Studies show more adults are willing to fast-track cohabitation to split expenses. What happens if you want to break up?
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nce Vanessa Dunn started living alone, it became impossible to imagine sharing her space with a boyfriend. “It was so, so girly,” said Dunn, who is a 25-year-old fitness instructor from Maine. “There was pink everywhere. I’d look at my bathroom and think, ‘Living with a man sounds like my worst nightmare.’”
Then, six months into a whirlwind romance with a long-distance boyfriend, Dunn’s apartment gained another occupant.
Dunn and her boyfriend, a grad student who moved from Scotland, say they started shacking up because they are in love and someday plan to get married. But they would be lying if they said the ever-increasing cost of rent did not also play a role in the decision.
