They also decided it would be the best decision for their children. “Blending our families completely didn’t feel like a good option for us for a lot of reasons, but mostly because we felt our kids deserved (and needed) to have space and one-on-one time with their parents. We started dating in August 2019 (we’re about to hit our four-year anniversary!), so we had only been together a few months when the pandemic hit, making things more complex as we worked to find a balance for developing our relationship, entwining our families, and maintaining healthy boundaries that didn’t move things along too quickly.”
“We had a little bit of a trial run at living apart-together during the pandemic when we shared a babysitter for our kids who helped them with remote school for a year. So, each day, we came together as a family to work/school but then would go to our separate spaces at the end of the day. After two years of living in separate apartments about two miles apart, we were both ready to buy a home, and we decided we were ready to look at duplexes together.”
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/shelbyheinrich/partner-duplex-couple-tiktok
