Live in relationships are all the craze these days in most of the countries from USA to Brazil, UK to Philippines, India to South Africa. The question at the time of entering into the live in relationship and even when you are a few weeks, months or years into it is always whether you should get married or continue living like a couple who share life but is distant from the lifelong bond.

At times this question can eat up into the relationship, creating trouble at random times, if one of the partners wants to marry and the other is not willing. 

If you really see the benefits of the live in relationship, then it is more or less the best parts of a marriage minus the rest of the baggage that comes with it. Not the usual pressure to start a family. The financial independence is there. The interference from the in laws is much less and so is the requirement to attend the family dinners or be part of family functions. It is more or less like a boyfriend and girlfriend that are living together.

The enjoyments of the moments seem to be much stronger than moving towards the eternal bliss of marriage that teaches you to share life and start a family.

If it was not because of our parents who married each other, we would not be in this world. Due to the inherent nature of a live in relationship, you are not bound to start a family. Marriage teaches you the control it requires to enjoy more than just the outings, eating meals in a restaurant and not worrying about your expenses to cover only the two of you as partners.

While the ride from live in relationship to marriage is topsy turvy but the fruits are beyond any live in relationship can provide. The bond of a family exceeds what any live in relationship can provide.