Increased Number of Unmarried Couples Living Together
Increasing number of unmarried couples living together
Change is a universal fact. They say, the only thing that remains constant in life, is change. And travelling through the centuries, the faith on the universality of marriage has shaken up. I would rather say the definition of love among the ‘present’ generation has also taken a different turn. With growing influence coming in from everywhere-television, internet or just by sheer interaction, the trends of relationships are changing. There was a time when it was forbidden for couples to even talk to each other before they got married. Now, it only sounds like an age old story. Today, there is a new talk of town- the live-in relationship. Many youngsters today believe that living together before the marriage can help them understand each other better, test whether their relationship would materialize in the long run and check whether their partner is compatible or ideal for them. Thus, cohabitation is a boon for them before they end up committed in a wrong marriage.
Cohabitation is when a man and a woman live together in an emotional or/and physical relationship without themselves getting married. In recent times, especially in the Western world, this new concept of cohabitation has become rather common. In the US, almost half of young adults aged 20-40 are cohabiting instead of getting married. Statistics show that cohabitation has increased nearly 1,000 percent since 1980, and the marriage rate has dropped more than 40 percent since 1960 in the US. Although this trend has started from the western and developed countries like the United States itself, it is slowly growing and touching the eastern countries too. This concept has got social acceptance in many regions, while in other places has become quite controversial, as it is totally against many religious beliefs.
Many people imagine that living together before marriage resembles taking a car for a test drive. The ‘trial period’ gives people a
Change is a universal fact. They say, the only thing that remains constant in life, is change. And travelling through the centuries, the faith on the universality of marriage has shaken up. I would rather say the definition of love among the ‘present’ generation has also taken a different turn. With growing influence coming in from everywhere-television, internet or just by sheer interaction, the trends of relationships are changing. There was a time when it was forbidden for couples to even talk to each other before they got married. Now, it only sounds like an age old story. Today, there is a new talk of town- the live-in relationship. Many youngsters today believe that living together before the marriage can help them understand each other better, test whether their relationship would materialize in the long run and check whether their partner is compatible or ideal for them. Thus, cohabitation is a boon for them before they end up committed in a wrong marriage.
Cohabitation is when a man and a woman live together in an emotional or/and physical relationship without themselves getting married. In recent times, especially in the Western world, this new concept of cohabitation has become rather common. In the US, almost half of young adults aged 20-40 are cohabiting instead of getting married. Statistics show that cohabitation has increased nearly 1,000 percent since 1980, and the marriage rate has dropped more than 40 percent since 1960 in the US. Although this trend has started from the western and developed countries like the United States itself, it is slowly growing and touching the eastern countries too. This concept has got social acceptance in many regions, while in other places has become quite controversial, as it is totally against many religious beliefs.
Many people imagine that living together before marriage resembles taking a car for a test drive. The ‘trial period’ gives people a