Kate Bolick

Who says there's only one kind of occasion that merits the formal invitations, the gorgeous dress, the carefully curated feast? Kate Bolick had celebrated plenty of friends at their weddings. As a landmark birthday approached, she decided it was time to throw an extravaganza of her own.

Can you love him—even marry him—and still have a place of your own? Kate Bolick investigates a new kind of monogamy and finds that the secret to staying together may be living apart