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According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 5.5 million couples were reported as cohabitating after going through a divorce in 2005.
This statistic is quite an increase from the 1960’s when only 500,000 couples cohabitated after legally separating.
Better for Couples to Just Live Together?
Although the idea of getting into another marriage could be financially appealing, there are emotional and social aspects of not legally recognizing your relationship that could ease the pressure.
“It depends, as living in certainly allows for an easy getaway,” says Lee Baucom, a marriage therapist on some couples decision to cohabitate after divorce. “If things get rough, it is certainly easier to walk away from cohabitation than marriage, as there none of those legal tangles of alimony and child support.”
Cohabitation Brings About Problems
Many therapists and marriage counselors throughout the U.S. agree that their patients who do choose to live together after divorcing often face even more problems.
However, couples are still choosing to endure these hardships to delay signing agreements and binding their assets and lives together legally
“People prefer cohabitation after divorce because many people feel they were burned in their marriage, so when they leave, they try to protect themselves from further pain,” says Baucom.
“They are not interested in signing agreements."
(Source: The Wichita Eagle)
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