Marriage Advice: Is It Okay To Live Together Before Marriage? - part 2
by Beth Young
Our youth need to understand the importance of maintaining and strengthening the 'traditional family unit' as the fundamental unit of society."
How Do We Prevent Divorce?
The trend of living together has evolved due to the increase in divorces over the past few decades. Some statistics claim that 50% of marriages will end in divorce. So it is a legitimate concern for our young adults.
However, if cohabitation isn't a good answer to stem the tide of divorce, then what is? Young explained, "There is good news that can be gleaned from some of these studies. They have found that even though cohabiting doesn't appear to reduce the divorce rate, there are other variables that come into play regarding divorce, and the insights are encouraging."
These studies have found that if you are educated (have had some college), with a decent income, came from a non-divorced family, are religious, were married after age 25 and didn't have children for at least 7 months after you're marriage, your chances for divorce are slim.
Even if you don't have all of these factors in your marriage, each factor reduces the chance of divorce rearing its ugly head in your relationship.
Planning For A Lifetime Of Marriage
Armed with this knowledge, young adults can pattern their life goals after tangible standards that will help their chances of having a lasting marriage.
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The message is clear, stay in school, prepare to work in a field that pays a decent wage, wait until your 25 to marry and don't have children out of wedlock.
When asked if these "standards" are achievable, Young explained, "These are lofty goals, yet all are achievable regardless of whether you come from a family that has experienced divorce or not."
There's Still Hope
So is there hope for baby Suri to grow up in a traditional family environment? Is there hope that Tom and Katie will not only marry but also stay together?
Young vehemently stated, "There's always hope! We choose our destiny by our daily actions, and the wonderful thing about that knowledge is if we don't like our direction, we can change our actions."
Young has posed this question to our readers, "Will you choose to improve your chances and the chances of your children to have a long-term marriage relationship?"
Our reply is, There's always that hope, as long as we are willing to educate our youth and make a stand for traditional, happy marriages.
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