It can be hard to decide whether to live or not before marriage. Fifty years ago it was a horror to think about cohabitation but today in free and advanced countries we have the right to choose what is best for us. Today’s world is almost moving towards innovation that makes us strong and have a free life. As far as I am concerned living together before marriage is a great idea and we should adopt it.
Why Cohabitation is good?
A relationship is about getting to know each other. Being a couple is not the same when it comes down to living together. Living together with each other means having hard work and responsibility. We know that every romantic relationship has different types of intimacy; emotional, physical, volitional, and spiritual. The first two are better-known forms of intimacy. The third and fourth are sharing your emotional and mental life. You share your feelings and create understanding. Volitional intimacy is the commitment made between two people suppose when they decide to buy a dog, they make a new commitment to each other.
Moving more into your life and increase the practicality of mixing your living space. Living together can ease some of the stress of getting married. There are chances that one of the most famous reasons for moving in together before getting married is distinctively financial. By living together with each other before marriage, you go from paying two rents or mortgages to one, from two sets of utilities to one and so on. So it will help a lot financially.
Living together will create new and profound difficulties that one would probably not encounter before getting together and it is one of the most important steps to have a soul mate for yourself. Before having a lifelong commitment that two people make by getting married in place, one put himself at risk of not having to do the arduous work of separating all that we have joined in case things do not work out. The decision of moving in together before marriage is an enormous commitment to each other.
Effects of living together (Cohabitation)
Research clears that almost 50% peoples after completing their university education love to create this kind of relationship. But it has different effects on both members of the relationship emotionally, spiritually etc. Both partner develop understanding and try to handle each other. Almost 55% couples who live together before marriage go on to marry. They start sharing their financial burdens that develop feeling between them. Living together offers trial run between them. Their Physical life and romantic patterns will be more like marriage. Sharing between them can be fun for them.
Cohabitation before marriage create excitement. They come to know the hardships of life and can check out the behavior of each other in these conditions. They learn how to resolve Domestic issues such as sharing things, meal preparations and work distributions in house .statics show that the longer a couple live together, better the understand and learn. It increases sacrifice and loyalty. It is also come to know that getting used to a romantic with each other can smother the fire of physical abuse and violation.