So true.
From Carolyn Hax:
β...itβs not unusual for people to get all the alone time they ever needed (or wanted) while on paper still in a relationship β by living separate lives under one roof, by not communicating, by watching their bond erode over the years from lovers and partners to roommates. For some, the separation is the culmination of hard emotional work, not the beginning of it.βMeanwhile, although that cold I thought I was coming down with a few days ago kind of evaporated in a day or two, now it feels like I'm coming down with the 'flu.