KYIV — After 123 days handcuffed together to save their on-again off-again relationship, Ukrainians Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova have split, shedding their bonds on national TV and saying the experiment had brought home uncomfortable truths.
The young couple from the eastern city of Kharkiv decided to handcuff themselves together on Valentine’s Day, in a last-ditch attempt to break the cycle of breaking up and making up.
Throughout the experiment, which they documented to a growing social
media following, they did everything together, from grocery shopping to cigarette breaks. They took turns to use the bathroom and take showers.
Pustovitova, who initially r…
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