Cohabiting Before Marriage

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Cohabiting before Marriage Nowadays cohabiting before marriage is very common because people think the 21st century is a very open century. The U.S. census indicates that there was a gigantic surge in the number of unmarried cohabiting couples during the 60s and 70s. (Champlin, 235). In the most famous study, which drew data from a huge number of marriages, people who had cohabited before marriage had only a 49% chance of seeing their 15th wedding anniversary. People who had not cohabited before marriage had a 61% chance of seeing their 15th anniversary. (John, 47). That's a 12% swing! By that measure, it was one of the stronger variables affecting marital stability. When the couple decides to live together before marriage, they do not know the negative effects to cohabiting before marriage. First, the higher risk of divorce and less satisfactory adjustments in marriage. Cohabiters who do marry are more at risk for subsequent divorce than those who did not cohabit before marriage. In the United States the risk of divorce is 50 percent higher for cohabiters than for non-cohabiters. The divorce rate is even higher with previously married cohabiters and serial cohabiters (those who have had several cohabiting experiences). (Warren, 69). There are some indications that have more problematic, lower-quality relationships and the divorce rate is higher for couples who live together for a longer period of time, especially over three years. Second, strained relationships with parents, close family members and treasured friends. Many of us, at least to some extent, are people pleasers. To have people we care about, particularly our fathers and mothers, critical of our actions causes us pain. I have a story about my roommate come from Hong Kong. She is only 18-yeare-old this year and lives together with her boyfriend now. However, her boyfriend’s mother does
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