Actually, statistically the divorce rate is higher in couples who lived together prior to marriage as opposed to those who didn't.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Correlation doesn't prove causation.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Actually, there is some kind of causation, depending on the couple. You live together before you get married to see if it works out, giving you the frame of mind that if you don't like the situation you can easily leave. Which is the point. But the same frame of mind tends to be carried into the marriage, thus making the husband/wife hold less importance in the marriage. I dont' remember the exact numbers but it was in a psychology text book.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You mean there are people who don't?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Asian family = cannot live together before marriage or you shall be disowned :/ that's the way my family and every other Asian family I know believes anyway.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Same thing for most religious families.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Mine is Asian and very religious. So I'll get disowned for sure. I actually just had a talk about this with my grandparents and they despise the idea.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Cool story bro.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Or you know, you could just work through such trivial things like where the toilet seat is left and such instead of letting them break a marriage... Just a thought.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yeah of stupid stuff like a toilet seat is that big a deal, just don't get married

by Anonymous 14 years ago

@891151 (Sqwancho): Also, because people who live together and aren't married think nothing will change if they get married, which is very untrue. People who don't live together know everything is going to be different, so they prepare more for it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago