Have you Survived a Long distance Relationship? I survived it three times

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My husband and I met when we were 16 years old while on vacation. Our families lived about 3.5 hours apart. So we kept in touch and actually came to visit a few times. But when school started back up. We had to let it go. Then about 2 - 3 years later, My family and I were getting ready for that same vacation...I Thought about him and tracked him down. He too was leaving that day for the same destination. So we met up again. But off to college he went even farther away then before. It ended again. We both eventually got married to others. But neither were successful marriages. One day about eight years later, he was passing through my home town to go to a funerial about 3 hours away. He was low on gas, so he pulled over at the exit he always took to go to my house. Back then you had to use a phonebooth to call, he found my number listed and then gave me a call. He had to leave a message that in a few days he would be returning, and wanted to know if then he could stop by to see me and my family. He thought I was still married and I thought the same of him. So "I called him back and left him the message that I would love to see him. On Saturday I was up and ready, I felt I had to impress my first love and the women he married. I baked a cake and had the house smelling so good. When he called to say he was coming, he asked if it was OK with my husband if he stopped by. I said Oh I am divorced then I got NO Reply, I said are you there and he said "So am I". I always tease him and call him my night and shining Armour. He drove up in his WHITE JEEP and rescued me from the others. This time he was living about 8 hours away, so we both felt it was safe to continue a long distance relationship, because neither of us were lookng for something serious that day. Two years laters and he had moved again. This time maybe closer about 30 minutes, not enough to get excited about. So weekends we would alternate, he would come stay with me, or I'd go see him. It was hard at times but we were still young and in love. But oh we didn't admit it, because serious relationship wasn't our plan. Then he had to make a career move again. This time it was lateral but down a different highway stretch. Six months went by and now it had been a total of 3 years. It was time to admit driving long hours to spend time with one another was more then just friends. I decided to move closer and give it a try, because the longest we had ever been together was a longweekend a few times. We gave it a try for 6 months and it worked. So now we have been married 15 years this January. Who says the Third Time is Not a Charm?