Should couples live together before marriage?

Should Couples Live Together Before Marriage?
Today, some couples live together before they get married. In the past, to live together before marriage is not so popular, because old people thought the couples should live together after marriage. On contrary to such Japan, in Europe or America, it has been more popular since old time. In Japan, it is becoming more popular as well. To live together before marriage has merits for couples in many ways and that is why many couples choose to do that now. Couples should live together before marriage.
At first, one merit is that couples can know each other deeply through sharing with each other. By doing this, couples know a lot of things about each other including what they can’t find out in dates (like the way to use toilet, how to spend money, how to clean up, and so on). They can experience the life after marriage before they really get married. Some experts think that it may decrease the rate of divorce, because the couples can break up before marriage if they think the partner is not suit. In that sense, to living together is useful.
Another merit is that couples can be at ease because they live in a same place and they can spend more times with the partner than living separated. Especially, in the case that women live alone, to live together is good in the security way, because her boyfriend can guard her from perverts. Moreover, by sharing one house, they can save money.
On the other hand, there are some demerits as well. One of them is that the couples have a fewer time to spend alone. Especially, women may have more duties like cooking, doing laundry, doing wash, cleaning up the rooms, and so on. Some people say that men have more good points than women in cohabitation, because when men come back home, there are dinner which his girlfriend made and she does house chores instead of him.
The second demerit is that even though cohabitation has become common now, there are still some people who don’t agree with it. If the couple’s parents don’t agree, the couple must persuade them at first. If they live together without their parents’ permission or informing them of that, some troubles may occur between couples and their family. In the case, the couple will lose their credit.
In conclusion, there are both merits and demerits in cohabitation. However, if couples live together with their relative’s credit, it has more merits than demerits. To make sure of the partner and not to make a mistake choosing the partner, couples should live together before they get married.