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The effects of cohabitation on an impending marriage are discussed in this 5 page paper. Also examined, more briefly, is the current trend for couples to marry but live apart. The paper concludes that it is more beneficial for relationships if the couple lives together than if they live apart, whether or not they are married. Religious aspects are explored as well but the paper takes a sociological point of view. The effects of cohabitation on children are also discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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commonplace and "marriages" between people of the same sex are a reality. The history of marriage and family is actually filled with a variety of thought quite foreign to say,
the average American. Marriage was often an agreement of practicality, arranged to provide a linkage between family fortunes. The film Titanic exemplifies this type of thinking even as late
as the turn of the century. Thus, it is only in relatively recent history that marriage has been looked at in terms of romance. Although throughout the twentieth century
the subject of marriage is linked with white wedding dresses and three tiered whipped cream cakes, it has also broached the question of whether or not the committed couple should
live together before the big wedding day. While it is less controversial today than, say, fifty years ago, some still call it "living in sin." The primary objections stem from
a religious point of view and those who do choose to cohabit before the ink is dry on the marriage license are subject to criticism. Macleans reports that
such living arrangements used to be considered lower class but new statistics reveal that these so-called common law marriages are much more widespread (14). The number of couples living together
in Canada, without benefit of marriage, almost tripled between 1981 and 1995 (Macleans 14). Some suggest that the increase is attributable to the fact that the arrangement has much less
of a stigma attached now (14). The reason that the stigma is lessened is due to the fact that the current twenty-somethings have parents who have also cohabited before marriage.
This is the first time that this phenomenon has occurred as the boomers began the loosening of sexual mores in the society during the turbulent sixties. While it is true
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