Undiluted Gist: 5 Reasons Why Domestic Partnership Is Wrong

A domestic partnership is an interpersonal relationship between two adults, of the opposite sex or same sex who live together and share a common domestic life, but are not married.

Boyfriends/girlfriends who live together can be considered domestic partners If they are both sexually active with each other, But, if they aren't in a sexual relationship then no, they are not ( domestic partner)

Domestic partnerships were created in the 1980s after a struggle for legal recognition of same-sex couples by gay rights activists. opposite-sex couples may register as domestic partners as well.

In Nigeria as a case study, Many people consider domestic partnerships to be the exact equivalent of marriage in terms of rights and benefits, but this is not the case. Even if a partners affords domestic partnerships the exact same rights and benefits it grants to married couples, a domestic partnership still loses out on the many rights and benefits that a married couple can receive. 

Others names for domestic partners relationship are; live-in relationship and cohabitating partners

Below are the Reasons Why It Is Wrong For A Woman And Woman To Be In Domestic Partnership

Fights between you increase and it is a fact. When you wait for a day or two, just to talk to your partner and feel the distance between you two, there is a sense of love and that makes you not to fight. However, when you live together, even small arguments at times, become reasons to fight.

The craze of your partner diminishes very soon. Very soon, it becomes a habit of going home to the same old routine. Being tired after a day at work, you need some time alone for relaxing and that never happens when you are a  domestic partner, because one or the other one will always have some expectations or plans.

Since you're not married, deep down there is a sense of insecurity of the other person leaving you. It leaves a deeper scar in case of a break up

In case of separation, litigations are complex, as rights to alimony and property are not so clear

You can spend a lot of time, it goes a lot beyond “hugs, and kisses “ . You will get to the know the person fully . The highs and lows quickly come . And 99.99% will not result in marriage because there is no social need to be married and anyone can walk out at anytime .

It has been seen in many cases that many people would be fed up of sex after getting married to each other because when they were domestic partner, they already had sex alloy many times and now that the time is to have sex, they will not feel that urge and desires to do it with tremendous amount of passion and need. And this is sufficient to make at least one partner to go the extent where he or she can even think of betraying the other one.

You would have already invested so much time with each other that now nothing seems to be new to both of you and hence you both might even feel irritated with each other's normal chores.

Sometimes there are more chances of having some fights over some small topics as well among those both the people involved in domestic partners and then a marriage, because as I said there might be many similarities and at the same time there would be so many differences as well.

Women suffer most

Biologically, socially and emotionally women are at the worst receiving end if a domestic partners relationship fails to work out. In our society, where patriarchal norms rule in the social diktats, women are the ones who bear the worst burns of stepping out of conventions. It becomes difficult for them to find a good and understanding spouse after being in a domestic partners relationship with someone else. Also, women loose time with their biological clocks ticking away when a marriage or its initiation is delayed.

Effect on children

The children who are born in a domestic partners relationship are considerably affected by it. First of all, they may develop a lack of respect for rules and norms. And they also harbour an edge of mistrust in their hearts, especially if their parents separate. Secondly, after separation the father of the child holds no explicit legal ground to claim any custodial rights. It mostly depends upon the mother of the child to decide on the father’s claims. Lastly, a child born out of a domestic partners relationship has no right to claim his or her father’s inheritance. Since their parent’s relationship is void of all legal bindings, it also means that they have no legal grounds to claim inheritance.

Respect for marriage is missing

Domestic partners relationships often lack the depth of a marriage. The easy way out of a domestic partners relation makes people so comfortable in this setup that they end up delaying marriage as an option. Also, living together makes people used to their idea of enjoying personal and financial freedom, so many couples find it difficult to bear the responsibilities that a marriage brings along with it. Trust also becomes a questionable factor for those in a domestic partners relationship or who have come out of one.

After reading few topics and after getting to know from fe people about this so called domestic partners relationship, I came to know that in most of the cases domestic partners doesn't tally work well for the people involved in it when they think of getting married and reasons I have mentioned above. So basically it's just a kind of opportunity to the people to pobe with the person that they want to be with and to enjoy the time and get over with it.

Hope this helps… do let me know your views on this!