Courtney Robertson believes not living under the same roof was the fatal flaw in her relationship with The Bachelor star Ben Flajnik.
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"Our relationship has been tested pretty much the entire time we've been together," Robertson told Life & Style in an interview published in the magazine's new issue.
"When I stayed [with Ben] for long periods of time, it helped. I think if we'd lived together, we wouldn't have broken up."
Robertson, a 28-year-old model from Santa Monica, CA, got engaged to Flajnik, a 29-year-old winemaker from Sonoma, CA, when he selected and proposed to her during The Bachelor's sixteenth-season final Rose Ceremony, which was filmed in November 2011 and aired in March.
However the couple -- who had maintained a long-distance relationship the last ten months -- announced their split earlier this month, stating that they had "grown apart" due to "distance, time apart, and our need to focus on our respective careers."
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Earlier this week, Flajnik revealed the couple had decided to take a break after they spent the weekend in Sonoma together late last month but opted to "not drag this out" and permanently split a few days later.
"We weren't as similar as we thought," Flajnik told In Touch Weekly in a recent interview. "We really did love each other, [but] things just changed."
According to Robertson, the decision to split wasn't difficult.
"I knew I had no fight left," she told Life & Style, adding that she is still a believer in love.
"Right now I'm focusing on healing my heart. I'm a hopeless romantic and still believe I will find my soul mate. I need a guy who is ready for that chapter."
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