Lesson 05

    This past week in family relations: we talked a lot about courtship (dating) and selecting a spouse. I really found it all interesting and fun to read about.
    We also talked a lot bout cohabitation and all the effects it has a relationship and marriage. Some of the things I found interesting in the book were, “Married couples have a better-quality relationship than do cohabiting couples” (Lauer, 2012), and “Rates of violence are higher among cohabiting couples; a woman is nine times more likely to be killed by a partner in a cohabiting than in a married relationship” (Lauer, 2012). These were just a few of the many things that I found interesting about the negatives to cohabiting vs. marriage and all of the affects it has on a marriage.