Trial runs do not bode well for marriage

The National Post reports:

A woman dreaming of a stable marriage should make sure she gets an engagement ring before moving in with her partner, according to the author of a new study exposing the downside of premarital cohabitation.

Anne-Marie Ambert, a sociology professor at York University, said her review of recent research shows that couples who lived together before getting married face as much as double the risk of separaration as those who lived apart.