Also, many people do not believe that marriage will last long and simply living with your partner can bring more happiness. However, others may want to cohabit so they can learn about their partner and see what it is like to live with them before being married.
Surprisingly, it is claimed that women in cohabitating relationships have a higher possibility of being abused and suffer. On the contrary, if the couple is married, they will have a healthier relationship emotionally and physically. Possibly, marriage can create the healthy relationships between two people especially if their promised vows are genuine and they can be themselves around each other. Also, research claims that couples that live together for a while and then get married will have a higher percentage of getting divorced than people who do not cohabit before getting married. In the essay, it is claimed that many couples that cohabit have children and majority will end up having stepfamilies. It is claimed that 75% of these families will have separate families while only a third of children who have married parents will go through similar