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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Zahna Eklund

'I live separately from my partner of 10 years - it helps us stay independent'

For many people, the natural step once you've been in a relationship with someone for a while is to think about moving in together - be it one person moving to live with the other, or moving into a brand-new place together.

But one woman on TikTok has revealed she and her partner still live separately after more than 10 years together because they've actually found that living apart has been healthy for their relationship.

The woman said that despite not living together, she doesn't see her relationship as being any different from a married couple, and their separate spaces have allowed them to "work around" their differences instead of them being things that might break them up.

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