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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/the-downside-of-cohabiting-before-marriage.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

    It is the link of the piece which was entitled The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage written by clinic psychologist Meg Jay of the University of Virginia. The reason why most people agree cohabitation before marriage is that couples can know each other deeply and swiftly. They believe that it is better for a relationship. However, the writer opposed the belief. 
    In this piece, the writer wrote''  About two-thirds said they believed that moving in together before marriage was a good way to avoid divorce. But that belief is contradicted by experience. Couples who cohabit before marriage (and especially before an engagement or an otherwise clear commitment) tend to be less satisfied with their marriages — and more likely to divorce — than couples who do not. These negative outcomes are called the cohabitation effect.'' Couples who use cohabitation as a test are more likely to be the victims of poor relationship quality and and eventual relationship dissolution. One of his patients named Jennifer faced the problem of divorce even though she had cohabited with her boyfriend for more than four years. According to this case, we can know cohabitation is not the assurance of a happy and wonderful marriage. On the contrary, couples are more easily to get divorce. 
    Jay talked about cohabitation effect in the writing'' Researchers originally attributed the cohabitation effect to selection, or the idea that cohabitors were less conventional about marriage and thus more open to divorce. As cohabitation has become a norm, however, studies have shown that the effect is not entirely explained by individual characteristics like religion, education or politics. Research suggests that at least some of the risks may lie in cohabitation itself.''  The risks of cohabitation might be that couples live together gradually. And he thought that the process is like a slope.   Most lovers said it just happened bypassing talking about why they want to live together and what it would mean. Most women who cohabit view cohabitation as a step toward marriage; while men are more likely to see it as a way to test a relationship or to postpone commitment.
    ''Sliding into cohabitation wouldn’t be a problem if sliding out were as easy.Living together can be fun and economical, and the setup costs are subtly woven in. After years of living among roommates’ junky old stuff, couples happily split the rent on a nice one-bedroom apartment. They share wireless and pets and enjoy shopping for new furniture together. Later, these setup and switching costs have an impact on how likely they are to leave.'' The patient said it is hard to break up because they shared same furniture, same dog, and they had same group of friends.  The reason why they got married was simply because they reach their 30s and it was time to form a family.