GO THE DISTANCE

Here’s how it usually goes: two people meet, they fall in love, they move in together. They might get married, they might have kids, they might not. Either way, they end up sharing the same bed and arguing about whose turn it is to take out the rubbish.

Say experts, that’s just how humans are hardwired: we’re social beings with a need to tether ourselves to another person for companionship.

Yet for an increasing number of couples, that’s no longer the case. These couples choose to live in separate houses, separate cities, sometimes even separate countries. It could be because of work, a desire to protect their independence or simply because they want companionship without the drudgery – more romance, fewer dirty socks.

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