There are increased arrangements of single couples which look like marriages and yet they are not.
We used to think that marriage follows dating but nowadays the trend has changed.
Most heterosexual couples put up together with no plans whatsoever of a trip down the aisle.
This is not only happening to common ladies and guys but also celebrities.
Brad pitt and Angelina Jolie have four children together but are far from thinking about marriage.
In fact they said they won't consider getting married till the time it will be legal for same-sex couples to wed.
A United States bureau report on living arrangements disclosed that 4.
7 million households were resided by single couples who even had children.
This confirms that single people are opting to stay out of wedlock despite enjoying having a family.
However the society expects you to get married if you are to convince them that you are in a serious family setting.
An associate professor of sociology at Illinois State University confirmed that people ask, "why aren't you married?" but they will never ask you why you are married.
She said that she has talked to single couples and they say they are committed to their relationship just as much or even more than their married counterparts.
It is not an arrangement for convenience or a trial marriage.
They love it when they love each other and live together out of wedlock.
Its like single couples have sworn off marriage.
In a current research, there is more quality union between heterosexuals who have domestic partnership than between those who are legally married.
You might think that only singles who are in their 20s who love these arrangements but the study has proved you wrong.
There are single couples in their 50s and 60s who decline to get married.
According to some survey, 3,500 Americans whose age ranges between 40 and 70, only eight percent thought marriage was the idea behind dating.
The rest said that the idea of dating was to help them find someone they can talk to and do some activities together without having to tie the knot.
The prevalence of single couples is on the rise credit to state and local governments which are providing very many domestic partnership benefits.
An example is New York State which provides medical benefits to opposite-sex single couples.
This is according to Human Rights Campaign foundation.
The reasons why people prefer this long-term companionship are both social and political.
Most of the people who were interviewed said that they were not ready to engage in an institution that is discriminating.
Social benefits are rarely extended to homosexuals and this angers most people.
Emotional reasons also keep people away from the Alter.
People argue that when you get married, the two partners become familiar of each other and their love and relationship is affected.
People who have not legalized their affair have a deeper appreciation of their relationship because they know that nothing has tied them together.
Whoever wants to leave can leave any time.