Talk:The Space Probe Disintegration/@comment-184.89.159.25-20141215085217

WILL SHELDON AND AMY LIVE TOGETHER BEFORE GETTING MARRIED?

Yes. Here's why:

1. To wait until their wedding day to move in together is way to much change for Sheldon all at once. As it stands, Amy lives across town. They have spent the night in the same house together only once, and they slept in separate rooms.

2. Building on reason #1, it was showcased in The Prom Equivalency that it is very important to Sheldon to follow traditions and abide by social conventions. Newlyweds customarily consummate their marriage on the night of their wedding, and so this is what Sheldon will do. Therefore, he will not propose to Amy until he has decided that he is ready to have sex with her. As per Christian tradition, however, thanks to his mother, Sheldon will wait until he and Amy are married to go through with it. Though Christianity may also teach that a couple cannot cohabitate until they are married, as pointed out earlier, this would be WAY to much change for Sheldon all at once.

Amy will initially take over Leonard's bedroom when she moves in, Sheldon will spend at least a season getting used to her living in the house, he will finally decide that he is ready to go all the way with her, he will propose to her, he may start letting Amy sleep in his bedroom with him in a separate little bed or on a cot while the wedding is being planned and arrangements are made, they will get married, and then Sheldon and Amy will have sex. GRADUAL change is key for Sheldon, or he will simply panic and run away.