Cohabitation is an emotionally- and physically-intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction. Couples commonly choose to live together for one or more reasons: wanting to test compatibility or establish financial security before marrying, a desire to live as married when same-sex, interracial, or interreligious marriages are not legal or permitted, living with someone before marriage as a way to avoid divorce, a way for polygam… (More on Cohabitation)