Melinda,

If you move into a new place with him and things are not good, you could just be asking for more difficulties. I suggest you sit down and have a really good heart to heart talk with him, if you are having communication problems and it's only 8 months into the relationship, it could be a sign for trouble ahead. Is he marriage material, it that what you'd like out of the relationship? i say try to work out this stuff before you commit to a new lease to a bigger apartment. If he's not working now, who'll be paying for that bigger place?