Dear Anna,

I’m a 28-year-old woman who moved in with my boyfriend (30) after only four months of dating. It wasn’t planned — my lease was ending, his roommate moved out and it just made sense financially and logistically. Plus, we were spending every night together anyway, so why pay for two places? We’ve now been living together for two months (six months total as a couple), and honestly, things are great. We split chores fairly, rarely fight and I genuinely love coming home to him every day. But ever since we told people we live together, I’ve been getting so much pushback.

My friends keep bringing up the “3-6-9 rule” and saying we skipped crucial relationship stages by moving in during the honeymoon phase. They say we don’t really know each other yet and that we’re setting ourselves u

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