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I think there are a lot of similarities, yes!

I think it is more common for monogamous people to start cohabitating when things get “serious” and less common (though not unheard of!) for monogamous people to deliberately live in solo homes while developing lifelong, deeply entangled relationships. Cutting off access to partners is more likely to cause serious logistical challenges in the latter case. There are many basic household items and tools that my partners and I own _one_ between us, and while some are things I can do without for months (no power drill, fine, home improvement can wait) others are more complicated. For one basic example: I don’t have home Internet. When I need to download something I walk a few blocks to my partner’s place. Not being able to do that in this brave new world where it’s assumed everyone can telecommute and stream everything is going to be tricky. Separating our households is the logistical equivalent of telling a long-term married couple that they need to split their possessions between them...at a time when the strained supply line makes buying replacements difficult.