How to make a long distance relationship work?

In my experience, LOVE. Love makes a long distance relationship work. Even though many people perceive that long distance relationship won't work. Or if it does, it won't work long.. From what I have gone through, it does. I'm in a long distance relationship for more than 4 years now. To be honest, it is sometimes boring.. Sometimes you lose interest with each other,,. we break up at times and date someone else.. but I don't know why we just find ways to get back together. I think it is the feelings that we have for each other that keeps on stronger.. But it sucks missing someone so bad.. :( But a little sacrifice saved our relationship.

Well, I think it is very important that you allot time to communicate with each other. Take advantage of all the possible means of communication - telephone, mobile phone, e-mail, online messenger, skype, etc! Make it a point to update each other on what's happening on each other's life so you will not drift apart from each other. But I believe the most important thing is that you have complete trust in each other. This is very essential as one of the major problems with long-distance relationships is the issue of trust and the involvement of a third-party.

It really need an open communication and a patience in your relationship. Because long distance relationship needs a lot of adjustments and sacrifices in life. Need to talk ofen to your partner. Probably thru phone calls or chat. This strengthen the relationship.

long distance relationships are really hard but my advice is trust! the only thing you could give your partner is trust! trust his love and trust him. if he/she says this or that... trust that because that's the only thing you have in the moment... if you really can't ask your partner to like give you an assurance that if he ever finds someone there you'll be the one to know... at least he not gonna be unfair to you if ever that happens... because it will hurt more if he says something when he gets back already... cause it will be too late... at least you can start moving on as quickly as you can.. i know it's really easy to say this kinds of stuff but if your really in that situation it's very hard... but what can we do? life is simple but it's just not easy... also love! (n_n)

Long distance relationships are hard but sometimes there is no choice in the subject.what I did when I had a long distance relationship was that I kept constant contact with my GF everyday and always reassured her that she is the only girl in my life. I thank the lord that she is my wife now and we have been married for 3 years now and we have a bouncing baby boy.

I think that it extends to committment. For some the relationship and bonds grow stronger, for others the relationship burns out. Trust is the biggest issue in any relationship. If you can trust your partner, then it works. If you have doubts then the realtionship may not substain. The question is do you trust your partner without any doubt? If you do, and that is your gut feeling, then go with it and don't worry about it.

for me, the best way to make a long distance relationship last long is to keep your communication open. that happened to me with my first boyfriend... we lacked in communictaion until we broke up... yes, we're in love , very much in love with each other then, but the problem is, we haven't kept our communication open.. and i think, that's the number one problem in lovers having a long distance relationship.. also, we have to keep our trust to each other...

I would try and keep in touch with him/her as much as possible phoning,email,letters whatever works.Just because it's outdated doesn't mean that not good to use.

I myself am in exactly the same problem which you have stated. Even I am also a sufferer of this long distance relationship not working. My beloved stays in USA and I cannot contact her,cannot see her,cannot mail her. I dont what she is doing,whom she is meeting...nothing about her life there.

The basic factor for all relationships is TRUST. Trust eachother and no matter which part of the earth you both are, your love will flourish. Keep constant touch either by calling or by mails. Send some good love notes. These all pity things makes good difference to our life. Try them.

Long distance relationship (LDR) is hard and expensive too with the phone call and all. Trust me, I've been there. One of the keys in keeping LDR is communication --just talk, talk, and keep talking. And of course trust.

whew!i totaly agree it's true..sigh..but i do believe that the absence makes the heart grow fonder. hahaha.... yeah but for me you just really have to trust your instincts..how you feel when you guys have sweet conversations. i mean, you can really tell right? i did... but i really hope it works out for you guys.. good luck!~_~

ask the important question at the onset,to make sure you are both clear on the parameter of relationship.These can be difficult and awkward question to ask,but will save you great heartache and mis understanding down the line.

I dont think a long distance relationship will work unless you have total 100 percent trust in that person. Most of them dont seem to work because somebody if not both people find someone else who lives near them. But i guess if the love is strong enough then it can work. But i think that takes alot of trust that most people dont have in my opinion.

Making a long distance relationship works is really hard but not impossible. You just need to trust each other. Keep in touch as much as you could. And be faithful.

for long distance relationship, couples should have faith, trust, loyalty and ready for sacrifices.. in my case it didnt work for me, though i have my trust, loyalty, and faith in him but still i'm not ready for sacrifices.. although i tried but it didnt work.. good luck to you..

Well I don't know the answer to that question. I think a lot of it's love, communication and trust. Spending quality time together and having common interests (to talk about and base the relationship on) are also good qualities to make any relationship work out, but are not so easy to come by when you're in a long distance relationship. I think you can be in a long distance relationship and trust the person, but before you do that you need to really know the person ... you can't really be in the still getting to know you stage and expect it to really work out. Personally I think that when you're in that stage of your relationship you need to spend good quality time with the person, getting to know what type of person they are ... I remember someone once told me you need to see how the other person behaves around their family and friends and see how their family and friends treat each other. One of my high school teachers once told me a story about a boyfriend she once had. She was dating this guy who seemed perfectly nice at the time and she was very attracted to him, then she went home to meet his parents and it turned out he'd come from an abusive home. His father was abusive towards his mother. She told me she did not like that and decided she wanted none of that for herself and that's why it's important to get to know the other person and the family they come from because however they treat their family, and however, their family treat each other is how, eventually, the other person is likely to treat you. So, I beg the question, how can you get to know these things about the other person when you're in a long distance relationship and don't get to spend much quality time together?

For me in order for you to work on that kind of a relationship, just keep on communicating with him / her through the use of cellphones or internet access. if possible you have to be true and make him/ her believe that, that is really you. don't be too mean to him or her, don't be plastic. if thats what you are then show it. send emails or text to him / her everyday and make her/ him happy through those sweet words originally from you not just being passed on or copied.

for me,long distance relationship is test to every couple.a test in faith,trust and most of all love to each other.

you know want i have already exprience a long distance relationship and base to my expirience it did not work eventhough we really love each other. There are some situations like you thought him what he is doing right now and suddenly came to your mind about if he is really loyal to you and you can't avoid to think that he's been having an affair with someone else without your knowing those are the some scenario that a long distance relationship happened. But if both of you have a strong trust and loyalty to each other no one cant destroy your relationships.