MADRID - Andrea Chabant Sanchez, a Madrid-based publicist, normally travels to Paris once a month to see his girlfriend. In January he booked his flights through to July.
"I always had a date: one for this month, next month..." said Sanchez, who is 29. "Now there's no window." "This quarantine means a lot of time alone, thinking, asking yourself questions - a lot of time shut in too. You miss your partner so much more. To be honest, we're having a rough time of it."Etienne Berges, a 26-year-old humanitarian policy adviser working in Myanmar, will not be seeing his girlfriend, Amber Medland, as expected next month.
My GF and I were once apart for 4 months. She is now my wife. Even as a married couple, we were once apart for 5 straight months! We are now in our 5th year of marriage. All in all, love is work. It is commitment and perseverance. This period will be a test for many couples.