'For years, studies showed that couples who lived together before marriage were more likely to divorce... But those studies are from an age when 10% of married couples lived together before marriage. Cohabitation was a novelty in the 70s.' -conncarroll
That’s totally up to you. But as long as this is your first time moving in with a romantic partner, don’t worry: It won’t raise your chances of getting divorced.For years, studies showed that couples who lived together before marriage were more likely to get divorced than couples that didn’t. But those older studies are from an age when just 10% of married couples lived together before marriage. Cohabitation was a novelty in the 70s.
Not all studies agree. One recent Stanford University study found that while cohabiting couples were actually less likely to divorce in the first year of marriage, pre-marriage cohabiting couples were more likely to get divorced after 10, 15, and 20 years. Not really. Here’s why: When you drill down into that Stanford study, you see that not all cohabitations are created equal. Women who had cohabited with other men before they cohabited with their husband, and women who cohabited with other men but not with their husband, were much more likely to get divorced than women who did not cohabit before marriage. But women who only cohabited with their eventual husbands were just as likely to get divorced as those who never cohabited.
We see a similar pattern in marriage success related to the number of sex partners one has over their lifetime. If you are a woman who wants to still be married by age 40, the optimal number of men to have slept with before your wedding night is not zero. It is in fact one — meaning your husband is your only sex partner. Ninety-five percent of women who have only ever had sex with their husbands were still married by age 40.
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