Cohabitation: A Modern Approach to Relationships

7.8 million Couples are living together without walking down the aisle (Census 4). Cohabitation has become more common in the last few years because of its many benefits; offering more room for the independence of oneself, personal growth, economic benefits, and adapting to one and other. There is neither the wrong time nor requirements for cohabitation to take place. Moving in with your partner before being married is no longer a commitment that people nowadays pursue. Past generations should approve cohabitating relationships because they can find happiness among each other without any compromise, couples also agree that living together resembles marriage, and they are convinced that it may prevent a divorce in the future despite opposing

If they can get to know each other better before getting married, there is a higher chance to stay together in the future. According to the article “Couples are happier than marrieds” “Age you settled down with someone, not whether you had a marriage license, that was the biggest indicator of a relationship's future success" (4). Although these statements are just opinions, there have been many cohabitating relationships that have turned into long-lasting marriages. Of course, not all relationships stay together forever, but at least they got to meet the person, find out they weren't the right one and did not lose one thing at all. Therefore, if you are married, you will probably get half of your stuff taken away, if not everything. Even worse, you will have to pay a full amount of money to get a divorce. In fact, two-thirds of young adults believe that living together prior to marriage is an effective way to prevent divorce an ensure a happy union (Brett and Kate McKay 2). Previous generations seem not to be pleased with the idea of “cohabitation” because of their traditions and the education that their parents gave them. They were taught that the proper thing to do was get married first and then move in together to start a new life as husband and wife. Most of them see cohabitation with disgust and until this day they do not accede with them for many couples is tough to make their grandparents and even their parents accept that marriage is not within their big picture. Most of the time couples’ authority figures will seem dissatisfied because they are not preserving their traditions. Moreover, couples find cohabitating to be an unacceptable idea even though there is nothing inaccurate with it except they did not sign any papers interpreting their “love for each other” in other words “matrimony.” Brett and Kate McKay from “Should