Couples, with or without children, can decide they want to live together. They have different options:

  • Get married or sign a cohabitation agreement (legal contract);
  • Live together without marriage or a legal contract. 

A cohabitation agreement is a legal contract, but the rights and duties in it are different from a marriage. 

Some couples have a relationship, but they do not live together. This kind of relationship is called "living apart together".

Couple living together: watching television together

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