apparently they had lame stupid reasons like wanting picard to be free for romance in the movies. I've read that book. hee! and it's made of win. So are the books that come after that that have long passages of the two of them alone in their quarters talking about things. ;)

*which I could totally post, if you're interested*

Yeah, they kind of sucked at relationships, didn't they? BSG is realistic...much more win.