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Couples who moved in together prior to marriage will see themselves in line with people battling in divorce courts compared to those who have waited for the wedding bells to come. People who have “shacked up” more likely lose affection and lower their commitment; thus, the relationship suffers and spurs to divorce.
According to study conducted by University of Denver, 70 percent of couples in U.S are cohabitating before marrying and most of them reportedly lose faith in marriage—this could also explain why divorce is exaggeratingly rising in America.
Senior researcher Galena Rhoades said, "We think that some couples who move in together without a clear commitment to marriage may wind up sliding into marriage partly because they are already cohabiting.” Scott Stanley, another researcher, stressed that couples should have known what “commitment” and “living together” are all about, because cohabiting is more serious than dating.
Researchers have come closer to investigating the impact of cohabitation and published the results in the Journal of Family Psychology. They found out that couples who move in together before engagement or marriage have low quality marriages and more likely get divorced.
Meanwhile, in a separate study, researchers discussed the reasons for cohabitation. The top reason why couples decide to live together is to “spend more time” for their partners. Financial convenience and testing the relationship ranked second and third respectively.
Previous research showed that people cohabitated because they wanted to see if the relationship would work well. However, testing the relationship can trigger to divorce and separation. Rhoades commented, "Cohabiting to test a relationship turns out to be associated with the most problems in relationships." |
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