Is It OK to Shack-up When Engaged?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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How should Leanne respond to her newly engaged son who asked his parents if it's OK to live with his fiancé before the wedding? Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast you too can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on
0:10.3	Serious XM Triumph 1 11 we and welcome to the program. Hello
0:15.8	Hi
0:17.1	Hi
0:18.3	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call
0:21.1	My heart is beating about a thousand times a minute. So he's giving me a moment here
0:26.2	So my son is 24 years old and he just got engaged to his girlfriend on this past weekend
0:37.8	Before he got engaged
0:41.1	We had had some conversations just about marriage in general and
0:47.1	He talked to my husband and I about how we got engaged
0:50.4	So we kind of figured that he was thinking about it, but one question he did ask me is
0:56.8	If we thought it would be okay for them to live together after they were engaged and
1:06.8	My husband and I don't what made it what made it difficult for you simply to say no
1:12.8	just no
1:14.5	If you're gonna shack up not gonna be involved in the wedding. I'll show up
1:18.3	But that's it if you're gonna shack up and pretend you're married before you are
1:23.1	We don't want to play the game with you. What kept you from saying no?
1:26.9	You're gonna miss out on having a beautiful memory of
1:30.3	Coming together for the first time in your new place to be
1:34.2	After you marry you're gonna pick her up and carry her over the threshold and that's a story
1:38.5	You can tell your great grandchildren other than oh, we got engaged so we just shacked up and pretended
1:44.3	What kept you from just saying the truth? Why were you so afraid?
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