Posted on 10/19/2022 8:33:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Try before you buy...
Yes, it is a contract - one ordained by God.
"Love" (or more likely, your lust) just won't cut it.
What about AFTER you’re married. That may be a more telling poll.
The sodomites are to blame for this increasingly acceptable world view. They have damaged marriage incalculably.
Marriage involves a civil contract, but the essence of it is much more than a contract.
You do not have to be a teenager.
I cohabited before marriage when I was 63 ( Grin).
And she is one wonderful cook.
Why buy a cow if you get milk for free.
Feminism destroyed women with lies.
I was 20 in 77
Not much different then honestly girls just hid the fact more
Bigger news is lower class whites rarely marry now
Why buy milk when the cow’s free?
:-)
I know no married couple that did not live together before marriage.
I think the two views are not incompatible, yes marriage is ordained by God, but when government gets involved and requires a license among other things, then it becomes a contract that helps in determining how the assets and children are dealt with in the event of divorce
cohabitate is not a word.
LOL, either way. :)
Chicks are almost worse than men now. I’ve had chicks I’m flirting with via texting, then without asking or hinting, totally nude pics.
Welcome to post-Christian America.
Yeah, good luck with that. The current crop of American males don’t even know how to talk with females much less cohabit with them.
Marriage is viewed as a luxury good.
When you lose massive amounts of benefits by getting married to the father/mother of your children, you will not get married.
I know quite a few couples who had a church wedding overseas, and no civil paperwork to back it up. They justified the flight to costa Rica as “It would cost me up to ten times more a year to get married in the US!”
We know many happily married couples who didn’t shack up before marriage.
Conversely we know many unhappily married or divorced couples who did.
I know no married couple who lived together before marriage where it was a huge benefit to their marriage. All had significant issues related to it.
None of my friends who waited said “gee, wished we had lived together first!”
Without the strength of the traditional family within marital bounds, society crumbles. It’s not if, but when.
My wife and I didn't live together before we married. The same with many of my friends. To be fair to your statement, my group of friends and I were off the beaten path. We reveled in our peers making fun of us for being "goody two-shoes" and "holy rollers" and "bible thumpers". LOL In many ways, hanging out with each other was more advantageous for our Christian growth than going to church and attending youth groups. And part of that was encouraging each other to live holy lives even as teenagers and young adults.
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