Yeah, we've all heard stories like that. But FAR more frequent are the stories of people who married too quickly and then found out they weren't compatible!
Really, it takes time to get to know who someone is. Definitely at least a year, often more like 2 or 3. And while young kids might do impulsive things like that, when fully grown adults with some experience are jumping into living with someone that fast, it sends up GIANT red flags for me. Because among fully grown adults, the people who do that are much more likely to have unhealthy patterns or reasons. Like Love Addicts, who feed on the endorphins of infatuation (but can't stick around for the long haul when the infatuation wears off), or manipulators (like Andrew's hoarder girlfriend who presented herself one way but really just wanted to laze around and leech off of him), or drama addicts, or any number of other unhealthy attachments. While it can feel great that someone thinks you are the bees knees early in a relationship, it also can mean they love their FANTASY of who you are - which may or may not line up with the reality.
In this case, living together too early might have put too much pressure on the relationship. See how just dating each other goes.
