Food for thought - Cohabitation

I had this belief that a period of cohabitation with your partner before marriage was a good thing. Basically a 'try before you buy' because i figured it would give each partner an insight into what they would be marrying into in terms of living habits, handling finances, making joint decisions etc. But more importantly whether you can truly accept those niggling annoying traits each of you have.

Until i read this article.

The gold is in the last four paragraphs (the rest is just British tabloid trash). In short, the idea of "trying before you buy" gives a huge disadvantage to women but all the advantages to us men, who get the benefits of marriage with none of the responsibilities. These benefits to name a few are sex on tap, domesticity, companionship, and probably nutritional and hygiene improvements. And not only that, we can test-drive the merchandise for as long as we like or until the gal catches on and leaves.

To be honest, i would have never looked at cohabitation as putting the woman at a disadvantage but then again, i suppose we can't be too cynical about it because not all men out there are like those mentioned above.

Comments and opinions are very much welcomed.