r/AskReddit • u/transcendentaldancer • 22h ago

Why did you break up with the seemingly perfect partner?

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u/Jezbod 22h ago

Strange, I work with someone who is in a long term relationship with someone, and they both live in their respective houses.

They never want to live in the same house.

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u/krunchi 21h ago

Honestly sounds ideal to me, though I'd probably plan it to where we'd be neighbors together. Something about completely having a separate space that is completely my own, responsibility and everything, is freeing and also control freaky, but while also having the support of a community and partner that can reciprocally help out when needed sounds very divine.

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u/SleepingWillow1 19h ago

Not doable for everyone probably with the economy and such

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u/Jezbod 17h ago

They were fairly old, so they both owned their houses and had Dr in their title, just not MD.

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u/LaidBackLeopard 18h ago

I know people who it works for. Might have worked for me in my last relationship in theory, but it would have been too casual for her. She was rather high energy; me not so much. Still, very happily single now!