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Is Cohabitation Bad for Marriage?
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Posted almost 5 years ago Previously, studies claimed that divorce rates were higher for people who lived together before marriage. Yesterday, a USA Today poll was released saying that "Most people today reject the notion that couples who live together before marriage are more likely to get divorced." What are you views? How does living together before marriage affect the overall outcome of the relationship? |
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| Posted almost 5 years ago This is a thought provoking question, and I'm not really sure how I see it...I was engaged twice (cohabitated with both, and both relationships failed) before I got married to Mr. Wonderful...my husband and I didn't actually move in together until almost a month AFTER we were married! And although we've had our (small) problems...we are very happily married! Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming "Woo-hoo"!!! |
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| Posted almost 5 years ago If you take the biblical view, it is good to be married before you move in together. The popular view is that to really know someone is to live together with them to know if you are compatible. But I find that people can hide their true selves for a long time and act ugly when they think they have you and you by then have invested so much in the relationship you stick around, put up with it, and prolong the bitterness sometimes into marriage, kids, and ultimately an unhappy, unfulfilling relaltionship. |
