Living Apart Together
L.A.T

The Living Apart Together relationship, also mentioned as L.A.T relationship is a growing form of relationship, which has increased incredibly like wildfire as the text Just What Modern Romance Needs: “Living Apart Together” by Gary Picariello explains it: “… the concept has spread like wildfire among nearly 50% of young couples in Europe, the United States and even farther abroad”. The definition of “Living Apart Togethers “ is fairly simple; it is couples that wish not to live together, not owing to distance, work or children as many other couples are forced to, but because they simply want to live separately.
One way to look at these L.A.Ts is as Jeanette Lofa, who “advocates living apart” does. She advocates L.A.Ts owing to the complications blended families often has to deal with which they could avoid, such as power struggles and internecine resentments. Partly agreeing with Jeanette Lofa is Professor Popenoe who points out that Living Apart Together makes sense for couples with kids and elderly couples who might have been married before. He is also worried that LATs will distort their capability of forming long-term relationships. Agreeing is Dr. Scott Haltzman who adds the capability of intimacy and cooperation as factors that might impair by living apart and not being forced to deal with it. Also, according to Gary Picariello qualities like compromising, negotiation and commitment are to be lost or not developed, if the two parts of a relationship does not live together, and therefore have the chance to run away from the rough times most relationships has occasionally. And as Scott Haltzman says, not living together and learning selflessness and giving and forgiving “ glorifies individual needs.”
But advocates like Jeanette Lofa and therapist Judye Hess sees L.A.Ts as a potential solution for saving a long-term