@couplestale: Nobody talks about this phase in marriage… Not the cheating. Not the fighting. But the quiet distance. When you’re still together… still living under the same roof… but the conversations are short, the laughter is gone, and the person you once couldn’t get enough of now just feels… familiar. No tension. No excitement. Just routines, responsibilities, and silence. The roommate phase. It doesn’t mean the love is gone. It means somewhere along the way… you both stopped choosing each other the way you used to. And that’s where most people either drift apart… or find their way back.