Does living together reap the same benefits as marriage? Glenn Stanton, the director for Family Formation at Focus on the Family, doesn't think so. In fact, Stanton, who's done extensive research on this topic, tells why cohabitation almost guarantees divorce due to lack of commitment and relational ambiguity. Stanton goes on to explain why cohabitation is a relationship on a man's terms while marriage is a relationship on a woman's terms.