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"Absence makes the heart grow fonder? On Wednesday, March 12, Amy Roloff and Matt Roloff announced their decision to have a trial separation after 26 years of marriage. In a sneak peek clip of their TLC reality series Little People, Big World, the estranged spouses open up about what caused their split.\r\n&amp;quot;Amy and I are separated. Last year, it was long and tough,&amp;quot; Matt explains. &amp;quot;Amy and I had a lot of tensions, so right around Thanksgiving, I thought I would move over to the [guest] house for a little bit and we&amp;apos;ll try that.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOne of their disagreements that drove Matt to move out? Clutter. &amp;quot;Amy and I stuck it out for years when maybe we shouldn&amp;apos;t have. I never quite felt at home in my own home, so something needed to change,&amp;quot; Matt says, after a flashback clip is shown of the twosome arguing over clutter. &amp;quot;We needed to try something different. You can call it a separation if you want or a trial separation, but it&amp;apos;s more of just giving each other some space.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nIn the clip, which was filmed during the final weeks of 2013, Amy prepares a holiday meal for their children -- twin sons Jeremy and Zach, 23, daughter Molly, 20, and son Jacob, 17 -- in their main house.\r\n&amp;quot;I think what Matt and I failed to do over many, many years was learn to live together,&amp;quot; the mom of four says. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not my choice for him to leave. I am saddened by it. It&amp;apos;s been 26 years. We don&amp;apos;t have a plan for how we&amp;apos;re going to work this out, so it&amp;apos;s not going to be easy.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe separation could really just be a trial, however. In a joint statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, the Helvetia, Ore.-based couple explained: &amp;quot;Matt remains living on the farm in our guesthouse, and we work together every day on the farm, on our business endeavors, and most importantly, raising our amazing children.&amp;quot;\r\nThe one-hour special of Little People, Big World -- documenting Amy and Matt&amp;apos;s separation -- will air March 25 on TLC. Watch the sneak peek above and tell Us if you think the couple is better off apart."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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