The first time I noticed a celebrity talking about "doing life together" a few years ago, I didn't think anything of it. It was the summer of 2016 and JoJo Fletcher's season of The Bachelorette had introduced us to Ben Higgins and Jordan Rodgers. JoJo wanted to "do life" with both of these men. But, per reality TV obligations and polygamy laws in America, she could only "do life" with one of them. Luckily, Jordan was down: "She's the person I want to do life with," Jordan said while taping the "After the Final Rose" special.
But people — famous people — kept talking about "doing life together." And it began to jar me, like eavesdropping on a conversation where people keep saying your name. It got louder and louder, until it wasn't just Fletcher talking about it but the singer Michelle Williams and Corinne Olympios from The Bachelor and, most incredibly, Hailey Bieber talking about her husband on Kendall Jenner's podcast. "I feel like he's my best friend," she said. "And we just get to do life together forever now."
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