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Long-Term Couples Who Choose To Live Apart: Why Do You Do It?

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By JaneC PowellPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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Most conventional thought surrounding known couples, either dating or married, in the general environment is that they should be living together in the same context, under the same roof with the person that is claimed to be your better half or your lover. It becomes a different case to know that some people are married but living apart while some are just being a couple without being married. In civilized societies, it is seen as usual for these unmarried couples to cohabit together even without marriage, especially when in a long-termed relationship. To most people, they see it as there is a problem somewhere in the mix, but an insider question will be, why do they do it?

Couples Who Live Apart

Now there are a lot of reasons why some couples leave apart from each other. It could be both intentional and unintentional, but what goes through their mind space and how convenient is it. From first glance, couples who live apart are quite oxymoronic in lifestyle because the notion that comes with the word 'couple' is that they are together, so is the phrase couple suggesting together emotionally, physically, or both. Taking into consideration that individuals in a relationship have emotional ties ever since they met on dating-in-chicago.com and are emotionally interested in each other. The famous saying that "distance makes the heart grow fonder," for how long can it last for couples trying to make their relationship work. How connected emotionally can couples be if they are not connected physically. It should, therefore, be necessary that couples should share both emotional and physical ties.

Married But Living Apart

An excellent example of couples living apart will be couples that are married but live alone. To most societies, this is not an ideal marriage, but some couples survive in a relationship like this. To some, it is unintentional, due to external factors like job situations for either of the individuals or It could be intentional, self subjected situation. For the accidental part, a job could take a person to a different state or the other end of the city, making moving or staying away from an option. It could be that they stay away for some days or weeks and make physical contact whenever there is an opportunity. However, for the intentional distancing, it could be some general issue in the marriage or even a non-issue situation where they just decide that they would love more self-time or privacy.

Living Apart After Living Together

To most people that have tasted an intimate relationship before, I'm sure it was fulfilling, passionate, and filled with happiness. Still, it also has its troubles and problems, that is why some couples are living apart after living together. Majorly, these couples that have been very close physically in a relationship could decide to have more distance between themselves. This act could be the best move to renew the love bond and later enjoy the relationship between themselves.

Living Separately While Married

Marriage is a hard union to maintain. It could also be made easy by a joint decision between the individuals about what they want. Decisions could be made by the couples to start living separately while married. Of course, there might be physical contact, maybe every day or periodically, but the living situation will be separate. The primary reason is due to the lost value that was initially found with the partner.

Conclusion

Couples do live separately due to several reasons, which include external factors like job situations, or it could be an intentional and self subjected situation. It could also be the best move to renew the love bond and later enjoy the relationship between themselves. It is all based on the decisions of the couple and no one else.

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JaneC Powell

"To know sorrow is not terrifying. What is terrifying is to know you can't go back to happiness you could have."

~ Matsumoto Rangiku

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