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What to do if you’re in two different worlds

Couple divided by two different worlds
Anyone else out there as obsessed with Orange is the New Black as I am? I swear if David didn’t pull me away from my Netflix and force me to live a normal human life, I’d have watched all 13 episodes in one sitting without showering, eating or even bathroom breaks. It’s so effing good! I don’t want to give anything away, even anything from season 1, but I will say that Piper and Larry’s relationship is so interesting. For anyone who’s living under a rock, the show is about Piper Chapman, who gets sent to a women’s prison for a decade old crime, leaving her fiancé out in the free world. Needless to say, this complicates their relationship. It got me thinking about couples where it feels like each partner is on a different planet. This separate world feeling doesn’t have to come from something as extreme as a prison sentence. It can happen when one person stays at home and the other works or when you’re in a long distance relationship or even when one person is extremely into a hobby (sports, video games or, um, Netflix!) and the other person is really not. Here’s how to bridge a gap between two worlds. Read more