Dear Amy: I'm a 17-year-old senior in high school, and I've been dating my boyfriend for almost a year.
He's close to my age, and we have many things in common, including what we want to do with our lives.
We do truly love each other, and we agreed to spend the rest of our lives together, but the big problem is marriage.
I have never wanted to get married, partly because I watched my parents' marriage fall apart before my eyes.
My boyfriend, however, is a Christian (as are his parents), and it would embarrass his family if he and I lived together before marriage.
Is there any halfway solution to this?
I love my boyfriend to death, but I'm afraid that getting married will ruin our relationship, as I've seen happen many times before.
— Not the Blushing Bride