Does Living Together Decrease the Chance of Divorce

​Today’s generation has started to break the norms, and maybe it is safe to say that even the culture is starting to change. In the previous generations, living together before marriage was tabooed, controversial, and immoral. However, as time passes by, that has started to change. People embraced the practicality of living together. It does not always have to do with religious beliefs anymore.

​Reasons for Cohabitation
One of the reasons for cohabitation or living together is to test the compatibility of the couple. If it does not work out for them in this trial, then there will be no marriage. Therefore, there will be no divorce as well. It is easy for those couples who do not particularly practice their religions. For other couples who do, it may not be an option.
 
Though, so far, no scientific study proclaimed that cohabitation reduces the chance of divorce. It was all a mixture of a yes and no because every couple is different, so the result differs as well. It has lots of factors to consider before the study can prove that living together is a good step before marriage.
 
Pros and Cons of Cohabitation
One of the advantages of living together is that couples can start sharing their bills from apartment to electricity. They can start saving money for marriage or other plans like building a family when they do so. Practicality is the next priority after testing the waters, as others call it. However, marriage is a different story and not synonymous with cohabitation. Marriage has no easy way out. Cohabitation can end in ending the lease of the apartment as couples choose to live separate lives again.
 
Additionally, one of the cons would be the couples won’t experience the firsts that newlywed had the privilege. When they get married, they will go back to the same routine they have been doing for years before marriage. They can transfer houses, but they are already used to being together that it may reduce excitement. Unlike with newlyweds who did not cohabitate, it will all be new for them.
 
Cohabitation does not necessarily decrease the chance of divorce.
 
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