how many weeks in a row did they shuttle back and forth between the two cities together all of the time ? and from that to 1or2 days twice in 6 weeks
the obligations thing is overplayed she traveled for NYE, he is free to travel (for the most part) the dog is with tah every other week and they have mutual friends with dogs that could help if necessary, her mother is in some sort of a care home and Tully can visit her often and still carve out more time for Drew (like she did in the beginning).
The Today show is the only formal work either one of them seem to have and she does that no more than once a week
Tully is a person that needs a lot of attention and she likely wants it most from her partner so if she isn't getting it from Drew then maybe she is getting it from one of her GF's (maybe the one she is next to in the lesbian gang signs pic today, that girl went to the movie premier with her(not Byrdie the other one), was at NYE with her, got together with her around Christmas Eve).
Ah see this is what the problem is. The both have taken precisely one whole whopping trip each that didn't involve a Ch 9 appearance or one for another organisation (when Tully and Drew drove down from Sydney) and they were Tully's trip right before Xmas and the trip Drew took to Sydney when David had his race and he came straight back for his dad's birthday. Every other time they were together someone else was paying whether it was for their flights and accommodation or just flights. And sure Drew is free to travel... my point is travel is not free. Where is the money coming from to travel when as you said, neither of them are working?!
So now thinking of it that way, one paid trip for each of them in 2.5 months. That's the real world when you're unemployed and no longer have someone footing the bill for you to fly to see your partner. And visiting your new boyfriend/girlfriend once a month or *gasp* even maybe once every 6 weeks is more than reasonable so I guess that's why I struggle with why people are expecting them to keep up anything close to the rate of being together when they now have to pay for it themselves and also need to sort their lives out pronto re work. Like I said, if it's this time in February and they haven't been spotted again then I'd start to wonder what's up. Although the way they're being on SM now I think we'll have to rely on randoms seeing them together as I don't think Drew will post a pic since he never did when she was there during Xmas even before they supposedly "broke up".