| It's time to take a serious and non-judgmental look | | | | today want to marry and have children. However, |
| at helping cohabitating couples improve the fitness of | | | | unlike any past generation, most see living together |
| their relationships. | | | | as a logical "next step" before walking down the aisle, |
| The world of committed couples is rapidly changing. | | | | or as an alternative to ever marrying. |
| In your grandparent's time, few couples lived | | | | No More Cookie-Cutter Couples... |
| together without virtue of marriage. By the 21st | | | | There are actually 20 types of Unmarried Couples in |
| century, more than 10 million couples, nationwide, are | | | | 4 categories from LOW to HIGH risk such as "Young |
| making live-in arrangements commonplace. By their | | | | & In-love"... "Pregnant & Pressured"... "Pre-wedding |
| sheer numbers, such pairs need specialized advice on | | | | Convenience Seekers"... "Ring-less Biological Parents"... |
| keeping their relationships happy, healthy and fulfilling. | | | | "Trial Marriage Practitioners"... and "Anti-marriage |
| If you're reading this article, chances are you can | | | | Advocates." Are YOU one of these? |
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| * Are you thinking about moving in together? | | | | winning live-in relationship. Several "business |
| * Is your live-in relationship getting rocky, or not as | | | | strategies" work for any stage of your relationship, |
| joyful as you had hoped? | | | | so couples can be happily un-married and |
| * Do you know someone who needs help with a | | | | less-stressed, with greater togetherness and fun. |
| live-in relationship? | | | | Couples learn about: |
| * Are you wondering about the reasons for and the | | | | 1. Finding a common vision for the relationship -- |
| risks of cohabitating? | | | | before the shock that can happen after moving in |
| * Do you want to strengthen your live-in relationship? | | | | together. |
| Since this is uncharted territory, when it comes to | | | | 2. Writing measurable objectives -- to define why the |
| improving the fitness of a live-in relationship, couples | | | | relationship exists and how to productively |
| need a clear, step-by-step method that is not | | | | re-evaluate the relationship on a regular basis to |
| touchy-feely, judgmental or complicated. Here is | | | | either end it, constructively, or deepen it. |
| groundbreaking information, on key topics, for | | | | 3. Developing and marketing a relationship "brand" -- a |
| anyone involved in or interested in learning more | | | | "love logo" to head off the judgments and criticisms |
| about cohabitation: | | | | of friends and family before they start. |
| Changing Views... | | | | 4. Merging "mindstyles" -- to eliminate common |
| 75% of high schoolers think cohabitation is | | | | battles like... how to spend the holidays, what to do |
| worthwhile and harmless. And there has been little | | | | with household possessions... or coping with children |
| public opposition to cohabitation. It is now more | | | | from other relationships. |
| widely-accepted than divorce or having a child out of | | | | 5. Creating clear job descriptions -- that pinpoint each |
| wedlock. Nearly 50% of all children will spend some | | | | partner's chores around the house, preventing battles |
| time in a cohabiting family before age 16. Not unlike | | | | over simple things like who takes out the trash! |
| previous generations, the majority of young people | | | | |