Wow Shell, there seems to be a lot of commonality in our situations. Yeah, my wife has proposed that rotate-in-and-out-of-the-house thing; the kids shouldn't leave the house. She's said, wouldn't it be great if we could just be in the same house indefinitely - said she can't imagine us all not living in this house. She's talked about us spending holidays and taking vacations together. Same thing - we're going to be a family but not married.

Sandi, I'm going to read your post a couple more times too. Good stuff. Others have been telling me similar things.