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Living together before Marriage

How to live happily?

Ashlee, a 26-year old in San Mateo, California, is a financial analyst. She has been dating Arnold for three years now and they have a monogamous, committed relationship, but Ashlee is not ready to get married yet to him. "While I could not imagine being with anyone else, but I am not sure I want to marry Arnold in the traditional sense.

 

We manage our finances together, own our home together, and our lives are in all respects linked, but I do not see the need for us going through the formalities of marriage. My parents are divorced and so are many of my family members and friends. Am I doing something wrong? Do you have any tips on how to make our relationship trouble-free if we decide to spend our lives this way?" Ashlee asks.


Ashlee is not alone. According to a report published by the National Marriage Project, more than half of all first marriages in America are preceded by living together. A separate 2002 federal study has found that 50 percent of women

18 Comments

It is very nice relating to living together without marriage. It is most common thing in western society but in India the society won't expect it.

14 months ago

Thanks Sheela. I read a book which observed that the seperation rate in such couples is lower than formally married couples. It suggested that this was because unmarried people looked after each other while married people relied more on the law and their marriage certificates to protect them.

IMy culture (which I shal call Eastern) bears more similarity to Sarath's culture than Wetern culture. Before the Pope decreed marriages to be registered, Eastern culture had a clearer distinction between married couples and live in lovers because of a bride price. In Western culture the absence of a marriage certificate means no marriage is present, while in Eastern culture the societies recognise an unregistered marrige even though the law might not. I hope I have not misrepresented Sarath.

14 months ago

If it has more advantages then maybe it would be better..
But some societies have different views and culture which is forbidden to live together
before marriage...
thanks for sharing...

14 months ago

Exactly my point of view! I like live-in more than marriage. the pressure is less, and there are no legal papers to force anyone to do this or that.

14 months ago

sometime it depends with culture ,as in my culture living together before marriage is consider sin and cohabiting so before have to formalize their marriage first before living together and to be accepted in the society as married couples.

14 months ago

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14 months ago

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14 months ago

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14 months ago

very nice sharing, i love this post !

14 months ago

nice saharing

13 months ago

well actually it is good both the important is you do understand each other and agreed on the set up

13 months ago

i love this post

13 months ago

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Friends.

13 months ago

the christian point of view does not allow it. but due to numerous failed marriages living in becomes a trial and error

13 months ago

..Marriage is a gift from God but I really do not know why a lot of us, which includes myself actually, is threaten by it.. I guess we based our presumption on the things we are seeing especially to the couples..

13 months ago

Thank you for your comments and you view points.... :)

10 months ago