Couples Living Apart Together And Why It Works • Discoverology

Couples Living Apart Together And Why It Works

Life

Living apart together has its tangled roots in both the aristocracy and queer culture, and its contemporary branch comprises couples looking to prioritize individualism and moments of intentional solitude as features of longterm relationships, not roadblocks to togetherness.

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