[post_page_title]Finding inventive ways to cope[/post_page_title]
Not everyone is social distancing by themselves. Some are now in a situation where they are working from home, and so is their significant other. Living with your partner can bring new levels of friction and arguments to the relationship, and those tend to increase if you’re both stuck at home 24/7.
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Pro-tip for couples suddenly working from home together: Get yourselves an imaginary coworker to blame things on. In our apartment, Cheryl keeps leaving her dirty water cups all over the place and we really don’t know what to do about her.
— Molly Tolsky (@mollytolsky) March 16, 2020
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Molly here has some great advice. Making up an imaginary co-worker to blame for dishes in the sink and overflowing garbage cans, will help you both laugh instead of scream (at least some of the time).
