Living Together Before Getting Married By Nancy Wartik
1. Nancy Wartik discusses the difficulties of a couple living together before getting married. She talks about how living together before marriage can cause troubles later on in life during marriage and the possibility of splitting before marriage. Wartik says that cohabiting is becoming more popular now than ever before because it seems like a great way to test one another to see if they are really meant to be together. Some couples think they will save money and become closer to each other, but it’s not the case for everyone according to Wartik. Statistics have shown that people who live together before getting married are higher likely to get a divorce than people who get married first (Wartik, 2005). Living together before getting married
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Berk’s (2010) text supports Nancy Wartik’s article in many ways with both containing very similar topics discussed amongst cohabiting couples. The text explains that Americans have a harder time committing than other countries because America is more free to the idea of living together and not being married. A similar aspect, Wartik says that cohabiting is definitely not for everyone, many times during cohabiting couples will find that they aren’t really ready for marriage or find reasons to not want to commit with someone because of something they don’t find attracting or pleasing. Having an unstable income and children severely increases the tension in cohabiting couples and is another reason as to breaking up (Wartik, 2005). Berk (2010) emphasizes on communication as an important part in cohabiting and marriage. Wartik states that talking about how one another feels and sharing important information about what each other expects provides a good stable foundation as to what the goals are in the relationship. Even committing before moving in such as engagement has been shown to improve marriage and be just as satisfying as moving in together after marriage (Berk, 2010). Wartik also relates and states that couples had just as good of a relationship getting engaged first as compared to those who got married
Berk’s (2010) text supports Nancy Wartik’s article in many ways with both containing very similar topics discussed amongst cohabiting couples. The text explains that Americans have a harder time committing than other countries because America is more free to the idea of living together and not being married. A similar aspect, Wartik says that cohabiting is definitely not for everyone, many times during cohabiting couples will find that they aren’t really ready for marriage or find reasons to not want to commit with someone because of something they don’t find attracting or pleasing. Having an unstable income and children severely increases the tension in cohabiting couples and is another reason as to breaking up (Wartik, 2005). Berk (2010) emphasizes on communication as an important part in cohabiting and marriage. Wartik states that talking about how one another feels and sharing important information about what each other expects provides a good stable foundation as to what the goals are in the relationship. Even committing before moving in such as engagement has been shown to improve marriage and be just as satisfying as moving in together after marriage (Berk, 2010). Wartik also relates and states that couples had just as good of a relationship getting engaged first as compared to those who got married