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Didn't that end up having the opposite effect where people were stuck with their partners all day and no longer wanted to have sex?

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Maybe it worked both ways. Couples in a more positive state got stronger, couples in a more problematic/conflict state got worse.

It's not that simple. It's how each psychologically responds to stress and gloom. Some get energized and others get shut down.

Funny how that worded to assume the lockdowns were stress and gloom. My partner and I flourished in the lockdowns. You posit that we reacted positively to stress and gloom, but we saw it as freedom. Working from home resulted in an uptick in projects, sex, cooking, and other positive freedoms.

I'll end that it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. Some people hated being trapped at home and others thoroughly enjoyed it.

yes, but I have friends that were being stuck with their parents, so they decided during the pandemic that it was time for them to move with their partners instead.

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