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Stuck at home with your partner? Look to retirees for how to make it work

  • Written by Anne Fishel, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Stuck at home with your partner? Look to retirees for how to make it workTake a note from older couples who know how to do it right.Geber86/E+ via Getty Images

Across the country an unprecedented number of couples are suddenly spending every waking and sleeping hour of the day with one another.

That’s what many older retired couples do too, even when there isn’t a pandemic. Their experiences are worth...

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