Many couples experience periods of their life together when, due to one circumstance or another, they must live separately. These reasons could be for work, for aged relatives to be accommodated (maybe even overseas), to support children who live a long distance away, for financial gain, or due to incompatibility in living arrangements. It is quite common for couples who have been married, or in a long term relationship before, to choose to live apart. Some older people do not want to share living arrangements if they have just achieved independence on the death of a partner, for example. In … Continue reading Living apart