My roommate and I used to stay up talking about random philosophical questions and now we're polite housemates who discuss cleaning schedules and we both pretend this is normal adult development but I think we're both disappointed that living together made us more distant instead of closer.
More people experience this than they realize.
You've let shared space create boundaries instead of intimacy and now live like courteous strangers.
“Where Are You with Ecopsychology?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.