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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We married young, have grown children and grandchildren and retired early.  We have gradually reached the point of living entirely separate lives but with no plans (that I know of) of ever getting divorced.  We rarely if ever spend any time together unless we are with our kids and grandkids or visiting relatives or going out with old friends.  Everyone has a good sense of where we are with this and we don't really hide it -- but we don't talk much about it with other people either.

We have two houses and one of us spends the  bulk of our time in one and the other vice-versa, but when we're all together and space is at a premium we will sleep in the same bed.

We travel separately and sometimes for several weeks at a time.

We communicate largely by text and largely just to coordinate family activities (we are both very close with all of our kids, who are all local) and to arrange the occasional outing with friends.

We aren't rich but have enough not to worry (net worth $9 million) and we have similar approaches to money and trust each other on that issue so there's no problem there.

I suppose if we were younger we'd divorce, but since neither of us has any interest in another partner and are fine being "single" forever there's just no need to.  We don't fight and we respect each other enough that this works for us pretty easily.[/quote]

how old are you and the spouse? [/quote]

we're now in our early 60s.  but our arrangement isn't new.[/quote]

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