Interesting article but very unscientific. People that wed without cohabiting are likely to have strong religious backgrounds and a mindset that would make divorce much less likely. The difference in divorce rate is due to differences in groups not the effect of cohabitation.
Many of the 20-45 year marriages still going strong, from my acquaintances, cohabited.
True, my wife and i lived together for 20+ years and considered ourselves married but never had a “ceremony” until we had children.
Marriage is in bad shape because of gay marriage and being able to marry your cat. They made it a secular ceremony, rather than what God intended. The state has made a complete mockery of marriage.
Personally, I’ve always been against that “living together” custom that emerged with the boomers around Woodstock time. I didn’t do it and have been married 45 years. All four of my kids lived together and all got married. Some are pushing the twenty year mark.
Don’t try to use facts with religious people.
Well said
So--cohabiting is just a symptom. The fix the divorce rate, people need to become more religious and have mindsets that make divorce less likely.