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According to this article that ran in Newsweek, the answer is yes. Important to note, though, is that there is significant research to the contrary. We haven’t really seen any indication that there is less interest in marriage, just that people feel less confident that they can do it successfully, so they often settle for living together. Studies show that the benefits of marriage do not transfer to cohabitating couples.
What do you think? Is marriage really an outdated institution that is a thing of the past? Or, with the soaring divorce rates and increase in cohabitation, are people just afraid of failure?
We would love to hear what you think!
Cohabitation makes it easier for both to just turn and run when problems come. Marriage was the one institution that was established before the Fall of man (if you believe the Word of God), and curiously improves a relationship through time and trials if both parties really love each other.