In Japan, many are opting to live separately despite being legally married in order to have a better lifestyle.
According to Statistics Canada, divorces in this country are increasing among people in older age groups.
“Some couples continue to live in the same house but do their own cooking and cleaning like housemates.
“I often see parents who raised their own family in their own house independently but have long-term relationships of five or 10 years and have a lot of closeness.
As someone who studies consensual non-monogamy where people have more than one partner, Cobb said she has noticed partners in such relationships don’t always live together.
“I think what it suggests is that our ideas and our ideals about what relationships are and should be might be shifting and becoming somewhat more flexible.
The arrangements can also become very expensive for some and may not be feasible in the long run, said Seidel.