comparison-contrast essay

Nowadays lots of couples choose to live together instead of registering their relationship officially . Different views on this problem exist and now I 'll try to talk about the pros and cons of the both ways of organizing a relationship

Lots of people , especially young ones , think of cohabiting as a great way to get all the privileges that marriage gives , without giving any commitments . It 's obvious that when the person is young and he /she has just freed from their parent 's control and custody , one is often afraid to

arrange a serious relationship , seeing it as a comeback to depending from someone . But , as its normal for a human to want love and care , the adolescent often seeks for relationship . What is also important is that youngsters often lack money , and it 's easier and cheaper to live together

Living together without giving marriage oaths is in some ways much like marriage , but the existing dissimilarities are also great . The main difference is that people , who register their marriage usually , think that it 's life-long relationship . They plan to live together in spite of all the problems and disagreements they might have , and , what 's also very important , they want to give birth to children and raise them together . On the contrary , cohabiting is based on the agreement that the couple will continue living together unless they 'll both be satisfied with their partner 's behavior . As a rule they do not want to have children on different reasons , thus the pregnancy of the woman either breaks that relationship or leads to the official registration of marriage

The financial issues in these two types of relations also differ a lot Partners who are not married usually both have their own income separate from the one of the partner , and they prefer to keep their funds separated , paying the rent and other charges in shares . On the contrary , spouses often choose to have common bank account and to report their expenditures to each other

The social and legal status of an unmarried couple and the married ones is also different . In some countries cohabiting is still considered to be an inappropriate form of relationship , and social disapproval often makes the partners , especially women , feel not very comfortable . Talking about the social issues , we shouldn 't also forget about the pressure that parents often make on their grown-up children who are still not married . Legal issues are also a problem for those who choose to cohabit instead of marrying . On the contrary , marriage is considered to be the acceptable form of relationship between the man and woman all over the world , that 's why married couples are in privileged position

The choice between living together and marrying is especially hard for the religious people . Cohabiting is often seen as sinful ' by them the members of their families and their friends . But it sometimes happens that the person falls in love and begins dating the one , whose religious views differ...