Criteria for being classed as single if still living together?

[Lenny]

Did you try a couple of years ago before you had your second child or just after?

It sounds like you have a relationship of sorts - not what you used to be or want necessarily but you have chosen to remain living together and act as a family. You haven't told anyone IRL.

You still have him in your signature on BB which seems at odds to being completed separated, but living under the same roof.

Is he is your boarder? Maybe you need to go through the process physically and mentally of making this more official?

[LimeSlice]

It really is not that hard. You don't need statements from anyone at all - you put their name on the form and CL will contact them to confirm you have split up as a couple.

Once you see the forms it is plainly obvious what they want you to say.

Complete separation of bedroom arrangements - sex, sleeping.
Preparing own meals, although we till ate dinner together and this was not an issue as we ate with the children.
No joint banking accounts and separation of bills.
Division of laundry and bathroom, so you are not washing each others' clothes, and you both clean the house and do the chores for yourselves...

Honestly, not that hard if you actually HAVE separated - not just not romantically intimate any longer, but actually split up.

We did it for 3 months, and had absolutely no issues in having it approved.