Blog Post #6

Last week we discussed in class how couples who decide to cohabitate have more of a tendency to abuse each other than those who marry then move in together.  I found this to be very interesting, yet not very surprising.  Through the course of this class, I have learned that people who cohabitate have a higher risk of a lot of situations which are not preferable.  I feel for the children of people to decide to cohabitate.  Broken homes are more common and abuse is rampant.  Nobody wants to be raised in an environment like that.  I am very grateful for the Church's stance on marriage and cohabitation.  Our children deserve more.  They deserve the best, and the best thing that we can provide them with is a family which is strong and united and lawfully wed without abuse or other social/emotional downfalls.