable to live with. The question is...can you see yourself living with their idiosyncrazies?

There is a common addage that says- "A YES never result into a misunderstanding, it's always a NO". and another one says that
" When you see two people with good rapport, it's one person that is behind it"

So, I say that one chooses to make any relationship work, some level of flexibility is required.

Marriage is a religious / social institution designed for the stability of raising and rearing children. To teach (or indoctrinate) the offspring into the society insuring the procreation not only of the species but also of the society.
The piece of paper is a government sanction to collect taxes and divide the "spoils" if (and when) it fails.
As far as I'm concerned, when you move in together, you are married in the eyes of God. F the state! As far as legal rights are concerned, grow up people. It is not a battle over possessions. You got together in a spirit of love and compromise, leave the same way. Cut the lawyers and courts out of the divorce process and maybe more couples would stay together.

"idiosyncrazies"

I love that

Its different for every couple. Some people work well together others don't. If your cohabiting with someone it should be after figuring out how well you get along. Doing so beforehand is foolish and futile.

It does depend on the people involved and also on the length of the cohabitation.

If I believed in marriage, I would definitely want to live with him before I married him.

Isn't that how it logically should go?

Date for awhile, move in together, marriage, mass murd...Err, heh, well...That slipped.

i would not get into a committed relationship with someone that i could not
see myself eventually cohabitating with. from there, if we end up wanting
to shoot each other, then maybe it wasn't such a good idea; but important to
find out nonetheless.

I definitely believe in getting to know them first. If a guy wanted to move in with me soon after meeting, I'd start wondering why. Red flag right there. To me it would signal he had an underlying motive, if he wanted me to move in way too soon. Good job I can do karate. Just incase.

What if He's a kungfu master...LOL

I have found women have better manners if they remain a guest in my home. Once they move in the trouble starts. I think it's much better we each have our own places. We can see each other when we want and avoid each other when we don't.

But, you have to keep a close eye on women or they'll move in a little at a time.

I dont think there is anything wrong with cohabitting but it depends on the root of the relationship if it is just Fwb then they will just be having fun with themselve without making any meaningful sense out of it.bt if they intend to get married ... Then good for them ..bt intention matters alot for both parties.

You're right!...so just ensure that you keep the toilet seat up where she can see your signature and you'll have no problem with her ever wanting to move in.

We could do a re-make of 'Karate Kid'

Who plays the bad guy?
I would direct...