"Other studies show that couples who had cohabited had less positive problem-solving behaviors and were, on average, less supportive of each other than those who had not cohabited. As well, researchers have found that couples who had cohabited before marriage had much higher rates of premarital violence than those who had not lived together. This premarital violence then leads to higher rates of marital violence, another factor related to divorce.
So they're once again confusing cause and effect. It is not cohabitation that makes them have poor character, it is their poor character that makes them chose cohabitation.
What is important is to be the sort of person who does get married, whether you actually do so or not.
Good point.
"What is important is to be the sort of person who does get married, whether you actually do so or not."
Your statement is not entirely false, but it is partially false.
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
There is an interaction between what we do and what our character becomes.
It is not cohabitation that makes them have poor character, it is their poor character that makes them chose cohabitation.
WORTH REPEATING.