Cohabitation
I see a lot of successful women today living in co-habitating relationship with men.
Is this really a healthy thing and how successful are these situations over a marriage or being single and not living together? It seems to me that the man has the better end of the deal without committing to a marriage. In a co-habitating situation, it seems like sex is based on a rent basis.
Do these relationship last and are they healthy? We not considering children in the scene.
What is your thoughts on this?
Well, Joe, I live with my boyfriend - we've been dating for 5+ years and living together for about 3. Speaking from my own experience, I think it's very healthy, and he isn't the only one benefiting from this situation! I, too, love having sex available to me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
It depends on each individual couple, really. Some aren't ready for, or interested in, marriage. That doesn't mean they don't want a commitment or to share their lives in some way. With divorce rates being so high these days, many younger people see it as a way to "try the car before they buy it" - to take the relationship further before making the final decision to marry. I, personally, would never marry someone before living with them first. I don't believe that I can really know someone unless I do.
Financially it also makes sense for many people. If they each pay rent on their own apartments, but spend most nights together at his or her place, why not just split the cost and pay one rent?
And for some, there's the distance issue. I know many people who were in long-distance relationships and it made more sense for one of them to move closer to the other and see how that worked before considering marriage (or instead of - again, not everyone is interested in marriage, and there's nothing wrong with that)!
Long story short, in this day and age it's the norm. And I think it's smart.
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