www.pre-marriage-counseling.net Cohabitation before Marriage Have you considered cohabiting before marriage or are you in that situation already? There are actually some pros and cons with this. It might be of your best interest to learn more about something before getting comfortable with it. No strings attached relationships or live-ins are quite common now a days. As you can see, relationships have phases and stages. Some couples go for regular boyfriend and girlfriend relationship then go for engagement. Some may prefer going through cohabitation first before they decide to go for marriage. This is one reason. Other reason may be due to the convenience it offers. Perhaps that it’s easy to go through it and it may serve as trial run for an actual marriage. Either way, these people are still allowed to make major life decisions without consulting the other. But whatever reason it is, there are always some good and bad sides of every option. Here are some points that you might want to consider. Good side of cohabitation This gives you a good simulation about the essence of living together. Take note that being girlfriends or boyfriends is a different thing. This time you try to make it to a higher level than just the dating relationship for this is where you live together and take individual roles while being in a relationship. This leads to a good side of cohabitation which is knowing the other person thoroughly or what he or she is like at home with the other …
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