New couples over 60 prefer to live apart
LOS ANGELES: Among those who start a new relationship after the age of 60, research suggests that few show much interest in marrying to even moving in together. In fact they are ten times more likely to be LAT – living apart together.
A new study found that couples living apart experienced more mental-health benefits than single people. The study examined data gathered on over 15,000 British people between 60 and 85 years old and found that while LAT relationships didn’t confer more mental-health benefits than being married, people who exited LAT relationships had fewer negative mental-health consequences than couples who divorced or left a shared home.
Ury, the director of relationship science at Hinge and an on-air expert in Netflix’s “The Later Daters,” told Business Insider that she’s been seeing this trend thrive.
“They’re like, ‘I have my house set up the way I want. You have your house set up the way you want,'” Ury said. “‘Why don’t we be in a long-term relationship, but we don’t need to live together?'”
It’s not just logistical. Ury said living apart, together has a ton of perks — particularly for older daters.