[reaganaut1]

When people did not shack up, divorce rates were lower.

[lady lawyer]

This has been known for decades. Apparently, they keep doing the same studies, hoping to get a different result.

[svcw]

When divorce laws were made “we just don’t get along”. thats when people stopped working to keep the marriage together.

[vpintheak]

Captain Obvious!

[MrB]

The rate of “shackup before marriage” leading to “divorce” used to be 85%.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

When people did not shack up, divorce rates were lower.

That's because people were more circumspect about who they married.

[Logic n' Reason]

Well, since about half of all US marriages end in divorce anyway; let them live together.

At least when they "come apart", the guy won't loose everything he's worked for over his entire lifetime.

[wbill]

Mrs WBill and I, erm, "cohabited" for a few months prior to our wedding. Mostly because her landlord decided not to re-up the lease when it ran out and it didn't make sense for her to get an apartment for all of 3-1/2 months.

We're still doing fine. :-) My wife said that my contract expires after 50 years, then we'll see about re-upping it. I've still got 30-odd years to go, wish me luck. :-)

However, I'd posit that there's a big difference between two professional late-20somethings making a considered decision to live together for a short while before marriage, and a couple of teenagers right out of high school playing house for an indeterminate amount of time. This "study" likely doesn't think too much about that.

[chris_bdba]

Well I have a different take on this that just like divorce statics they are skewed by those who do it over and over, same here.

[Ro_Thunder]

If you’re practicing marriage, you’re actually practicing divorce.

When people didn’t shack up, there was no ‘no-fault’ divorce.