Posted on 12/03/2015 1:35:36 PM PST by sparklite2
The findings suggest an evolving role of marriage among young people today, said Sara Mernitz, co-author of the study and a doctoral student in human sciences at The Ohio State University.
As recently as the early 1990s, young people still received emotional health benefits when they went from living together to getting married, Mernitz said.
"Now it appears that young people, especially women, get the same emotional boost from moving in together as they do from going directly to marriage," she said. "There's no additional boost from getting married."
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Blah, blah, blah. Men and women were living in monogamous relationships long before the term "marriage" came about.
Somehow, I just don’t believe that it “helps” the women; now they probably believe that this will lead to a ring and a wedding. That’s not usually the case;from what I’ve seen/heard about.
Right you are !
What's the difference? Shack up and one partner can sue for half the assets of the other when they split up in many States...California for one.
SPOT ON !
Every culture has had a form of a wedding ceremony !
If you are just shacking up...it's meaningless.
I've been married to one person, for almost 49 years, now, and being married does make two into one. :-)
California law: Anything you bring into the marriage or contractual partnership is yours to leave with unless you assign otherwise. Any assets gained while married are community property, including savings income/interest, investments/interest, hard assets like property. I know because I recently looked into California law for a step-daughter. Most States are similar.
But then there is always the unfair alimony payments. Really? because she didn't have a job and made the choice to be a household wife, she should get alimony until she re-marries or dies? Child support is another whole righteous issue. I have NO patience for dead-beat dads. Guess where most are?
shacking up = promiscuity
Another thing: If they want to live/act like men, then be ready to reap the consequences as the male sluts they emulate. It always cracks me up that so many young female college students come back from Spring Break knocked up, and their parents have no clue but to support their new offspring.
Hey young women, you want respect? Quit acting like sluts and partying and jumping every thing that has a swinging...
There's a movie called, "Pleasantville" where a brother and sister find themselves back in the 1950's. Makes me nostalgic.
Heh. I remember it well. “Atheist” was some horror to be contemplated only at a great remove; there was something shameful about being heavily medicated; shacking up was a lower class thing; girls would just up and disappear from high school, usually the looser ones; and people would vote their county dry, then drive to the wet counties for booze.
Yes, it absolutely is !
The females who sleep around and are still single facing the swift approach of their 40th birthday, should stop wondering why they are still unwed !
No. A ho shacks up. There is no emotional boost to that.
FTA
“Nowadays, about two-thirds of couples live together before marriage.”
Dey’s a lotsa hos out dere, den.
Live together.
Get married.
One of them, God will judge.
Choose wisely.
So cave people had ceremonies? Just being facitious. Did the Assyrians have marriage? I think I may be wrong here and hope I am. I was going by some History Channel thing about ancient cultures and thought they implied that marriage/commitment was a relatively new social contract in the millions of years of Homo-sapien history.
Guess I'll have to Google.
Shacking up benefits the guy. He gets maid service and ho service for free!
I know more and more couples who have been living without being married for more than ten years. I don’t get it. But they seem to be as committed as the rest of us. Their relationships have lasted longer than most marriages of their peers.
I have one daughter that is getting married next year.
I have another daughter who has been in a relationship for years and has stated that they are not interested in getting married or having kids.
I can’t figure it out. My wife and I have been married thirty years. Always church going. Always pointed out the pitfalls of living in sin.
After 23 years, she is making her own decisions.
“girlfriend starts dropping increasingly aggressive, two-ton hints about wanting The Ring.”
Then buy her a ring....sheesh. But say no on the legal contract. No charge for my Solomon wisdom/
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