Thursday, October 1, 2009

A World Without Courtship

Is a world of divorce. Colleen Hammond links to an article in The Washington Post, which says:
In the absence of a courtship narrative, young people have evolved a casual, ad hoc version of their own: cohabitation. From 1960 to 2007, the number of Americans cohabiting increased fourteenfold. For some, it is a test-drive for marriage. For others, it is an easier, low-commitment alternative to marriage. About 40 percent of children will now spend some of their childhood in a cohabiting union.

How is this working out? Not very well.....
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1 comment:

Julygirl said...

I found the statement in the article interesting that pointed out that cohabitation of engaged couples does not affect the eventual marriage, even though 'serial' cohabitation affects future likelihood to sustain a lasting marital bond.