Ever hear the one about the Buddhist couple in the desert who vowed to never be more than 15 feet apart? Yep. As we type Michael Roach and Christie McNally are living in a yurt, eating off the same plate and following each other around sharing the same consciousness. 

In this video from Slate's video blog married writers David Plotz and Hanna Rosin attempt to live like Roach and McNally for a day minus the yurt and all the sand. So how do they fare?

Despite some bickering over oatmeal and soccer the pair have a pretty good takeaway. It's nice for a change to know what your honey is up to constantly and what time they drink their first Fresca of the day. 

We'd like to say we're so totally independent and isolated that we'd never be able to live 15 feet from another person, but it's 97 degrees outside and there's only one air conditioner in the apartment. The truth? We're elbow deep in someone else's consciousness right now and waiting until the sun goes down to claw our way out.