In
a nation where approximately 50% of married couples are rapidly
calling it quits, a new type of relationship between unmarried
couples is on the rise. Shackin’!
Favorably
mentioned on The Wendy Williams "The Experience"
radio show, 1070 WDIA with Bev Johnson, and CBS
Live at 9, “The Shackin’
Attraction”© is a pro/con book
that explores the various reasons couples use to validate their
choice to shack (cohabitate) followed, by a valid argument why
couples shouldn’t cohabitate. This book is a plea for
couples to embrace marriage vs. cohabitation in the 21st century;
and, is sure to provide tremendous insight into the misconceptions
of shackin’. Chapters include interesting perspectives,
such as It’s Cheaper (Chapter 1), Easy Entrance, Easy
Exit (Chapter 4), and I Love Him/Her…I Think (Chapter
5). Study questions are also included for each chapter, which
better assist couples in addressing and overcoming relationship
issues.
Written
from a humorous and heartfelt perspective, the reader is sure
to procure sage advice and re-think, if they are currently considering,
the shackin’ situation and its many pitfalls versus its
meager rewards.
*Did
you know that in the last decade, the number of households with
unmarried couples increased a whopping 72 percent????
*There
are approximately 9.7 million Americans living with an unmarried
different-sex partner.
*41%
of American women ages 15-44 have cohabited (lived with an unmarried
different-sex partner) at some point.
*Cohabiting
women tend to be younger than cohabiting men.
*41%
of cohabiting opposite sex couples includes children under the
age of 18.
*While
the national divorce rate is 50 percent, the divorce rate of
couples who have cohabitated is 60 percent!
 
Sky M. Burks is a University of Memphis Alumnus,
where she procured a degree in Journalism with a Public Relations
concentration. Sky resides in Memphis, Tennessee and is a licensed
property & casualty insurance agent. As a former shacker,
who can attest to the ‘delusions thereof,’ Sky has
elected to spread the facts of shackin’, all the while
promoting marriage in lieu of cohabitating.
Please
email Sky at theshackinattraction@hotmail.com
with your comments, or for more information regarding speaking
engagements, interviews, etc.
FOR
BOOK ORDERS
Please visit www.trafford.com/05-1420.
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