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Whether you're just thinking of moving in together, or you've been sharing a bedroom and bathroom for decades, Unmarried to Each Other contains everything you need to know for successful cohabitation. Click on any chapter title below to read about what's inside.

Table of Contents

1 Shall We Live Together? Considering Cohabitation

2 "Why Aren't You Married?" Answers to the Question Everyone Asks

3 When Others Disagree: Surviving Pressure and Discrimination

4 In it for the Long Haul: Ten Tools for Staying Together

5 "This Is My--Um, Uh...": Naming Each Other

6 In the Eyes of the Law: Legal and Financial Protections

7 Equal Pay for Equal Work: Domestic Partner Health Benefits

8 Walking Down the Aisle: Commitment Ceremonies and Rituals

9 Unmarried With Children: Parenting Without a Marriage License

10 Shall We Marry? Happily Ever After With Wedding Bells Or Without

11 First Comes Love, Then Comes Living Together: Cohabitation's Past and Future

Index (download as an Adobe Acrobat document)

Acknowledgments (also an Adobe Acrobat document)

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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"Unmarried to Each Other is a book that every person who is cohabiting, thinking of cohabiting or has someone dear to them should read. If one of my children tells me they are going to live with a partner, the next thing I will do is go and get them a copy of this book! "
     - Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., author, Love Between Equals: How Peer Marriage Really Works