Did you live together a long time before getting married?

My husband & I lived with one another for four years before getting married. We had a small wedding (30+ guests), but it was all out, just like a 300+ wedding. I had 3 groomsmen & 3 bridesmaids.

I think you should go for what's in your budget and your style. I chose a smaller wedding because I didn't want to deal with a lot of drama that bigger weddings tend to get. My friend got married with over 400 guests and it was great, my other friend got married in a court house with like 4 guests and it was just as beautiful. Again, go with what you're more comfortable with. I don't think how long you've lived with someone or been with someone should matter.

No. My fiance and I don't believe in living together like a married couple before being married. I think weddings in general are too expensive anyway, whether you live together or not. My fiance and I are going to the courthouse so it will be simple. Most people who live together for many years don't actually end up marrying because at that point they've been together so long that I guess they don't think it matters as much. From what I've seen in my own life, the longer a couple lives together before marriage, the less likely they are to get married.

We didn't live together before we got married. Statistically people who live together before they get married have a higher divorce rate. We had a full wonderful wedding, 200 people, long honeymoon, and there was something so great about coming home from the honeymoon and spending the first night in our apartment together married--it was new, not something we had been doing for a year or two. I wouldn't have done it any other way. If you live together...what's different? A piece of paper?

My brother lived with his wife before they were married. They had a small wedding in the Bahamas after they'd been living together for about 2 years. Now they're divorced. Most of the other couples I've known that lived together have ended their relationship in divorce. I don't recommend it.

We have been together a year and half. lived together for 1 year and 3 months. I know the majority of the time, lol. we got engaged a little over a week ago. and plan to be married in 2 years. I would never get married to someone who i havent lived with first, because i just dont feel I would truely know that person and know if we are compatible. Things change when you live together, and i feel if you can make it living together, then you can make it married. A girl i know wasnt living with her now husband before they got married, and he is in texas and she is in illinois. and they are still married and having a baby, But they dont get a long nor are they happy. and i am happy. Just dont sign a long lease, because you never know. So i think you should live together before engagement, get engaged then married. There is no time limit on that. i just feel you should live together first.

Well, I'm not married yet but my parents never lived together before getting married. They only dated for a month before getting engaged though. Their wedding wasn't huge, but it wasn't at the courthouse either. Just friends, family, coworkers, that sort of thing.

Dated for 5 years, lived together for 1 1/2 of the 5 years. We did a big Catholic wedding in a church and we've been married 10 years now. I hope that helps. Nothing can make your wedding any less special unless you let it. Living together first didn't spoil anything for us. The day was just as exciting and full of fun.

We'll be living together for about 10 months before our big church wedding. We dated for a year before moving in together.

we lived together for 1 yr. but had been 2gether for 5 yrs. we had a big wedding but got married by a friend (that's a judge)

we didnt live together for a long time fist, but we had been together for 7 years.

we had a big wedding