In the past, marriage was often considered the traditional next step as relationships progress and couples start planning for their future. Today, roughly half of the U.S. population is unmarried[i] - and more couples are opting instead for a domestic partnership, which is a legal relationship for people who live together and share a common domestic life. Domestic partnerships are common for later-in-life couples, couples who have previously been divorced, and non-traditional and/or same sex re
