My husband started working from home after years of commuting. I didn't expect it to change our marriage so much.

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My husband and I struggled when we started working from home together. We created boundaries and routines to make it work.

In the tenuous months after COVID, my husband, Mark, got laid off when a larger corporation bought out his company. He found another job quickly — hours away, in Northern New Jersey — and rather than move, he commuted, spending two or three nights a week in hotels and working from home on Fridays. As an artist and writer, I was already working from home full-time, and I liked the new rhythm of his workweek. While Mark was away, I took over every surface of the house: the dining room table for painting, a second craft table when I had multiple pieces going.

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