Cohabitation before Marriage Harms Relationships
Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Nowadays over 70% of couples live together before they marry even though studies show cohabitation increases the chances of divorce and decreases couples' overall satisfaction with their marriages. Despite overwhelming sociological evidence showing how detrimental this practice is to people's relationship satisfaction, more and more of us have chosen to live together before marrying. In this hour I want to hear your experiences with living together with your spouse before marriage. Did doing so hurt the relationship? Did it enhance your lives together? Why did you do it? Would you do it again if you knew what you know now?
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Show Poll: Did you live with your spouse before you got married?
| Yes |
 | 33% | |
| Yes, but only after getting engaged |
 | 10% | |
| No |
 | 56% |