cohabitating

• While cohabiting, healthy relationships require alone time, finding your own space and own niche allows for a healthier stronger relationship
• Finding what you like least and setting expectations in a new home together 
• Cohabiting is difficult but not impossible, setting boundaries and talking openingly allow for a healthier relationship 
• Something that you enjoy doing doesn’t need to be shared with a partner. 

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Invisible laundry baskets, sleep farts, snuggling, sex, merging households, pets, and kids--cohabitating gets a lot more interesting when you're a mom. 

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*Edit: Ray and Jessica are in Jamaica, not Cancun. Palm trees, beaches. (Danielle also has no idea how old her cousins are because she has 51 first cousins.)

The latest stats reflect that about 60% - 70% of couples live together before marriage. Listen to why living together without marriage may or may not affect a relationship long term. Psychotherapist Tobie Oidtmann includes information for adults of all ages, as well as, the effects cohabitation has on children who are a part of these modern unions. You'll also get a peak into how genders differ with respect to their expectations for the arrangement. It's a do not miss episode if this includes you or someone you love!

In this episode many unforeseen, surprising issues are revealed that lurked inside a long term relationship that had not included financial safeguards. Sandra's trusting nature and expectancy of a mutually beneficial investment, ended up costing her not only a heartbreak, but significant financial loss. Join us as we explore the multifaceted aspects of living together without the benefits of marriage and ways to protect yourself in the event you decide this is the choice for you.

Here’s what we talk about …

1. The circumstances and issues around money that began to erode their relationship.
2. What happened after Sandra’s partner encouraged her to stop working.
3. Why she and her partner felt they didn’t “need” to get married were the same reasons that ultimately led to the end of their relationship.
4. The illusion of financial security through jointly held real estate or being the beneficiary of a will or life insurance policy.
5. The risks of moving to another country without the benefit of marriage.
6. The differences between the convenience of cohabitation and the commitment of marriage.
7. The consequences of cheating while cohabitating versus marriage.
8. Why a cohabitation agreement could have saved their relationship!