Living Together Never: The Newest Marriage Trend?

It's a new year, and yet the age-old battle on how to best mix marriage and living together rages on. Some couples stoutly insist living together is the only way to know if you can mate for life, while celebrity newlywed Katherine Heigl just proudly announced her and new groom Josh Kelly did not cohabitate pre-ring. But one of the most startling trends of the past year puts an even more controversial twist on the marriage/living together debate: living together apart.
Or rather, living together never. A fascinating MSNBC article chronicles a couple who did the ceremony and the kids, but never quite made it into the life of everyday cohabitation. While married love sans shared linen might sound unusual, Census data shows 3.8 million married couples have been engaging in this trend as early as 2006! Then of course there's famous examples throughout history, like Diego and Frida, Woody and Mia, and until recently, Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter.
What do you think, dear readers? Are the daily compromises of married cohabitation the very crux of the union, or does the option of committed love without having to compromise furniture styles, sleeping patterns and milk percent preferences appeal? Is this trend abomination, or blessed innovation? Weigh in below!

When is the best time to live with your love?
	Before you are married-you need to testdrive the cow or whatever!
	After you are married-no rock, no laundry duty!
	Never-I'll keep my lovah and my sweet loft, thanks!
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Posted by Miss B on 01/ 4/08 in