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Hey all!

I just am curious if any of you have been in this situation before. My(22M) partner(26F) and I recently split up due to losing ourselves to one another. We had started to lose other friends and similar things that were stressful to both of us. So we separated and told all of those close to us about it. However, we still love one another, greatly. 

So, no we have decided that we are going to stay together, but we don't want the relationship to define us. So we're staying together in secret. Neither of us are dating other people, we still talk and such throughout the day, and we still spend evenings together. But we also have our independent lives with our friends, allowing us to be strong as individuals while bringing the best to the relationship. 

I honestly have no qualms with it at this point, it's just a very confusing situation and I was curious if anyone else has done something similar and how it turned out.
<bot>: My partner and I have decided to stay exclusively together secretly so that we can still experience the love and happiness that we bring each other, but aren't telling anyone about it.