Women, Men, & Cohabitation
Cohabitation promises a lot, but delivers very little. Research confirms that cohabiting women are just as committed as married women. And, cohabiting men are not and they remain less committed. In other words, a cohabiting woman assumes she is in a stable, long-term relationship when really she isn't. Choosing that—it's like shooting herself in the foot. Our culture calls cohabitation a safe guard for women. It's not. Cohabitation creates vulnerability. Don't listen to the lie. Listen to God.
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Cohabitation promises a lot, but delivers very little. Research confirms that cohabiting women are just as committed as married women. And, cohabiting men are not and they remain less committed. In other words, a cohabiting woman assumes she is in a stable, long-term relationship when really she isn't. Choosing that—it's like shooting herself in the foot. Our culture calls cohabitation a safe guard for women. It's not. Cohabitation creates vulnerability. Don't listen to the lie. Listen to God.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Okay, ladies. It’s time to stop shooting yourself in the foot.
Ron: Okay, ladies. It’s time to stop shooting yourself in the foot.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Cohabitation promises a lot but delivers very little. Case in point: research confirms that cohabiting women are just as committed as married women. And you know what, cohabiting men are not, and they remain less committed. In other words, a cohabiting woman assumes she is in a stable, long-term relationship when really, she isn’t. Choosing that—it’s like shooting herself in the foot.
Our culture calls cohabitation a safeguard for women. It’s not. Cohabitation creates vulnerability. Don’t listen to the lie. Listen to God. He’s got your back. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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