What I've learned this week

This week we talked about a lot of things, but the things I thought were interesting were the common myths about the family. The one that stuck out to me was the myth that fifty percent of married people get divorced. It seems weird to think that people believe this. What I really stuck out to me about this myth is that it seems to inspire a fear of getting married. Most people think it is true so they think that cohabiting would be better than getting married and that cohabiting will be able to tell you if a relationship could really work out and whether marriage would be good for you. Studies have shown if you cohabit before you get married you are three times as likely to get a divorce than if you had never cohabited. This was really stunning because lately most people say that you should cohabit, but studies show that it really doesn't work out that way. I think that a reason it is that way is that when you choose to get married you are really committing to something vs. cohabiting where you aren't fully committing to the relationship. I hope this might be of help to you, It really struck me as something important to know.