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Marriage's rehearsal dinner that never quite commits to the actual wedding.
means Two unmarried partners living together in an ongoing romantic relationship, sharing a home and often a life.
from From Latin cohabitare — co (together) plus habitare (to dwell), the same root that gives us habitat and inhabit.
Political twistIn France, it means rival president and prime minister sharing power.
Legal limboMany places offer cohabitants none of marriage's automatic rights.
Rising normMost couples now cohabit before any wedding occurs.