Cohabiting

So this week we talked about cohabiting and how research shows that if you live together than you are more likely to get a divorce after 5 to 7 years. That is very sad but when you live together before you are married then you are putting yourself in a situation that is not what Heavenly Father wants for us. You have completely different lives, phone bills, car payments, bank accounts and ways of doing things. I just feel like it would be weird living with someone who I wasn't married to. Since you are not married you probably don't share a bank account which I feel like would be awkward like who pays for the groceries every week, who pays the water bill, who pays for rent? Do you have to remember the bills for everything so that you can split it at the end of the month? That just doesn't sound right. It sounds stressful and annoying. We also talked about dating and how we should actually get to know the person before we marry them. Many people just hurry and get married and they barely even know the person. Like do you even know their favorite color? Have you met their parents before? There are a lot of things you should do before you get married to someone. You will be with this person for eternity so you need to make sure you are making a good decision. We also went over that we should go out on dates and not just stay in and watch a movie. You need to get to know the person and go out and experience life with them and how they deal with things in certain situations. You need to know the person you are marrying and to keep dating them even after you are married.

-Claire