Does separating help a marriage?

Does separating help a marriage?

Separation can be good for marriage depending on the circumstances of the couple. If both partners are willing to work through current problems, separation can be a great way to process individual issues before reuniting. With that said, about 80 percent of separations ultimately lead to divorce.

Can a relationship work living separately?

Neither dating nor marriage absolutely requires communal living arrangements. The trend is that those who date live apart and those who are married live together. No law obliges either living together or apart, but people base the sort of living arrangement they should have on generally accepted rules of society.

Why do couples choose to live separately?

Living apart together supposedly gives people all the advantages of autonomy – doing what you want in your own space, maintaining preexisting local arrangements and friendships – as well as the pleasures of intimacy with a partner.