Are you suggesting that it makes more sense to only start living together and learning one another's living habits once we've bound ourselves together with the law and can only get away from each other through a drawn-out legal process?
That sounds like a terrible idea.
I would never marry someone without living with them. Honestly, without having already done all the basic stuff we intend to do as a married couple: living together, sleeping together, sex, managing a household, taking vacations, sharing finances (to a certain extent).
Marriage is serious shit. I'm not going to marry just anyone. I'm only going to marry someone who still has some basic unknowns about their character. I can't expect to know everything about my partner but I sure as hell expect to know if they keep the butter on the counter or in the fridge, or if they close the toilet lid or not, or if they replace the toilet paper roll when they're done, or if they leave dirty dishes in the sink or on the counter. (Current partner keeps butter in the fridge, closes the toilet lid, doesn't replace the toilet paper roll, and leaves dishes in the sink).
Couples cohabitate before marriage because they realize that agreeing to legally bind themselves together and living together is a bad idea without knowing if living together is even pleasant.
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