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I've heard that statistically speaking, people who live together before getting married have a greater likelyhood than the general population of getting divorced. I believe it.
I thinks it's because the kinds of people who would live together are also more often the kinds of people who might not be as serious about a vow of "'til death do us part." I think it's also that if you have to test the waters in order to be convinced that you should marry someone, then you probably shouldn't be marrying them.
Having said that, I lived with my wife for about 9 months before we got married. For me, it was that I wanted to be with her right away. In my mind, we were already married. We had to go through the planning, etc. of a real wedding to make it official, but my lifelong commitment to her had already been made. Kind of like a secret marriage.
It's all about the attitude when entering into the relationship.
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