Divorced couples are not living apart for this one…
‘Til mortgage do us half.
While some married couples keep together for financial causes or their children — others are getting divorced but persevering with to live on the same property for the sake of their mortgage.
Due to high mortgage rates of interest, Ryan Hambry and Morgan Dickson technically finalized their divorce back in April — but are living just a few toes away from each other since they refinanced their home at a 2% price and neither needs to promote and start over, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Hambry and Dickson both live in Cape Canaveral, Florida — yet he lives in a seashore bungalow while she lives in an Airstream trailer in the home’s yard.
Although it has its challenges, this couple has managed to make their unorthodox association work for them. morgan.a.dickson/Instagram
Their association is an untraditional one — but for the sake of their funds, they’re making it work.
“The finances can work,” Hambry told the outlet. “The boundaries are harder.”
“I’m not in her space all the time. She’s in mine more,” he said. Sometimes he feels as though they are still married, he said, because she is always around.
“But then there’s clearly no intimacy and other parts of what a marriage is.”
Various couples are making their own guidelines with what works for them when it comes to divorce. Daniel JÃâ¢dzura – stock.adobe.com
While each mum or dad has their own setup, the youngsters bounce back and forth between the home and the trailer each evening for a little “camp out.”
Hambry and Dickson aren’t the only divorced couple doing what they’ve to do for the sake of their funds.
Megan Meyer, her husband, Michael Flores, and her ex-hubby, Tyler, all live together under one roof for the benefit of their children — Megan and Tyler’s 3-year-old daughter, Ryann and Megan’s 18-month-old son with Michael — and their bank accounts.
It’s a platonic association that works for them.
“It’s a [lifestyle of] convenience,” Megan, 25, from South Carolina, told The Post. “It brings my daughter’s parents into the same house again, and, financially, it just makes sense.”
While this trio manages to make this work for them — according to specialists, it’s definitely not for everybody.
“Both parents must have enough emotional maturity to live with their ex, as well as his or her new partner,” suggested Kerrie Mohr, a NYC relationship therapist of 25 years.
“For this living situation to benefit the kids, all of the adults must be healed from the wounds of their former relationship in order to embark on a new [co-living] relationship,” she said.
“Setting respectful boundaries, coming up with clear communication strategies and focusing on your ‘Why?’ are all key for success,” Mohr added. “Your ‘Why?’ is your North Star, the reason you’re setting aside your issues and sharing a household with your ex and their new partner.”
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