Shacking up 40 reasons why NOT to will make any woman in a current "live in" situation, or those thinking about it...think a second time! This book will definitely strike your main nerve as it stimulates your conscience into doing the right thing for your character, your family and especially--the children who are watching. The Authors straight forward approach and powerful statistics, along with her own personal experiences, will show you how a woman can literally be "robbed of time" while she waits for her shack-up honey to ask her to marry him. Meanwhile, with no ring, no date, and no commitment to marriage, she's in deep, mind, body, and soul. With fifteen years of research on the consequences of shacking up, the studies show that just "living together" is detrimental to your emotional and physical well being and to the children that might be involved. Each reason in "Shacking up" will guide you carefully into making the right decision for your life. If you're just "living" together or about to move in, you must read this book.