The Benefits Of Arranged Marriage

There are many different kinds of intimate relationships that people partake in, marriage being one of them. Most people think of marriage as one thing: a socially approved union between two people, mainly a man and a woman. Marriage nowadays can mean includes different kinds of relationships, such as; same-sex couples and common law unions. In the past, arranged marriages were the norm of how a marriage would work but today it’s more about free-choice of who your partner is going to be. Arranged marriages weren’t about free-choice of who you want to marry but, unlike marriages in today’s society. In arranged marriages, the two that were to get married normally had no say in who they were going to marry. The decision of who people were going

In the past, cohabitation was mainly seen among the working class but it has spread to include a wide range of people. Some people take part in cohabitation because it is economically beneficial for the partners. Some people take part in cohabitation as a prelude into marriage. Some people take part in cohabitation because they like the idea more than they like the idea of a legal marriage. (McDaniel & Tepperman, 2011) Cohabitation is also referred to as common-law union; it has many of the same legal implications as a marriage. Someone would be considered common-law after two years. Cohabitation is considered a less stable form of union compared to legal marriage. There are fewer advantages to cohabitation than marriage, such as; less responsibility to the other person especially during a crisis, there are less involvement with extended family and also, domestic violence rates are higher. But, many people prefer this form of union over legal marriage. The rates of people who are in a common-law marriage have increased dramatically between 2001 and 2006, raising a whole 18.9 percent. (McDaniel & Tepperman,