Long distance relationships.

My parents had a 7 year long-distance relationship during WWII and afterwards. 7 years of writing letters and exchanging photos ONLY ... before they even met for the first time (not even a long-distance phone call!). Two weeks after their first meeting, Dad proposed and Mom accepted. 3 months later, they were married. 56 YEARS of marriage later, Dad has finally passed on... but their love is forever! Successful???? YOU GUESS!!!

I've been in a long distance relationship before. No doubt it was very hard, especially with the time difference. i have no idea how i survived that, but i did. drove me nuts at times and made me cry too. but there are many means to keep in touch; telephone, email, IMs, digi cam..etc. i missed him a lot, every single second and wish i could see him or for him to be physically there with me, whenever i was sad or happy. you need to have a solid trust, as you're not able to see what your other half is doing. And you need to have lots of faith, enough to not make you give up on your relationship. but i believe, in the end, love is what that holds you together. if two people really love each other, no matter how far they apart they are, they'll be able to go thru the relationship. love knows no boundaries;).

my wife and I were 8-hours apart before we got married. We were together for almost a year before our wedding. It was tough, but you can make it work. We have been married for over 7 years now.

I was in a long distance relationship once. It didn't work out. I was half a world away, with no internet and no means of contact other than sms(it was too expensive to call and there weren't many idd cards around). Sad part was that whenever I did get to call back, I'd get the "I'm busy, call me back later" phrase. After a while, I stopped bothering to call because he was always too busy to talk. Mind you, we only got to talk once in 1-2 weeks. Looking back, I'd say.. It didn't work out mostly due to lack of communication and severe lack of effort on my partner's part. Kinda sad considering we were together for 3 years before I had to go overseas. Long distance relationships can work. But only when both parties put in effort. If at the end of the day, only 1 is making the effort and the other is not even meeting her halfway.. What's the point in being in an almost non-existent relationship?