Living Together Before Marriage: Advantages and Disadvantages
You Never KNOW someone until you LIVE with them.
That's right. He may lean to the left and pass gas while he's watching TV. She may slap a mud pie of some sort on her face at night before bedtime. Be ready for it if you decide to live together before marriage. On the bright side, this will give you a chance to REALLY get to know each other. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Spending Habits
If the two of you are living together, sure her $20,000 USD a year job combined with YOUR $20,000 USD a year job is a decent $40,000 USD a year. Not bad. It can have it's advantages. But what if she decides that with forty thousand a year, she can afford a different pair of $300 USD shoes for each day of the week? (300 x 7 is $2,100 USD) What if he decides with that kind of income, he can buy a set of $500 USD each chrome rims for his truck? (That's $2.000 USD) Not all couples do this but a LOT of couples go a bit wild with all that money. If you're living together before marriage, try to save some of that money for your future wedding.
Decorating Preferences
OK, I know you're fond of your posters of the girls from this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. You have them framed and they adorn the walls of your living room. However, do you really think your lady is going to dig looking at them when she's chillin' in the living room? Put up some tasteful pictures. Your a big girl now, if you're going to be sharing a bed with your man, the stuffed animals gotta go. He's not gonna put up with that for long.
The Toilet Seat
Guys. I know you might not think of this as a big deal. I agree 100%. However, you have no idea how your lady will flip the hell out on you when she gets up at 2am to use the toilet, goes to sit down, and falls in the bowl that you didn't flush after you peed. You'll be very rudely awakened at 2am by her and spending the remainder of the night on the couch. You got to learn to put that toilet seat back DOWN. There is a lady in the house now.
Living together before marriage is pretty common these days. But keep all these things in mind before you make that step. This is kind of a test to see if the two of you can co-habituate without killing each other. Good luck.
Published by Karl Withakay
Karl is a full time 43 y/o Singer/guitarist/songwriter. He is also a self proclaimed computer geek. He builds, fixes and modifies computers. He is a US Navy, Gulf War Vet. and has worked as a CNA, a Parame... View profile
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Post a CommentThe toilet seat story is funny~
Reall important to some people to consider.