Cohabitation Facts And Statistics You Need To Know Analysis

About three or four years ago my sister and her fiance at the time moved in together. That was perfect for them, not only because they were going to get married soon but because they didn't need to worry about finding a place to live after they got married. Unfortunately, their relationship came to an end due to differences and lack of ‘space’. The ‘cohabiting’ situation in some ways did not help them and in other ways it did. Living with your partner before marriage is something that many couples over the years have done to try to see if their relationship will be successful in the future. Couples don't necessarily need to go through that trouble to test their compatibility with one another.

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Many couples who live together or are engaged and are living together need to know about the ‘inertia effect’. Author Sheri Stritof writer of the article “Cohabitation Facts and Statistics You Need to Know” stated that “Engaged couples need to be aware of the inertia effect. It tends to become more difficult to break up because of your greater investment in the relationship over time”. That simply states that the couple even though they are not happy are willing to just stay in the relationship because they do not want to get accustomed to anything else than to what they are already used to. The relationship can have many problems that might be unfixable but if one chooses to stay then their cohabitation will no longer work anymore only forcing them to stay together without the mutual feelings for one another. Do not stay in the relationship because of agreements made before moving in together. Scott Stanley author of the article “The Complex Risks Associated With Cohabitation” uses this as a reference example, “Cohabitation can create inertia causing couples to remain together prior to making a clear and mutual decision to be together until marriage”. Living together before marriage to just ‘test’ it out is not a good idea. Prior agreements to getting married after living together for awhile can really be a problem if someone does not feel the same way about the other anymore. One can simply just not

Yes, there are factors that couples consider before committing to live with one another before marriage and those factors might just work out for them. Director and research professor Pamela J. Smock says in an article written through NBC NEWS, “It is becoming more acceptable to be in a long term relationship, committed relationship without a legal document”. Many women decide that they do not want the big fancy wedding or the title of marriage. Their mentality might be that if they are already living together then they do not really have to get married and can just carry on with how their current situation is. The economic factor of living together for some couples is one of the main reasons why they choose to live together before getting married. “18.5 % of couples cohabitate due to financial reasons” this is a statistic mentioned in a blog by Brandon Gaille. If you are not living with your parents and do not want to live with other roommates to split rent, then the idea of living with their partner might not be bad if they are doing it for financial reasons. Again the topic as to who gets what if the relationship ends can really be a problem if the couple ends in very bad terms. Attorney Lina Guillen writes the article “Cohabitation Laws in Washington State” and in the article she states the the rights and the duties that