Moving in with BF! I need advice.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

As a side note, the stats about cohabitation are true, or at least were. The question really what the cause is - are couples who are more likely to live together also more likely to consider divorce an option? There really aren't good answers there.

And in other news, masterbastion causes blindness....

It's bunk. IMHO couples who live together pre-marriage are more likely to divorce ONLY because they don't attach the social stigma to it not because of any other BS reason.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

It's bunk. IMHO couples who live together pre-marriage are more likely to divorce ONLY because they don't attach the social stigma to it not because of any other BS reason.

Life is complex enough for there to be more than one reason why couples who live together are more likely to divorce; and why divorce rates increase, in general.

Including personal experiences and opinions, there are thousands of qualitative and quantitative studies about cohabitation and divorce around the world, including those conducted by Melissa S. Waters and Rand Westler; Michael Svarer; and John Zhao and David Hall. People who are interested can check these and other studies out and see how these different explanations mesh with their humble (personal) opinions.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Life is complex enough for there to be more than one reason why couples who live together are more likely to divorce; and why divorce rates increase, in general.

Including personal experiences and opinions, there are thousands of qualitative and quantitative studies about cohabitation and divorce around the world, including those conducted by Melissa S. Waters and Rand Westler; Michael Svarer; and John Zhao and David Hall. People who are interested can check these and other studies out and see how these different explanations mesh with their humble (personal) opinions.

I think this research is far from conclusive. In fact, the only research from Waters and Ressler was about the economics of cohabitation. Svarer actually concluded that in Denmark, at least, cohabitation DECREASED the risk of divorce.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I think this research is far from conclusive.

That's why there are thousands of studies.

And I know what the studies that I cited found.