Details: Ukrainian Lovers Failed To Save Relationship, Break Up After 123 Days Of Being Handcuffed Together
A couple had decided to get handcuffed and do everything together in their lives to improve their relationship but on June 17, they finally removed the handcuffs and announced their immediate breakup. Here's the detail:
An unusual experiment was carried out by a Ukrainian couple for over four months. A 33-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman had decided to get handcuffed and do everything together in their lives, with the aim of improving their relationship which, they say, had weakened in recent months as a result of arguments. But on June 17, the couple has finally removed the handcuffs, followed by their immediate breakup. Here's the detail:
Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova have a chain removed from their wrists by a representative from a Ukrainian record book in Kyiv, Ukraine | Picture : Reuters
Eager to go their separate ways
The 29-year-old Viktoria Pustovitova and 33-year-old Alexandr Kudlay, residents of Kharkiv in Ukrain... Read More
The 29-year-old Viktoria Pustovitova and 33-year-old Alexandr Kudlay, residents of Kharkiv in Ukraine, spent 123 days chained together. But no sooner than a giant cutter freed them in Kiev at the Unity monument - the same monument where they were locked together - they were eager to go their separate ways.?
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The young couple from the eastern city of Kharkiv decided to handcuff themselves together on Valentine's Day, in a last-ditch attempt to break the cycle of breaking up and making up. | Photo : Reuters
Relationship didn¡¯t survive
They admitted that their intermittent relationship did not survive despite their best efforts.
They did everything together, from grocery shopping to cigarette breaks | Photo : Reuters
Hooray
According to the Mirror, after being released, Viktoria shouted ¡°Hooray!" And said she wanted to liv... Read More
According to the Mirror, after being released, Viktoria shouted ¡°Hooray!" And said she wanted to live her own independent life and grow as an independent person because she was finally free.
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Pustovitova, who initially resisted the handcuff idea, shed tears as she discussed the latest break-up. | Photo : Reuters
Good lesson for others
"I think it will be a good lesson for us, for other Ukrainian couples and couples abroad not to repeat what we have done," she told Reuters in an interview in Kyiv.
Pustovitova said personal space is what she missed most | Photo : Reuters
Didn¡¯t receive much attention from Alexandr
"We stayed together all day, I did not receive any attention from Alexandr because we were constantly together. He did not tell me: 'I miss you', while I would like to hear that," said the 29-year-old beautician.
Kudlay said he did not regret resorting to desperate measures to save the relationship | Photo : Reuters
Happy to have the experience
Alexandr came up with the idea after Viktoria expressed she wanted to break up and thanked their supporters for following their journey on Instagram. He added that they were happy before and are happy now to have the experience.
Handcuff For 123 Days To Save Their Relationship The Ukrainian Lovers Break Up | Photo : Reuters
Relationship ended due to lack of privacy
They confessed that their marriage plans and relationship ended due to the lack of privacy or personal space and doing everything together from bathroom breaks to prep.
Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova at grocery store | Photo : Reuters
Mathematics of love
In a joint social media statement, Alexandr wrote that hardship snowballs the moment they found a one plus in a situation, there are immediately two minuses.
Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova react after their chain is removed in Kyiv, Ukraine | Photo : Reuters
She want to get back to her previous life
He revealed that Viktoria wanted to get back to the rhythm of her previous life as she was missing out on what she was doing and was not responding well to his suggestion to continue doing it by his side.?
Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova drink tea in their apartment in Kharkiv, Ukraine | Photo : Reuters
He was fed up with being stuck with her
Speaking about his issues, he wrote that he was fed up with being stuck with her every morning while she was putting on makeup because he didn't like spending time in front of the mirror too much. He added that they were trying not to escalate the conflicts.
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