TV stars Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty might be married but she lives in LA and Patrick in Dublin. And they’re not the only ones who think distance is the secret to marital bliss
To the outside world, Samantha looks like any other happily married
woman as she flicks through her wedding album looking at photos of her
husband of two years, Louis.
But unlike most married couples, they won’t be eating their evening meal together before settling down in front of the TV.
In fact, Samantha won’t be seeing Louis for another three months as the pair have been living in different countries since they got married on June 7, 2012 and only see each other four times a year.
With Samantha in Darlaston, West Midlands, and Louis, 29, living 1,700 miles away on the Greek island of Kos, to an outsider it may look like their marriage is anything but happy but it’s the total opposite.
In fact, US TV presenter Cat Deeley, 37, and funnyman Patrick Kielty , 43, who married in September 2012, also recently announced their relationship is stronger because their unusual transatlantic living arrangement, due to work commitments, stops them bickering.
But unlike most married couples, they won’t be eating their evening meal together before settling down in front of the TV.
In fact, Samantha won’t be seeing Louis for another three months as the pair have been living in different countries since they got married on June 7, 2012 and only see each other four times a year.
With Samantha in Darlaston, West Midlands, and Louis, 29, living 1,700 miles away on the Greek island of Kos, to an outsider it may look like their marriage is anything but happy but it’s the total opposite.
In fact, US TV presenter Cat Deeley, 37, and funnyman Patrick Kielty , 43, who married in September 2012, also recently announced their relationship is stronger because their unusual transatlantic living arrangement, due to work commitments, stops them bickering.
Cat revealed last month : “We start to get on each other’s nerves. He starts to hate me and I start to hate him.
“And then he has to go away and I kind of miss him. We’re normally apart for about 10 days. And then he comes back and we’re lovely again. It works out perfectly.”
The Pressdees agree the distance just makes them love each other more
Samantha says: “It may seem strange to other people but being apart makes us so much stronger.
“Neither of us is the jealous type and we’re both 100% honest about where we go and what we do when we’re not together. I can’t imagine my life any other way.”
The couple met five years ago when Samantha and a friend booked themselves on a last-minute girls’ holiday to Kefalos, Kos in June 2009. She never imagined she would meet the love of her life there.
As she was sunning herself on the beach one day, a handsome man approached her and asked her if she wanted to do some water sports. It was Louis Pressdee, local to the area and a sports instructor.
Once they got chatting, the pair realised there was an incredible spark between them and they spent all week in each other’s arms.
By the time Samantha’s flight back home had come around, she promised Louis she would be back in September to see him.
She says: “The first time I left him was so hard because we were still very much in the honeymoon period. I got back to the UK and into my routine as a dance teacher but still missed Louis every day. I spent the next few months counting down until I could see him and we were in contact on Facebook and on the phone.”
Two months later in September 2009, she flew out to the island to be reunited with her long-distance boyfriend.
Ecstatic to be back together again, the lovebirds spent every waking hour together, strolling across the beach and having fun.
This time, when Samantha had to leave, Louis couldn’t bear the thought of being away from her again – and returned to the UK.
She says: “We’d already been apart for two months, meaning we’d been apart more than we’d been together during the entire relationship. We were so in love it didn’t make sense to feel miserable and miss each other. So when Louis said he would come back to England with me, I’d never felt happier. I couldn’t wait to start our lives together.”
During the summer months, Samantha would go back to Greece where she would work on the beach or in the water park selling tickets but she still worked as a dance teacher back home.
After a few months in Greece and another six months in London, Louis planned to ask her to marry him.
In September 2010, just over one year after they met, Louis took her for a romantic meal in Kos. He proposed
afterwards in front of a moonlit pool with Taylor Swift playing softly in the background
And two years later they tied the knot in Kefalos in front of 150 friends and their families at a beautiful £12,000 wedding.
She recalls: “Our day suited us so well as we had met on the island. After the big day we decided to settle in London so I could carry on working. It seemed like the perfect plan.”
But living full time in her London flat and with Louis looking for work, the cracks started to show. The newlyweds were arguing about everything from money to work, something they had never experienced in their relationship.
She says: “When we started living together in London I just felt suffocated, like we were being sucked into the rat race. It was also a huge change for him. It was awful. We had gone from being head over heels in love to bickering about trivial, mundane stresses. Neither of us wanted to live like that, so we decided that the only way to save our marriage and get our relationship back on track was to live apart.”
Making the unconventional plan to spend three months of every year alone, Louis packed his bags and headed back for Greece.
As if living in a different country to your husband wasn’t strange enough, the pair decided that monogamy wasn’t for them either and that they would be free to see other people if the occasion presented itself.
While most women would have countless sleepless nights worrying about their husband’s possible
infidelities, Samantha says she can now sleep easy at night because of their unusual arrangement.
She says: “I brought the idea up and luckily Louis admitted he had thought about it too. I’d never had a committed relationship before Louis and neither had he but we didn’t want to divorce because we were still madly in love.
“We’ve always been completely upfront with each other and neither of us ever gets jealous. Having an open marriage stops any worries either of us had about cheating behind each other’s backs. We know it sounds odd but it just works for us.”
Samantha admits that she’s dated one other man since marrying Louis – an old flame she was seeing in
March 2013. After going through a rough patch with Louis, her ex messaged her on Facebook and they met up for a drink.
Realising that she had feelings for him, she told Louis everything and surprisingly, he didn’t seem to mind.
She says: “I’ve decided that monogamy is totally unnatural but being in an open relationship doesn’t mean I’m going to go out and sleep with loads of men just because I can.
“Now, I would only ever hook up with a man that I have genuine feelings for but that’s not something that’s happened again.”
While Samantha feels comfortable with the lifestyle she and Louis have created for themselves, she does admit Louis isn’t always on the same page.
She says: “Louis isn’t quite as chilled out as me and refused to hear any details of my fling.
“He has confessed to kissing a couple of other women before but he’s never had sex with another woman.
“It doesn’t make me feel jealous or inadequate because I know that he loves me. We both feel very secure in ourselves and in our marriage. I’m always really sad when I go home to the UK or he flies back to Greece.Although I miss him constantly, we speak every day and always end every call saying I love you... against all odds.
“I’m going to Greece on Saturday for three weeks and cannot wait to see him again.”
Louis has just returned to Greece after one month with Samantha in Darlaston – she moved back there from London in January 2014 as her dad had died and she wanted to be closer to her mum.
Although Samantha says the separation can be hard, the couple have no current plans to live in the same country permanently.
She says: “When we’re together, it’s like the honeymoon period again. All the passion comes flooding
back and we are lovebirds reunited, cooking for one another and laughing lots.
“If we have kids then we’ll want to be together more, but what we have now works for us. Louis is and always will be my soul mate no matter how far apart we live.”
“And then he has to go away and I kind of miss him. We’re normally apart for about 10 days. And then he comes back and we’re lovely again. It works out perfectly.”
The Pressdees agree the distance just makes them love each other more
Samantha says: “It may seem strange to other people but being apart makes us so much stronger.
“Neither of us is the jealous type and we’re both 100% honest about where we go and what we do when we’re not together. I can’t imagine my life any other way.”
The couple met five years ago when Samantha and a friend booked themselves on a last-minute girls’ holiday to Kefalos, Kos in June 2009. She never imagined she would meet the love of her life there.
As she was sunning herself on the beach one day, a handsome man approached her and asked her if she wanted to do some water sports. It was Louis Pressdee, local to the area and a sports instructor.
Once they got chatting, the pair realised there was an incredible spark between them and they spent all week in each other’s arms.
By the time Samantha’s flight back home had come around, she promised Louis she would be back in September to see him.
She says: “The first time I left him was so hard because we were still very much in the honeymoon period. I got back to the UK and into my routine as a dance teacher but still missed Louis every day. I spent the next few months counting down until I could see him and we were in contact on Facebook and on the phone.”
Two months later in September 2009, she flew out to the island to be reunited with her long-distance boyfriend.
Ecstatic to be back together again, the lovebirds spent every waking hour together, strolling across the beach and having fun.
This time, when Samantha had to leave, Louis couldn’t bear the thought of being away from her again – and returned to the UK.
She says: “We’d already been apart for two months, meaning we’d been apart more than we’d been together during the entire relationship. We were so in love it didn’t make sense to feel miserable and miss each other. So when Louis said he would come back to England with me, I’d never felt happier. I couldn’t wait to start our lives together.”
During the summer months, Samantha would go back to Greece where she would work on the beach or in the water park selling tickets but she still worked as a dance teacher back home.
After a few months in Greece and another six months in London, Louis planned to ask her to marry him.
In September 2010, just over one year after they met, Louis took her for a romantic meal in Kos. He proposed
afterwards in front of a moonlit pool with Taylor Swift playing softly in the background
And two years later they tied the knot in Kefalos in front of 150 friends and their families at a beautiful £12,000 wedding.
She recalls: “Our day suited us so well as we had met on the island. After the big day we decided to settle in London so I could carry on working. It seemed like the perfect plan.”
But living full time in her London flat and with Louis looking for work, the cracks started to show. The newlyweds were arguing about everything from money to work, something they had never experienced in their relationship.
She says: “When we started living together in London I just felt suffocated, like we were being sucked into the rat race. It was also a huge change for him. It was awful. We had gone from being head over heels in love to bickering about trivial, mundane stresses. Neither of us wanted to live like that, so we decided that the only way to save our marriage and get our relationship back on track was to live apart.”
Making the unconventional plan to spend three months of every year alone, Louis packed his bags and headed back for Greece.
As if living in a different country to your husband wasn’t strange enough, the pair decided that monogamy wasn’t for them either and that they would be free to see other people if the occasion presented itself.
While most women would have countless sleepless nights worrying about their husband’s possible
infidelities, Samantha says she can now sleep easy at night because of their unusual arrangement.
She says: “I brought the idea up and luckily Louis admitted he had thought about it too. I’d never had a committed relationship before Louis and neither had he but we didn’t want to divorce because we were still madly in love.
“We’ve always been completely upfront with each other and neither of us ever gets jealous. Having an open marriage stops any worries either of us had about cheating behind each other’s backs. We know it sounds odd but it just works for us.”
Samantha admits that she’s dated one other man since marrying Louis – an old flame she was seeing in
March 2013. After going through a rough patch with Louis, her ex messaged her on Facebook and they met up for a drink.
Realising that she had feelings for him, she told Louis everything and surprisingly, he didn’t seem to mind.
She says: “I’ve decided that monogamy is totally unnatural but being in an open relationship doesn’t mean I’m going to go out and sleep with loads of men just because I can.
“Now, I would only ever hook up with a man that I have genuine feelings for but that’s not something that’s happened again.”
While Samantha feels comfortable with the lifestyle she and Louis have created for themselves, she does admit Louis isn’t always on the same page.
She says: “Louis isn’t quite as chilled out as me and refused to hear any details of my fling.
“He has confessed to kissing a couple of other women before but he’s never had sex with another woman.
“It doesn’t make me feel jealous or inadequate because I know that he loves me. We both feel very secure in ourselves and in our marriage. I’m always really sad when I go home to the UK or he flies back to Greece.Although I miss him constantly, we speak every day and always end every call saying I love you... against all odds.
“I’m going to Greece on Saturday for three weeks and cannot wait to see him again.”
Louis has just returned to Greece after one month with Samantha in Darlaston – she moved back there from London in January 2014 as her dad had died and she wanted to be closer to her mum.
Although Samantha says the separation can be hard, the couple have no current plans to live in the same country permanently.
She says: “When we’re together, it’s like the honeymoon period again. All the passion comes flooding
back and we are lovebirds reunited, cooking for one another and laughing lots.
“If we have kids then we’ll want to be together more, but what we have now works for us. Louis is and always will be my soul mate no matter how far apart we live.”
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