re: Did you live with your spouse before marriage? Would you recommend it?

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I highly advise before marriage. You find out a lot after you move in together.

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What explains the data that show that marriages of people who live together before marriage end in divorce at a higher rate than those who didn’t live together before marriage?

Psychology Today

“ Cohabitation Is Still a Divorce Risk

Despite changing norms and perceptions, premarital cohabitation still appears to be a risk factor for divorce (Rosenfeld & Roesler, 2019). This does not mean that every couple that lives together prior to marriage later divorces; nor does it suggest that not living together first guarantees stability. It simply looks at the group data at large and shows a trend between living together prior to marriage and subsequent separations. Across all years examined in this study, the odds of divorce were 1.31 times higher for women who cohabitated prior to marriage.”