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"A dear friend of mine is way ready for the husband, the two-point-five kids, and the white picket fence. She moved in with her boyfriend two weeks ago, so I should be thrilled for her, right?You&amp;amp;#8217;re not just gonna steal my books and break my heart, right? Here&amp;amp;#8217;s the thing, about a decade ago, she was head over heels for another guy. They bought a condo in Cali and lived together for five years&amp;amp;#8212;before they split up and she moved back to the East Coast. About two years later, she moved in with a second guy after dating for less than a year. I wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t sure whether to be freaked or relieved: This guy was a total dud, so I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t even like the idea of them playing house. But that said, I figured she&amp;amp;#8217;d realize his flaws more quickly when they were in her face every day. She did; they broke about six months later. That brings us to 2008. Over Christmas of that year, she came down to visit me and Rory and was raving about guy X, whom she had been dating for a couple months. In February of &amp;amp;#8217;09, she and X came for a visit&amp;amp;#8212;and I really, really liked him. So much that I wrote to her sister, &amp;amp;#8220;Have you met X yet?! I think he&amp;amp;#8217;s the one!&amp;amp;#8221; But they were broken up by May. In July she and Rory ran a road race together in my hometown. (I drank wine and looked pretty cheering them on from the sidelines.) While they were running she mentioned she was dating guy Y and guy Z. Right before she and a friend came to visit in September, she called and asked if she could bring guy Z&amp;amp;#8212;they had just become exclusive and she really wanted us to meet him. When she and Z came back for Halloween, she informed me they&amp;amp;#8217;d be moving in together Dec. 1. Part of me was happy&amp;amp;#8212;this time, I really think he might be the one. (And I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t jinx it by e-mailing her sister.) But I was also a little concerned. Her move-in track record isn&amp;amp;#8217;t so hot. And I thought it might have been more appealing if she held out for a ring, stayed at her place a few nights a week, and kept things mysterious. Am I just being a jerk? Should I stop judging and let her do what&amp;amp;#8217;s right for her? I really, really hope she and Z work out, but if they don&amp;amp;#8217;t, is it time to say something? Is it even my place? Do you think she should have moved in with Z so quickly? And can we start a when-will-Z-propose pool? More pressing questions: * Do You Like the Sound of Your First Name + Your Boyfriend&amp;#x27;s Last Name? * Have You Heard of Postnuptial Depression? * Should &amp;amp;#8217;Maids Get a Say in the Cut and Color of Their Dress? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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