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Carouselfish · 09/02/2025 19:21

I saw this and thought of you.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDzogBlvrdP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Regarding cohabitation.

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDzogBlvrdP

OP posts:

delvan · 09/02/2025 19:24

That's still me. 30 years together and separate houses. If it is doable and affordable it is definitely the recipe for a great and enduring relationship with no resentments and no obligations. Selfish maybe, but who cares, we've only got one life!

TwistedWonder · 09/02/2025 19:58

That’s me! Never ever again will I cohabit with a man

CulturalNomad · 09/02/2025 20:12

The late Robert B. Parker (very successful American author) was married for 40+ years to his wife Joan. They owned a huge Victorian house in Boston and he lived on the top floor, Joan lived on the bottom floor and they had a shared living space in the middle😂. They both credited the living arrangement for their long and successful marriage.

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