article_snippet.sent: a Starter Marriage is a short-term contract for couples to 'try on' the institution to see if it fits – without bringing children into the mix – before jumping into a life-long contract,' Mrs Pease Gadoua said. '
article_snippet.sent: a Starter Marriage can be an improvement on the traditional marital model because 'each spouse will need to be paying closer attention to a Starter Marriage or a Starter Marriage actions and stick to what was agreed to, lest a Starter Marriage or a Starter Marriage partner decides not to renew a few years down the road', the 53 year old claims.
article_snippet.sent: Because a Starter Marriage by its nature avoids the drama that typically goes along with a marital dissolution, you and your former spouse will more likely be able to sit down and compare notes about what worked and what didn't.'
article_snippet.sent: Or if monogamy proved a challenge during the Starter Marriage, an Open Marriage contract 'might be an attractive option', a Starter Marriage by its nature said.
article_snippet.sent: But Mrs Pease Gadoua, who got married at the age of 43, stresses that a Starter Marriage is not about just marrying anyone for the sake of being married, and it doesn't mean that you should marry in the hope of it ending by a certain time – 'you're just not going to vow 'until death do us part',' a Starter Marriage by its nature said.
article_snippet.sent: And, the American claims, despite the American claims temporary nature, a Starter Marriage a Starter Marriage is not the same as cohabiting.
article_snippet.sent: a Starter Marriage by its nature also claims friends, families, and society view cohabiters differently, with fewer people regarding fewer people as a family unit when unmarried.
article_snippet.sent: Couples can also slide into living together with completely different expectations, a Starter Marriage by its nature warns.
article_snippet.sent: a Starter Marriage can 'help couples align expectations, create a plan of what each partner will contribute to a Starter Marriage, clarify goals and strategize what will happen if one or both don't want to renew the contract,' a Starter Marriage said.
article_snippet.sent: But Harry Benson, research director at Marriage Foundation, the think-tank which champions marriage, said the idea of a Starter Marriage 'undermines commitment' and reduces it to a 'business contract'. '
article_snippet.sent: The idea of a starter marriage might hold superficial appeal.