Myth: Women who have lived with their partner before marriage are more likely to stay married.
Fact: Cohabiting women are 80 per cent more likely to separate or divorce than women who had not lived with their spouses before marriage.

Myth: Cohabiting men are more loyal than married men.
Fact: 90 per cent of married men remain true to their brides, while only 43 per cent of cohabiting men stay true to their partner.

Myth: It’s highly unlikely for people who have lived together before marriage to get a divorce.
Fact: Unions began by cohabitation are almost twice as likely to dissolve within 10 years compared withto marriages that didn’t start with cohabitation.

Myth: Couples who had cohabited have happier marriages than those who didn’t.
Fact: Those who lived together prior to marriage are less satisfied with their marriages compared with couples who did not cohabit.

Myth: Couples with no marriage plans live more peacefully.
Fact: Cohabiting couples without plans to marry are more inclined to argue., hit and shout.


Myth: Women who cohabited are less likely to have affairs when married.
Fact: Women who cohabited before marriage are 3.3 times more likely to have a secondary sex partner after marriage.