Two year separation- in same house different beds?

[Hollyhunter18]

My husband and I have been in separate beds for 4 years and have not had any intimacy for a year and a half. I want to divorce after 2 years separation. Am I crazy to think that we could use some of the time we already have been living apart together?

No you're not being crazy.
The official guidance says:
"You can be separated while living in the same home as long as you’re not together as a couple (for example you sleep and eat apart)."
www.gov.uk/divorce/grounds-for-divorce

But the key thing is that you both agree on the timeline, and on getting a divorce.

So why doesn’t everyone just say that’s the case to avoid nasty and costly disputes? That is the case with us- eating and sleeping separately but how can one prove that?

In my personal opinion .... In practice people
(a) want to be truthful on official documents,
(b) often want to assign blame
(c) sometimes one wants the divorce rather more than the other!

The divorce stats for 2016 show the following grounds:
Adultery 11%
Unreasonable behaviour 45%
Desertion 1%
Separation (2 years and consent) 27%
Separation (5 years) 15%

... and the most costly disputes are about the division of any money and the arrangements for children, rather than the grounds for divorce.

For separation under the same roof, you need to be totally separate. No shared food or cooking, no shared laundry, no shared anything. No sex, obvs. Most people can't truthfully say that they have done that, as the level of petty separation is intolerable.

So it is safer to go on UB.

It's shit, but that's what happens when the Daily Mail dictates policy.