[riri]

I tend to believe the opposite of conventional wisdom that "living togther let's you try out a person". I think living together results in people getting married who may otherwise have gone their own ways when they should have. By then so much is invested. Time, energy, finances, etc.--they, often, take a wronf turn and just keep going.

Where as dating, you'd be much more less likely to ignore warning signs and end more likely to move on.

[Responsibility2nd]

It’s not “conventional wisdom” any more. Secular facts and studies are out there showing that couples who shack up before marriage stand a greater risk of separating and divorcing than do couples who don’t live together first.

[southernmann]

With the record number of divorces, it seems that time, energy etc, isn’t that big of a deal when it comes to breaking up.