<human>: So we were friends for a couple of years before we decided to start dating and we've been together, all long distance, for about 8 months now. Although it's early on in the relationship, I know him very well because of our years as friends and I truly believe we'll end up getting married eventually.  I'm about to graduate and I feel like I want to move away from my hometown anyway, so what better place than his city?  We're both in agreement that, although it's a big step, it's one we want to take.

We've been considering getting an apartment together and agreed that it makes financial sense and we would be spending basically all of our time together anyway.  I don't have a "grown up job" lined up yet, but I am pretty frugal so I have savings to live off of.  I have also gotten a part time job offer in my field, although it wouldn't make me enough to live on. In other words, I could afford my own apartment, but it wouldn't be as nice and I would prefer not to dig into my savings.

Although it sounds amazing and does make a lot of sense, I'm afraid of taking too many steps at once. I believe that we'll end up moving in together eventually, I just don't want to rush anything.  Because the cost of living there is pretty low, we've considered the idea of getting a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom place so that we still have our own space.  I have stayed with him in his tiny apartment in the past for up to two weeks at a time, so I think we have a decent idea of each other's living habits.

Anyway,

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<bot>: Is it a bad idea to go straight from a long distance relationship to moving in together?  Any advice is much appreciated.