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Can't move in with your partner? Here's how to survive isolating without them | James Greig

For many young couples, moving in together isn’t an option. The best thing to do is treat it as a long-distance relationship
‘Couples are now faced with a stark choice between spending far too much or far too little time with one other.’ Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Since the coronavirus outbreak reached the UK, I’ve only seen my boyfriend for five minutes, when he dropped off some baba ganoush and paracetamol at my flat. I was scared I might infect him, so we had an emotionally charged conversation at two metres’ distance, which felt like a combination of a chaste Regency courtship drama and a young adult dystopian romance. It’s a strange situation: six months into our relationship, we’re having to weather the obstacle of a global pandemic, and the potential in spreading it.

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