Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues in her article “The Downside of Living Together” that couples can increase their chances of making mistakes by moving in together. She also mentioned that couples who cohabited have greater possibility of divorcing and creating unhappiness. Although Jay’s paper had a great organization and she strongly argues her points about cohabitated by providing facts and sample which happens to be her client, were unrepresentative, weak and illogical.
The author used her client Jennifer as an example to show that cohabitation is not a good choice for couples. Jennifer and her boyfriend lived together for more than four years and they decided to get married. After one year of their marriage, they’re divorcing. Jennifer thought that living together made them think that they have to get married. They had the same friends, same life, and she seemed like a “never-ending audition to be his wife” as she said in the article (Jay 14). Jennifer also said why they decided to move together is that they slept over at each other’s places a lot and moving in together was a better way because it saved a lot of money and time. Jay used this particular case to show her point of “couples who cohabited before marriage tend to be less …show more content…
However, she later stated “according to a report … nearly two thirds of Americans saw cohabitation as a step toward marriage” (Jay 16). These two ideas are illogical because she said both women and two thirds of the Americans think cohabitation is a step toward marriage. The problem with this is that women are not two thirds of the population in the United States of America. Jay’s facts are inconsistence and it cannot served as evidences of the points she’s claiming
The author used her client Jennifer as an example to show that cohabitation is not a good choice for couples. Jennifer and her boyfriend lived together for more than four years and they decided to get married. After one year of their marriage, they’re divorcing. Jennifer thought that living together made them think that they have to get married. They had the same friends, same life, and she seemed like a “never-ending audition to be his wife” as she said in the article (Jay 14). Jennifer also said why they decided to move together is that they slept over at each other’s places a lot and moving in together was a better way because it saved a lot of money and time. Jay used this particular case to show her point of “couples who cohabited before marriage tend to be less …show more content…
However, she later stated “according to a report … nearly two thirds of Americans saw cohabitation as a step toward marriage” (Jay 16). These two ideas are illogical because she said both women and two thirds of the Americans think cohabitation is a step toward marriage. The problem with this is that women are not two thirds of the population in the United States of America. Jay’s facts are inconsistence and it cannot served as evidences of the points she’s claiming