Should couples live together before getting married?

Couples should live together before getting married. Before a couple ties the knot they should see if they are compatible with each other. Setting up one's marriage based on the irrationality of religion is a recipe for disaster.

Divorce is a very expensive process. Marriage can be a very expensive process. A couple not living together before they are married is like a boss hiring someone without giving and interview. Marriage should not only take place for love but for practical reasons based on objective reality.

Couples who don't live together before getting married don't know what each other's needs are in the fullest sense. Going into a marriage with a limited awareness of the partner's needs is not the wisest idea. When couples live together first they can get a sense of each other's boundaries and lifestyle. Based on this information the couple can make a better informed decision on whether they are compatible or not.

Regardless of religious dogma couples are living together before getting married at an increasing rate. People are venturing out past the traditions of their parents and starting their own norms of relationship formation. Perhaps it is time that the traditionalists catch up with the present and accept pre-marital cohabitation as the mainstream choice.