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Olivia Helman (Edison College) Living and Sleeping Together Before Marriage
Living together as well as having sex before marriage has become a norm
in society. Most believe that it makes complete sense and that it’s
also healthy to sleep and live with the person they intend to marry
before they take that next step of commitment through marriage to
confirm their compatibility. In most cases living and sleeping
together before marriage is thought to be a usual next step in a
relationship. Despite what people think to be true, living together
before marriage actually raises the percentage of divorce fifty
percent. According to “Sociological Reasons Not to Live Together” :
- Those who live together before marriage are the least likely to marry
each other.
- Those who live together before marriage have higher separation and
divorce rates.
- Those who live together before marriage have unhappier marriages.
- Those who are sexually active before marriage are much more likely to
divorce.
- Those who have had premarital sex are more likely to have
extramarital affairs as well.
- Those who live together do not experience the best sex.
http://www.leaderu.com/critical/cohabitation-socio.html RayFowler.Org also states that:
- More than eight out of ten couples who live together will break up
either before the wedding or afterwards in divorce.
- About 45 percent of those who begin cohabiting, do not marry. Another
5-10 percent continue living together and do not marry.
- Only 12 percent of couples who have begun their relationship with
cohabitation end up with a marriage lasting 10 years or more.
- Couples who do marry after living together are 50% more likely to
divorce than those who did not.
- A Penn State study reports that even a month’s cohabitation decreases
the quality of the couple’s relationship.
http://www.rayfowler.org/2008/04/18/statistics-on-living-together-before-marriage/ So if the facts are clear that living and sleeping together before
marriage lead to a less successful marriage as well as less fulfilling
sex in marriage then why does society continue to live and sleep
together before marriage?
It’s because people have the free will to do so. People don’t want to
follow rules but want the choice of doing what they want to do despite
the truth.
Living and sleeping together outside the commitment of marriage causes
unnecessary arguments, trust problems, and the excuse to not even get
married at all. It’s a free country. People in America can choose to
do what they want when it comes to this topic. The American culture has
changed. The values and standards which were once lived by are no
longer set in stone. Sex and living together outside of marriage has
become acceptable. But those who sleep together and live together
outside of marriage are depriving themselves from the most fulfilling
and successful marriage.
28. April 2009 at 23:37
What’s not clear is if it is the living together that causes these problems. Remember, correlation is not causality. Example, it’s likely that people who cohabitate are more liberal and less religious, both characteristics lead to higher divorce rates.
Remember, too, divorce may not be a social problem, but may be a solution to the social problem of bad marriages.