Couples who live apart together appear to be on the increase. We did it for two years and it didn’t achieve its objective,but it was a worthwhile experimentLouise and Jamie Redknapp are the latest recruits to what appears to be a small but growing army on the field of family relationships. They beget elected to become LATs – couples who live apart together. Other famous LATs include Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton (before they separated for genuine), Woody Allen and Mia Farrow (before they separated for genuine) and Michael Holroyd and Margaret Drabble (before they moved back in together).
These parenthetic caveats may say something approximately the arrangement. Because appealing in theory though it is – and nearly 10% of couples in the UK are LATs – it is often as much a final-ditch attempt to keep a relationship together as a positive and joyful decision. It is also very expensive – to keep two houses going, and especially when you beget children,is not something most can afford. Related: ‘We beget never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com