Whwn did you move in together?

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Just curious what people experiences are of moving in together?

My husband and I lived together from day 1 pretty much as we met in a hostel for homeless teens.

My next relationship we moved in after 10 months and stayed together 5 years.

My last relationship we were together 2 years but never lived together (my choice).

Just wondered how other people did it.

Met at 23/26
Moved in together pretty much bang on two years later at 25/28
Bought our first place two year after that at 27/30
Married two years after that at 29/32 - that was last year

I went round on our first date and that's pretty much that

After 10 days (left it so long as I had to go away for a week) - been together for 36 years now!

16 and two children later, I felt like I was ready to move in together.

4 years later and married and I'm wondering what it was I was so worried abouy.

Bought a house together after 3 months. Together 21 years now.

Hmmm, about 9 months in. But it was more for practical reasons (I lived in a different city and was able to transfer work but getting housing on my own would have been financially crippling and I'd reached an age where I didn't really want to go into a flatshare).

2 years. We met when I was 21, moved in aged 23, married aged 24. It's much younger than had ever envisaged, but it has worked for us.

I've been with my boyfriend/partner for 8 months, however we're doing the long distance thing so only see each other every couple of weeks. He's also a lot younger than me (21 to my 34 - no kids on either side). We have plans to move in together but no rush on either side - most likely within a year though.

5 years - when we bought our first home together.

We were both living with family on the opposite sides of London. We also both worked locally to where we lived, so there was no point in staying with each other during the week.

We stayed where were were and saved up until we bought our home.

We dabbled in it in house shares and lived apart for bits before moving in properly after 6 years, was very young when we met!

Accidentally really after about 3 months, his landlord terminated his contract to sell the house and I had my own flat so he came to stay whilst he looked for somewhere else and never left! Well we did end up buying a place together after a year. 22 years later and we still live together!

We met at 17 and were both living with parents. We started saving for a deposit in Dec 1987 and moved into our first flat in June 1988, a fortnight after my 21st. We didn't marry for some years though (and were never engaged). My mum bought us the cooker, his mum bought us the bed.
Those were the days when £7k gave you a 5% deposit, and all your conveyancing costs too.

We'd been friends for two years then got together just before we went to uni. I moved away, lasted a month, then quit my course and moved back - lived in his room in the halls of residence... so I guess that was our first home together, we were 19. Engaged at 21, bought our first house at 22, married at 24. 20 years on we're still together.

After three months. We were long distance so he moved down to me. Together 4 years in August, married 1

Some surprisingly quick ones considering how often I see on Mumsnet that even a year in its only dating.

Real mixed bag of response and I am happy to see so many long lasting relationships regardless how fast/slow.

I was renting and he had his own house, I moved in with him after 7 months

We bought our house after three years together. Would have been a lot sooner but we were saving the deposit. Practically lived together though at each other's houses. The good old days.

After 6 months. We had been friends I always loved him for 24 years before we got together. We thought we might hate living together but it is the best decision we ever made.

I feel like the odd one out!! We took it all very slowly. Didn't say 'i love you til nearly a year.

Dated for about three years before we rented place together. I had my own place but DH wanted our 'own' home rather than him moving into mine.

Finally got engaged at 6 years, but then it all went very fast & we were married, with 2 children & a mortgage within a blink of an eye.

Were not the types to rush into anything...

3 days after we met, we have been together almost 13 years and married for 11.

We moved in together the day after we got married we'd been together a year. We lived so far apart and he was in the forces at the time so he couldn't move down closer to me and when we were married we automatically qualified for a house on the base. It was a big leap at 20 when I'd never lived with anyone except my parents, we had a LO on the way and I couldn't drive but luckily he's very patient and he's still putting up with me 10 years later!

My current bf has moved 280 to be with me but we both have our own places. I live in his hometown though so not like i am the only reason to come home.

We have been friends 3 years, a couple 5 months and he moved back here after 2 months. We will probably move in together when his lease runs out.