社會學家為這種關係創造一個新名詞，稱為『分開住的共同生活』關係--Living Apart Together 簡稱 "拉特" LAT。
— v. ：live apart together
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Dr.Robert T.Francoeur asks, "How much togetherness is healthy?" LAT is a very old and traditional way of life, dating back to the agricultural world of Old Europe. In those days, few newly wed couples could afford to establish their own household. Only wealthy farmers, burghers, and aristocrats could afford to pay the bride prize or dowry sufficient for the newlywed couple to establish their own household. The younger sons and daughters of the wealthy could marry but the bride and groom usually continued living with their parents, LAT, until they could afford their own home. Likewise when poor day laborers and servants married. The alternative was to join a convent or the clergy. "In a sense, LAT relations are only new if we forget history"
而傻子我也好奇著："How close is normal?" 或是 "How far is too far?" , "How often is enough?"...
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也許對現代人來說，承諾太難，永遠太遠，開給自己的支票、對自己的承諾都不見得兌現了，更何況對別人...。
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