Meet the couple who say they run their relationship like a business - and each do their role for set hours of the day.

Cassidy, 27, and Nic, 31, have been together since January 2023 and have established "roles" which help their relationship run like clockwork."

Cassidy starts work at 1pm, so will often wake up at 6am to prepare for the day - making breakfast, preparing for lunch and checking in with Nic to find out his plans for the day.

When Nic, a digital marketer, finishes work at 5:30pm he will cook tea, clean the house and run Cassidy a bath so she can chill when she gets home from work at 6:30pm.

The pair said establishing roles early on has helped their relationship and admit they run their relationship similar to how they would run a business.

Cassidy Skelton, a mental health influencer and public speaker from Auckland, NZ, said: "The main focus for our shift work is due to me and Nic both being really passionate about mental health. "

"Nic struggles with his in the morning and I struggle with mine at night so the shifts work well to support each other. "

"It is lucky as both of us had been single for a year."

"I had to raise my teenage sister so it was just me and my sister and Nic lived on his own so we were both running houses by ourselves."

"When we talked about moving in we talked about what we wanted that to look like as we both knew that we have two adults now and the workload should decrease for both of us. It shouldn't increase for one of us."

"Realistically this should be a mutually beneficial thing as we went from running one house each to running one house together."

After moving in together in February 2023, the couple knew they would need to set boundaries and roles for the relationship to work.

Cassidy's role is to prepare for the day ahead and Nic's role is to bring the day to a close - making sure Cassidy doesn't have any jobs to do in the evening.

Nic Halezos, 31, from Aukland, NZ, said: "Cassidy runs up until 1pm and then once that 1pm hits, Cassidy is going to work and I take over."

"I start prepping dinner, cleaning the house, making sure the candles are lit and making sure that the house is nice and cosy for when she gets home."

"This enables Cassidy to relax as much as possible when she gets home as I was in the morning."

"We compared the relationship to more of a business. That sounds funny but we have laid out the guidelines to how it is best going to operate."

Cassidy said it is important for couples to set boundaries and talk to each other about their strengths when it comes to chores.

She said: "I love cooking breakfast, cooking somebody breakfast and making lunch. It fills me with joy."

"It is something I naturally like to do, and Nic doesn't like doing it so it is a perfect little swap over."

"Nic likes feeling accomplished at the end of the day and he can't relax until the house is clean."

"It is a natural benefit for him to do that. It is about finding things that you are good at ."

CASSIDY'S DAY PLAN
- Wake up at 6am
- Make breakfast
- Run through their schedules for the day
- Prepare lunch and go to work

NIC'S DAY PLAN
-1pm take over responsibilities
- Cleans the house
- Make dinner
- Light candles
- Runs a bath for Cassidy