When Cohabitation Empowers and When it does not

Cohabiting: Most people think it’s marriage-lite; that it preps you for a better commitment; and that it’s low-risk and empowers you for full commitment.

Science disagrees.

But should you cohabit anyway? For most, it’s very tempting; if nothing else, it helps save some money. For some, it’s a great move. For others, notsomuch.

Where do you fall in all this?

In this podcast on Love & Life with Dr. Karin, we cover what you get with living together; what you don’t; and who benefits most from full commitment sans shacking up!

You can listen on any major podcast platform. Here are two:

Links:

Apple Podcast: smarturl.it/EP177-APPL

Spotify: smarturl.it/EP177-SPTFY

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