Show I. I i Leslie Conder Local Arts Reporter To move in or not notto notto notto to move in that is the question And the answer maybe more blurred than the popular social norms might have you believe The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development states Cohabitation once rare is now the norm nom The researchers found that more than half 54 percent of all first marriages between 1990 and 1994 began with unmarried cohabitation With that study there are also a lot of no-brain no statistics found on Ask com corn such as Living together is considered to be bemore bemore bemore more stressful than be being ng married In the United States couples who live together are at a greater risk for divorce than non couples Couples that lived together before marriage tend to divorce early in their marriage One statistic that might not be as well known is If cohabitation is limited to a persons person's future spouse there is no elevated risk of divorce If you have ever lived with a b girlfriend boy or have even thought about it you know that there are a alot alot alot lot of pros and cons to the action such as Pro Pro Not Not having to wake up early to go home and get ready for work because you are already home Con You Con You dont don't have your own place to go to if you get mad Now you can only leave the room and sometimes that's impossible if you live in a very small place Pro Pro Having Having your own place with the one you love means no more annoying and inconsiderate roommates Con Con If Con If you break up one of you has hasto hasto hasto to leave The evidence is in the movie The BreakUp BreakUp BreakUp Break- Break Up Pro You Pro You get to wake up next to the person you love every morning Con Con- There are more arguments about bills and finances because now you are arc sharing them Do you see where I am going with this Its It's not all rainbows and kittens and clouds made of chocolate although that sounds awesome In theory it sounds great to have one person say to the other Hey I like you lets let's move in But if you dont don't think about possible problems before hand than youre you're going to have a rude awakening when they show up So why do we do it Why do we choose to shack up with the one we love when the odds are arc stacked against us A lot lotof lotof lotof of people dont don't believe in marriage but want to have havea a life with the person they love Homosexual partners live together because they cant can't get married They cant can't get married because of ridiculous conservative laws that state if they did didget didget didget get married it would ruin the sanctity of marriage for us straight folk You know us straight folk who believe in the sanctity of marriage so much that over half of us get divorced The easiest answer for why people live together is because they love each other And usually if you love someone you want to spend time with that person What better way to spend time with that person than to live eat and sleep with-that with person Kind of sounds like prison to me but to each his own What it all boils bails down to tois tois tois is the old age-old knowledge of do what is best for you If it feels too soon to move in then it is If you told yourself that you would never move in in with someone before you get married then stick to your guns If you feel that moving in with the person will only bring your relationship closer then it will But it will also make things tough that were once easy Just remember that you are on the same team Communication is key Ladies dont don't be afraid to tell your man to put the seat down Men dont don't be afraid to tell her that its it's guys poker night and she's not invited If you do this then everything will be rainbows a and d kittens Well mostly |