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> > My fiancée and I live together, and have been for some time. We are not living together to "test out" our marriage beforehand or any suchlike silly thing, but instead for purely utilitarian purposes. We cannot afford to live seperately unless she goes back to live with her parents, in which case we'd almost definitely not see each other for several years. Being *that* far apart was not an option for either of us, and so we're living together.
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> ....ummmm, I don't get it. May I respectfully ask, if you're going to get married eventually anyway; and you say you can't afford to live separately (& apparently don't want each your own place with your own platonic roommates to share expenses with).....then why not just get married now? What are you waiting for? Not that it's any of my business, of course. Just hate to see anybody's fiancee describe their relationship/situation as utilitarian.
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> koala"guess that makes me a romantic?"mom
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I think the "cannot afford" in Darien's original post is the vital clue. ;-)