Almost half of working adults had no idea what their partner's job involved - until now. A study of 1,500 adults currently working from home found many are only just discovering what their other half really does for a living.

Prior to the lockdown, 46 per cent were unsure what their significant other spent their time doing - with their understanding limited to 'they work in an office' and 'they have lots of meetings'.

But research, commissioned by Virgin Media, found this figure has plummeted to just 22 per cent during the past month as more couples spend their working days sitting next to each other.

A spokesperson for Virgin Media said: "With so many more couples now working from home, it's funny how many people knew so little about what

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