Sunday, November 26, 2017

Marriage vs. Cohabitation

Marriage - the state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. This is what the dictionary says,but what does it mean in real life? Does it even mean something today? In the previous generation and in ours marriage started to look like a smelly old sock that only the desperate people wear. In our days everything in the world tries to tell you one thing : YOU. You are important,your needs are more important than others,the meaning of your life is to find what makes you happy. Marriage does not fit into this view. Because marriage is about the complete opposite : making the other person happy,put the other persons needs ahead of yours. Of course this won’t work in a one-sided way. This is why a lot of people dissapoint in marriage – because it only works in a one-sided way or there is selfishness. Marriage must be ended by a formal, legal divorce or annulment process that can be costly, time consuming, complicated, and emotionally draining.

Cohabitation is a form of living together in a sexual relationship for couples who do not wish to undertake the legal proceedings of marriage. Nowadays it is a popular form of living together, maybe it is a trick for the couples. They would rather cohabit before marriage and try how could they live together. But if its works maybe they do not need any paper to show how strong their relationship. Or if it is not, the lack of the paper makes easier for the partners to walk out of the relationship owing to he or she is not obliged to the other. Some people cohabit simply to save money or because they're already spending a lot of time at each other's places. Some other advantage of cohabitation is that it lowers the cost of living just like in marriage. And it also means emotion support and sexual relations without the commitment of marriage. Cohabitations are usually short-lived, furthermore, unmarried partners get limited support and protection from the government. 

( Nemes Gyöngyvér, Szijjártó Réka)

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