Posted on 11/16/2019 4:29:20 PM PST by DoodleBob
The share of adults who have lived with a romantic partner is now higher than the share who have ever been married; married adults are more satisfied with their relationships, more trusting of their partners.
As more U.S. adults are delaying marriage – or forgoing it altogether – the share who have ever lived with an unmarried partner has been on the rise. Amid these changes, most Americans find cohabitation acceptable, even for couples who don’t plan to get married, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Even so, a narrow majority says society is better off if couples in long-term relationships eventually get married.
The survey also examines how adults who are married and those who are living with an unmarried partner are experiencing their relationships. It finds that married adults are more satisfied with their relationship and more trusting of their partners than those who are cohabiting.
The share of U.S. adults who are currently married has declined modestly in recent decades, from 58% in 1995 to 53% today. Over the same period, the share of adults who are living with an unmarried partner has risen from 3% to 7%. While the share who are currently cohabiting remains far smaller than the share who are married, the share of adults ages 18 to 44 who have ever lived with an unmarried partner (59%) has surpassed the share who has ever been married (50%), according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG).
Young adults are particularly accepting of cohabitation – 78% of those ages 18 to 29 say it’s acceptable for an unmarried couple to live together, even if they don’t plan to get married – but majorities across age groups share this view.
(Excerpt) Read more at pewsocialtrends.org ...
maybe i need to start committing some sins...to keep the priest busy (or at least interested in his work)?
I remember years ago a man I was dating told me that he was buying a house, and he thought it would be great if we moved in together.
I looked at him, and said Why?
He thought I would like to move into a bigger place...with him.
I told him no, I had no reason to move.
He showed up with a proposal and appropriate accoutrements a few days later.
I am not sure it would fly anymore.
Part of it is also that men don’t want to commit anymore either. Many young men today view marriage as risky due to the high rates of divorce and what’s at stake financially. A lot of them grew up watching their own parents go through an ugly divorce. That stuff trickles down.
A lot of women these days are also delaying because they are waiting for one reason or another. Parents today seem to encourage their daughters to not get married early and instead go to school and establish their careers first. Since many millennials are having difficulty launching their careers these days, that’s causing the delay also.
“Because “living in sin” is what my parents’, maybe more my grandparents, called living together before marriage.”
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Same here. My dad and mom lived together for many months before he popped the question. I even had a playboy uncle who cheated on his OWN LIVE-IN GF. It’s a test run before marriage knowing how your partner ticks because once you’re married, it’s “over”. and I know around 7 couples who did it this way too.
Not one of the 7 are divorced and you can add that uncle of mine. Unbelievably, he never cheated on his wife. Probably got tired of the “chase”.
The hard-core Christian Freepers sure are an uppity crowd... and they wont even ask what if the marriage turn into a divorce because of that “living in sin” belief but to each his own.
To a certain extent, sexual sin has essentially become the third-rail of religion.
I suppose talk of purity doesn't sell well these days.
Why is it that heterosexuals do not want to get married but homosexuals do want to get married?
My advice to today’s male youth, don’t ever get married and if you do get a prenuptial. As a man you will find everything is stacked against you and if your marriage goes south you will pay dearly.
I think it mainly has to do with how the law is so stacked against men.
homosexuals are not up to speed with punitive divorce and pro-womyn “family court.” Nor the impoverishing effects of matriarchy, aka “child” support.
Is this article written in 1989? lol
I turn 36 years old in 8 days. Yeah, it's hard to get motivated nowadays to get married. Maybe I should move to another country.
They’re “Playing House”....regardless of their ages or their reasons it’s nothing more than “Pretend”...
Trend will continue until we stop paying benefits to “single” mothers and make partners responsible. Nephew, married with two children, had serious medical bills for his kids that almost bankrupted him. He sold his house to pay off debts and started over. Meanwhile, a relative of a relative, lives in sin with three children. She gets monthly support and free medical care and never has to bust her butt. Seems to me we send a message to our kids that you’re a fool to work hard to achieve when you should be working to beat the system.
Woman will always get the raw end.....Why buy the cow sort of thing.
... “Scuse me, but”...
??? YOU 36 years old ???
...and you’ve been here since Dec 9, 2000...
https://www.freerepublic.com/~minorityrepublican/
Did you really sign up when you were 17?
I so, Congratulations to you.
Bump
One problem with living together, IMO, is the idea of “why buy the cow if you are already getting the milk.” More from the guy’s side, I guess. Then again, as some say “it is just a piece of paper.” Great that all those couples stayed together.
There are so many trying living together out, even Christian kids, that calling it a sin is a touchy topic. Frankly, it still shocks me, but I am just over 60. Divorce is not the issue.
That’s the question I’ve been asking for it seems like the past 10 years.
Well as I see it the Lord God never changes and scripture certainly defines marriage, wife, husband so these folks have to jump through a lot of hoops, twists and turns to even remotely re-word what is written in Gods sight.
..Since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own ‘wife’, and each woman with her own ‘husband’... The husband should fulfill his ‘marital’ duty to his ‘wife’, and likewise the wife to her ‘husband’. .....1 Corinthians 7:1-10
Marriage should be honored by all,......Hebrews 13:4
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord........... Prov. 18;22
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh....... Gen: 2:24
Well these are just reasons they use to justify playing house and having sex.....Especially for the guy.
In time the gal will generally “always” want marriage. Her natural need for security (If he dies) and stability for the children.
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