Cohabitation: Why people don't marry any more 26 Articles

by Na'Imah Abdullah

Matrimony Miss: Why Don't People Marry Anymore Alice and Clarence sitting in the tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Alice with the baby carriage. This rhyme was often sung about a n...read more

by Janet Dunn

Women have now attained self-awareness and independence by becoming more career minded. This has been gradually happening over time and then in the last few years it has taken wings and soared. The old fashioned idea that ...read more

by Renee Mcknight

Marriage throughout the years has lost its value, its lost its meaning. 100 years ago, men and women were entering marriage with the idea that it was a life long commitment, now most couples give up after the honeymoon st...read more

by Charles Johnson

In the last ten years, the divorce rate has jumped to over sixty percent; this is a big reason never to get married again. When a person works most of their life to get the things they have always wanted, why would they wa...read more

by Rachel Scritchfield

"When are you two going to get married?" I have heard this asked so many times, I want to vomit. People have a way of sticking their noses into other people's business. I am a cohabitant. I have lived with my boyfriend...read more

by Lisa Fagan

Because a lot of them probably came from a broken home (where their parents were divorced), were previously married themselves, but then went through a bitter divorce, or they just don't want to make a lifetime committment...read more

by Jonathan Young

1. Money My grandfather worked in a factory his entire life. A frugal man and self-educated investor, he supported a wife and six kids on his factory wages, and then retired comfortably. Imagine trying to do that now. ...read more

by Anne Gable

Why don't people get married any more? This is a question I have so desperately wanted to ask all of my friends who call me up to let me know they are moving in with their boyfriend of some odd years, instead of getting m...read more

by candydro

In a time when people can get married in a drive through and the greater majority of marriages end in divorce would you really want to get married? Well I got married, I never thought about it before he asked me and now t...read more

by Sumantha Dutta

Why has getting married seemingly gone out of fashion? I think that there are a number of factors which has contributed to latest trends of more people cohabiting - i.e. living together, as opposed to getting married. A ...read more

by kajun22

The answer is plain and simple. Why get married when you can get the same thing out of a relationship by living together? I personally see nothing wrong with marriage but in my opinion people today don't get married becaus...read more

by Tina Brewster

People don't get married anymore because it is just simply too complicated. Living with someone has a lot of problems associated with it by itself, but when you add marriage (a legal binding contract) into the mix, the pro...read more

by Amy Browne

Cohabitation is when a couple live together rather then get married and it is more common today it seems then getting married. Twenty years ago, you did not see this very often by today you tend to see this more often then...read more

by Iva Host

From a girl's perspective... Do our little girls still dream they will meet a Prince? Do they still dream about white wedding dresses, about meeting that one true love that will last forever? Oh, no. They dream about b...read more

by Holly Golightly

What is marriage? Why do people have to marry these days? Most couples who get together make a conscious decision about not having children, and feel that marriage is not necessary to declare their love for each ot...read more

by Alice Drosinis

Marriage? Some of us do not even know the meaning of marriage anymore. I remember when I was a little girl it was my dream to meet Mr. Right,get married and live happily ever after. But lets face it in the world we live in...read more

by Mulholland Denee Mangiagli

I think people don't get married anymore because of various factors that play roles in their lives and if changed make things difficult for everyone including my children. Finances, health coverage and uncertainty about di...read more

by Peter Akermann

The decreasing number of the marriages in the United States of America,is the result of Hollywood propaganda,against the Christian believes regarding the family. In their greed for profits,the Hollywood elite,found ...read more