The usually connected-at-the-hip Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson haven’t been seen together much lately, but the Mean Girls star wants to put to rest rumors that they’ve split. “We never broke up,” Lindsay tells Life & Style. “People don’t have to be together every second. It’s healthy to miss someone, and if you’re in it for the long run, it’s good to know that.”

An insider close to the starlet says the girls are dialing things down — to save their relationship. “They needed space and time,” says the insider. “They’ve been on top of each other with living and work and life. Lindsay’s now in a new house around the corner from Sam. It’s going to allow them some space.”

Still, they’re spending time together. The couple stepped out on Jan. 12 for dinner at West Hollywood’s Matsuhisa. And Lindsay and Sam haven’t changed their Facebook statuses from “in a relationship,” although Linds did update her Facebook page several times in the early morning of Jan. 9 with cryptic messages like “Lindsay deserves the best and the truth,” and “Happiness and love are just a choice away.”

Rough patches are nothing new for the volatile couple. “They break up and make up all the time,” says the Lindsay insider. “There are a lot of speed bumps in this relationship — but that’s part of the attraction.”

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