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It's an interesting topic, something I never heard of. Don't really make sense if you ask me, at least the not building together part
LAT: The Relationship Status That More & More Millennials Are Signing Up For
ERIKA W. SMITHAUGUST 20, 2019 8:00 AM
When Stephanie Purcell decided to change careers from marketing to production, she soon realized that there weren’t many job opportunities in Omaha, Nebraska, where she lived with her husband. So she moved to Los Angeles — and her husband stayed in Omaha, where his career in IT security was skyrocketing. Living in two separate states “initially wasn’t something we thought we would be doing long-term,” Purcell tells Refinery29. But, two and a half years later, she and her husband are still living apart. “I didn’t want him to give up his dream, and he didn’t want me to give up mine,” she says. “So we started this lifestyle of living in two different places.”
Sociologists call relationships like Purcell and her husband’s “Living Apart Together” or LAT relationships. Research shows that the typical LAT couple is over fifty. After living alone for a time — perhaps after being widowed or divorced — they realize they thrive when they have independence and personal space, and they don’t want to give that up when they begin a committed relationship. But experts say that LAT relationships are on the rise among millennials, thanks to women’s increased independence, the rapidly globalizing job market, and the normalization of other types of “non-traditional” relationship styles, such as polyamory. (Just like all couples, some LAT couples, like Purcell and her husband, are monogamous, while others are polyamorous.) As Purcell says, “It’s not what our parents did or what our friends are doing. But it’s what’s best for us.”
