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What Happens When a Platonic Life Partnership Falls Apart

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Stories exploring the ways our platonic relationships fall apart — and what we do with the pieces left over. Stories exploring the ways our platonic relationships fall apart — and what we do with the pieces left over. In 2022, the Cut ran a story about platonic life partners, people who threw out the messy scripts of romantic relationships and made a commitment with a close friend instead. During the isolation of the pandemic, PLP arrangements went viral on TikTok, where couples documented the ins and outs of building a life with a bestie. Two years later, we decided to check in on how some of these relationships are holding up — and how they aren’t. Jay Guercia and Krystle Purificato first met at an LBGTQ center in Long Island in 2012. The pair quickly became best friends and made a pact to build a life together if neither of them got married by the age of 30. After Guercia was granted custody of a teenager about to enter the foster-care system in 2020, she and Purificato took the plu

friends for never Stories exploring the ways our platonic relationships fall apart — and what we do with the pieces left over. Photo: Hulu In 2022, the Cut ran a story about platonic life partners , people who threw out the messy scripts of romantic relationships and made a commitment with a close friend instead. During the isolation of the pandemic, PLP arrangements went viral on TikTok, where couples documented the ins and outs of building a life with a bestie. Two years later, we decided to check in on how some of these relationships are holding up — and how they aren’t. They’re divorcing.

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