Is Live-in relationship much better than marriage?

Well, I do kind of agree with that but I would have thought that if you married someone you love and who loved you then you would still have the same freedom. I think it's basically the same. Marriage is only a piece of paper. If it's a committed relationship, then you will do things you might not like whether you're married or not, but not be forced to do things you don't like because that isn't a good relationship. The thing is compromise, whether in a marriage or a live in relationship, each partner should be able to make their own decisions up to a point but still make decisions between them so I think as long as you look at it like that, it really doesn't make that much difference whether or not you are married. I think the reason people who were happy couples before they got married end up getting divorced is because of the "idea" of marriage rather than actually because they are maried. ie. marriage is an official commitment and people begin to feel trapped by it, whereas if you simply live together, that forced commitment is not there so you are staying because that's what you want to do, not because some bit of paper is telling you to.