is it easier to be married right away, or just live together?

If you two love each other, there is no need of staying together just go for it if you are sure you know him well enough to get married. Marriege is full of ups and downs but you two can make it work if you are committed to it.

Marriage is just a ceremony and a piece of paper nowadays.

It used to be that you couldn't live together without being married.

Living in sin.

It would be easier and cheaper if you lived together but make sure it's a house so you can escape to a different room when you need some me time

My husband of 7 years and I lived together for over a year before we got married. It's really going to have to be a joint decision. If one of you doesn't think you are ready for marriage then I would live together for a little while first. If both of you are sure you want to get married, then I would go ahead and do it. Good luck.

To be honest with you i have a strong opinion about living together before marriage and i did it and it really helped, alot of my friends have lived after they got married and divorced within the first year because they didnt get on, didnt like eachothers habits etc. Personally living together is more important than marriage in my eyes. Hope that answers your question.

Ive always believed in living together, since people are different when living together than dating. Divorce is messy and expensive and if it doesnt work when your living together it wont work when your married. Just going your seperate ways although painful is much easier when your living together. Good luck.

I think its just easier to wait and get married

Living together in no way is really and good way to figure out if things will be good or not. Its just not the same as marriage, and for the woman its very stressful.

You may should have put this in the gov't section since you will be military. As for "military advice" and you'll get good answers (as I was asking about this "type" of thing in a way and got good answers from experienced military people. Maybe rephrase the question like "military spouses-sig. others answer please" - AND mention type of branch. You'll get a good response. My answers and this is IF IT WASN'T MILITARY related, I would live together first but you're in a totally different situation.

Of course, as a Christian, I believe it would be wiser to go ahead and get married. But I would make sure that is what I want to do. Marriage is a forever thing, you know.

If you really plan on marring do it.He'll get more money for housing,food,ect... Free health care is a big plus to.I was gonna wait until after basic training to get married,but the recruiter told me that info.Good luck Sweetpea.

I personally think living together is just a person's way of keeping their options open...so why bother