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Polly Hudson

Want a relaxing start to your summer holiday? Get an airport divorce

A full-length portrait of a quarreling couple standing with a luggage trolley at the airport
You go your way, I’ll go mine. Photograph: Posed by models; izusek/Getty Images

If we are being observed by aliens, they probably wonder why couples on Earth invent so many ways to be apart while together. The sleep divorce, screen divorce, meal divorce, chore divorce, hobby divorce … “Just split up already!” the beings from Nerfleurg 7 undoubtedly yell at their surveillance screens. However, there’s a new relationship hack in town and it could be the best yet: the airport divorce.

In the run-up to holiday season, is there anybody who didn’t read those words and feel wistful? Even if you’re single, going away with a friend, you can still have an airport divorce. This strategy is as all-inclusive as a resort package.

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