Sarah and Ben were both widowed and found love in each other even though they were both in the seventies. They found love and companionship in one another, so they decided to move into an apartment together to share the rest of their years as a couple that chose not to marry because of financial concerns. If Sarah gets remarried, she will lose her social security pension which would change her financial situation. The decision not to marry does not change the fact that Ben and Sarah love one another and enjoy a healthy sex life (Thiroux & Krasemann, 2015). Although Ben and Sarah are happy, their family does not agree with their arrangement. Some of the family members have chosen to distance themselves from the happy couple because they are living together. This does not seem to affect the couple because they continue to live in happiness (Thiroux & …show more content…
Sometimes family members disagree and choose to remove themselves. Cohabiters tend to have a less contact with their children (Gibson, 2017). Their relationship with their sons and daughters sometimes suffer, according to a report from Matthew Wright, a doctoral sociology student studying at Bowling Green State University (Gibson, 2017). He also added that cohabiters have a less positive relationship with their adult children compared to those widowed parents and married couples (Gibson, 2017). For couples that choose to stay unwed, one fear surrounds the loss of their pension and social security benefits. Morally, there could be religious differences that could interfere with the choice to cohabitate. There is also the fact that they consciously deceive the government to avoid the risk of losing benefits that help with living expenses. They know that by telling the truth there will be consequences that involve discontinued pension and social security benefits. By remaining unmarried, they gain a companion and retain income that allows them to live a comfortable