The girls are definitely close but they don’t seem to spend a lot of time together outside of work? I remember when they were doing that celeb come dine with me, they all hadn’t even seen each others houses and they were all surprised by how fancy Leighanne’s was so it seems they don’t even talk about their homes much? But I don’t think they even live near each other so when they’re not working then of course it’s going to be hard to spend time together and tbh they probably need space and a break from each other. And I think it’s really healthy that they have separate friends and friendships circles outside of the group but I also find the dynamics of it all a bit weird at times.
People have brought this up a few times, I think most of the girls (if not all) had just bought new homes, so it was first impressions! And, besides the fact that they spend so much time together working that they really don’t need to see each other outside of that, when they do get together I’d imagine it is usually to go out. We’ve seen them go out for drinks and go to clubs together a buuuunch of times over the years, when you have that much money, why would you stay home when you could literally party every day of the week? Plus they probably do visit each other’s homes, but ofc they don’t really show off their own places much so we’d never know. That is personal time anyways, could you imagine Leigh posting a pic of Perrie coming over for a coffee and a catch up with the babies?
Also, I wouldn’t blame the girls for taking a break from each other if they do split up. It’s not like they desperately hate each other at all, I still believe OT3 are sisters, but they’ve also experienced a hell of a lot of trauma through Syco and their friendship is a pretty blatant reminder of the forced labour and emotional low points they’ve had to support each other through over the years. Not seeing each other’s faces for a while would be a great way to heal, it’s not indicative of their long-term relationships post-LM at all. If they truly intend to reunite one day and treat it like Take That, as they say, I don’t think they could bring themselves to do that after all the shaming and stunted success over the years unless they truly love each other and the LM brand.