Have you ever thought of living together with your partner without getting married? Well, this thing is getting pretty popular in Asian countries as well. This process of living together as a couple without getting married is called a live-in relationship

  1. Knowing compatibility

When you live together, you know the person inside out and start figuring out if you are compatible with each other. It gets easier to accept the flaws and understand small habits if you’re 24\7 together. It leads to deciding if you two are better with or without each other.


 

  1. No social pressure 

Marriage comes with a bundle of social pressure, even from your family and in a live-in relationship, there is no pressure to expand the family. You have personal space with each other without anyone else involved. No roots held you down in a live-in relationship.


 

  1. A trailer for married life

Imagine how good it would be if you got a sneak peek of your married life before marriage. You could know what lies there inside the sugar quoted fantasy of marriage. It is easier to break up than to divorce someone. Live In does teach a lot about the worth of getting married.

 

With the pros, equally comes the cons of living together before marriage. Everything has its good and bad side. Let’s list out a few of them:


 

  1. Easing way out

We have heard of people always trying to find an easy way out of a relationship. Not being tied legally may lead people to easily betray their partner or even leave based on simple arguments.


 

  1. Social Judgements

Societal standards have always created ways to judge people in every aspect possible. But living in society, there are both positive and negative judgements everyone has to go through. Living together is not yet accepted here. People will pass unnecessary judgement. The couple needs to be ready to face these cons of the live-in too.


 

  1. No privacy

Living together comes with sharing every part of your life and every day of your present. Individuality is something everyone wants. The lack of private space is one of the issues in living together. People tend to involve too much in each other’s lives. It might lead to disagreement, argument and separation.

 

I took opinions from a few people that belong to different age groups and got different responses from each. Let us take a look at what they think about the live-in relationship.

 

“It is better to break up than get a divorce. Live-in a relationship will bond me with my partner but not his family. I will not be staying with my partner due to society or family if I am not legally attached.", says a 20 years old girl, Niya Rajthala.

 

"The idea of living together is convenient. You get to know people inside out and realize what life will be like living with them. You will know more than just a few meets. If my partner is okay with it, I would love to be in one.”, Vikram Rana, a man in his late 20s explains.

 

"I didn’t know something like this during my time. Thinking about my daughter, I would not encourage her for something like that, but if she thinks that is best for her, I will not stop her.”, a 40-year-old patient presents his opinion on live-in relationships.

 

We now have a good idea of what a live-in relationship looks like. The attachment of partial strings may be beneficial for some and worse for others. Well, wishing everyone living together with a better future, I think it is time for us to look into the modern step of marriage.