Any couples both WFH since the pandemic started? How did it change things for you? If at all?

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Been married to my wife 37 years; dated for five years before that. Written four books together; several peer-reviewed articles; consult together for decades when we're not being b-school profs. Raised two children successfully (one is at EY). Pandemic didn't change anything. Unique and standard disclaimers apply: I married my best friend; your mileage may vary; not available in all 50 states; void where prohibited.

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We make sure we’re in separate rooms during the work day. It helps it feel like we’re not in each others space.

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We also use these “on-air” boxes that tell us if the other shouldn’t be disturbed (meetings, concentrating, etc.). We each have one of these boxes - my light is on the left, his is on the right. I would just close the door but we have cats and they hate the closed doors and will meow incessantly at the door if we close it. This was his solution. I love this thing.

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We both work very hard on our relationship and we really enjoyed being home together once we moved from a tiny 1 bdrm apt to our first house haha I miss sitting down for lunch together and random snuggling sessions during the day

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They are definitely siblings from other mothers! Yours is adorable, but I’m biased, of course.

We got divorced in less than a week

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Story please.

We had to set a lot of boundaries with our time and work on our communication. We love each other and enjoy being around each other but going from being away from one another for 40+ hours a week to never was a huge adjustment. Caused lots of strain until we reached a breaking point and had to have a serious talk about expectations and boundaries.

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