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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who live together before marriage have a 33 percent greater chance of divorce.[/quote]

Did your Baptist preacher whip out that statistic for you?[/quote]

NP. It is pretty well established in social science research that living together before marriage does not decrease your chance of divorce.  Here is a good article that includes that 33% number.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/the-science-of-cohabitation-a-step-toward-marriage-not-a-rebellion/284512/

That said, I lived with my DH of 23 years the summer I was in graduate school. There was no way however, that I was going to move to a different city to live with him after I graduated without being engaged. It would have involved too much uncertainty on my part because I would have had to find a job in a city that was less than optimal for my degree.

We really didn't find out how compatible we were as a couple until we had children. That was what really made us compromise, and where we really started to have differences that we have since resolved. However, having children before marriage also doesn't improve outcomes.[/quote]

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