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Unmarried Couples – No Need to Rush It
Unmarried couples cohabiting isn’t widely frowned upon any more, but – as any unmarried couple living in the vicinity of older unmarried ladies will attest to – it is still regarded as „living in sin“ by some.
A lot of people who think that couples who have cohabited before getting married have a less stable, less committed relationship. Somehow „living in sin“ equals „not taking the relationship seriously“ in some people’s minds. A study has now dispelled that myth, showing that relationships can actually profit from a phase of cohabitation before marriage. The divorce rate for couples who cohabited before getting married is lower that for couples who didn’t live together first. Couples who had previously cohabited with other partners didn’t have a higher divorce rate, unlike what some might have expected.
This study will hopefully encourage more unmarried couples to live together for a while, rather than rushing into things!
