Living Together Before Marriage?

[judy]

I lived with my ex for about 5 years before we got married. I also had a bad first marriage and really didn't want to ever get married again. It took Joel a long time to talk me into marriage. When we got married, it was a very different commitment, which I took very seriously. It didn't work out, but we tried very hard to stay together. I don't think we would have done that if we weren't married.