Originally posted by: annx
Babes, life doesn't work like that... I know people who dated for 9 years, got married and then divorced! There are people I know who married young, had two girls and then divorced... I know a woman who stayed married for 14 years, divorced and remarried and is now happy!
Dating or no dating is no guarantee of how marriage turns out to be... It is only after marriage that you find out about the other person... when you get to share every second with a person, your bedroom, your bathroom, your wardrobe... that is when the compatibility comes into the play... Knowing and dating someone for all your life and you would still not know the minute details... till you live with them... that is why there is a common saying 'marriage is a gamble'. It truly is...
Either marriage or a live-in... but then I have my own reservations with live-in so I won't comment. Also, being a Muslim, I'll be biased!