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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: Living in sin?
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 16:29:27 EST
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For what it is worth (probably nil, seeing as the sample size is so limited):

Of the group of people with whom I have social interactions (longtime
friendships, etc.), the only couple who was divorced (and had a BAD
divorce, at that) was the only couple who had lived together for some years
prior to getting married. They married (as far as I know, from what
they said) because the female's job was such that it would cause her
problems if it was discovered that she was living with her SO unmarried.

Admittedly, one of the worst reasons for marriage that I can think of....

Nonetheless, the history of mutual knowledge gleaned from the multi-year
period of living together didn't insure a sucessful marriage, or keep them
from marrying in mistake. They had a child, conceived after the marriage,
which fundamentally changes the situation, of course, so maybe the
prenuptual cohabitation isn't enough by itself to prove anything or
demonstrate enough to be of much value.

Anyway, here's a single data-point for consideration...

Regards, Will