NINA STANLEY:
The previous day, I told my mother that I wanted to move into Joseph's house to live with him before our wedding.
"Are you sure about this, Nina? Why not wait for you guys to get married first, before you move in with him?" Mom said. She was pretty, fair, and a 52-year-old woman.
"No, Mom. I want to go and live with my fiancé to get to know the man I'll be getting married to. We wouldn't have s*x, just live and bond like friends first," I replied.
Mom looked at my face in disbelief and said, "Do you think that will work? Joseph is a man, and he could want s*x and many things. What if you end up not liking him and find fault in him? I think it's best to wait until after you both get married, then you can find out everything about him."
"No, Mom!" I refused, my arms wrappe
