How did you make your long distance relationship last?

I have this long distance relationship for about 2 years, actually i live in China, he lives in Germany, we can only see in reality 5 or 6 times per year, even time 20 days together, but now we only see each other 3 or 4 days each time, since i become much busier with my work, and i have to travel a lot. But he is very important to me, actually we love each other very much, so we chat everyday with Skype, even when i am on busines trip. Now i am thinking maybe it is time to make some steps forward, such i might look for job opportunity in Europe. Fortunately i am not far away from this dream. How can we keep the long distance relationship is we both chrish our love very much and try all the attempt to protect it, in case this is the misunderstanding, we just point it out at the first hand. If i am not satisfied with him, i just tell him and ask him to improve, but sometimes it turns out it is only my misunderstanding, so we enjoy very much our love together, that's good!

For 20 years my husband and I lived a long distance relationship.He works out of the country for 9-10 months each year and stays with us 2-3 months. a year.I have to take care of our four kids.We communicate through letters only.In fact I have saved a drum of love letters and twenty and even more picture albums.The generation now is much lucky because of the internet.You can easily communicate with your loved ones when they are away.The secret is you love each other and you are both honest and sincere.

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

How do you make a long distance relationship last ? Make it " no distance" !!!!! I am serious.

We used to call each other and tell weach other what we were doing. Not whole heck of a lot to do since we were being so far away but it made our relationship lasted for almost 2 years.

I currently have a long-distance relationship myself and I know one important thing to it, is making sure you both know that it will most likely take time for you both to meet, and you must be okay with that. Not only that, but both people must be loyal and trustworthy to each-other, especially if you want it to last. Its easy to let things distract you if your not truly loyal.

Hi there younginlove.. Well, in long distance relationship the both of you really need to have patience. It's not easy to have that kind of relatinship because what if you really miss each other, what if one of you needed someone and yet you're not ther for your partner? I think, the best thing you do is to have a good communication for the both of you, if you have cellphones, why not texting everyday, or calling your partner. Also, you can use yahoo, so that you can chat when you wanted. Also, just send a love card, because your partner can really feel your love and sencerity by doing such thing. And don't forget to always say "I LOVE YOU" honestly.

I'm on long distance relationship with my fiance for about 3 years now.We are 24 hours away from each other by plane, we live in different sides of the world.We are able to survive the loneliness being apart by chatting and seeing each other on webcam everyday, actually twice a day,and everyday phone calls too, so we can hear each other voice and laugh together. Its really tough and sometimes I'm depressed whenever I miss him terribly much, but I just consider this as a trial and I'm sure we can surpass. I love my fiance very much.

Communication - cell phones, email, letters, gifts - is very important. Honesty, openness, commitment... If you find yourself missing him and can't tell him, tell him anyway. Okay so that didn't really make sense but I mean if he's at work or somewhere where you can't tell him right away that you miss him, send him a text or email and just say "I miss you." or "I love you." and leave it at that. 5 months will go faster than you could even imagine. Especially if you talk to each other every day, even if just long enough to say "I miss you, I love you, goodnight." at the end of the day.

communication plays a vital role in order for the relationship to lasts.

Hi, am vinod, I know that its hard to get separated from the one who is so close to your heart, i had such a situation too but not that far, but in my opinion there in no need to bring distance or hour calculations in between love, it basically depends on the depth of a relation, don't matter how far you are from him/her, the love in you ll prevail only depending on the depth that it has in both of you. No distance, no hours, No days can fade the shine of love, that's my experience.

sounds ridiculous to end up a relationship only due to long geographic distance, but facing the reality, to keep this relationship growing is very costly , in terms of mentality,

the most important thing is you love each other very much. and all you need is giving affaction and courage to him/her. however, its really hard to make it last long.

you could call to have communication, and meet each month. 6 hours is not so long distance.

I dated a guy I met online for almost 6 years. We chatted daily on the internet, called occasionally on the phone, and one of us drove 10 hours one way to see the other every 4-8 weeks. We both were very busy working, and I have 4 kids to keep me busy as well, so we didn't really have time to get "lonely". Then the chatting, calling and trips became less and less often until one day we both decided it was time to stop trying to keep things going. We ended on a friendly note, but it was totally fun and doable while it lasted.

We did it the reverse way, I lived about 3 hours away and we talked and wrote letters and when I can I went to see her. My job transfered me to where she was and then we could be together all the time. Absence does make the heart grow fonder but does it make the love grow stronger? Keep in constant contact and visit when you can. Good luck.

Well, my bf is 4hrs away and I think it's really hard to keep a long distance relationship. I went to visit him last weekend and I think it's so tiring because I can't sleep well in a strange place. 5 months is not short and a lot of things can happen during this period, like meeting some other guys if you are not in love with each other and not prepared to do long distance relationship, you'd better just say byebye. The best advice I can give is to communicate as often as possible, which can ensure you to include into each other's life. There are so many ways, cell phone, MSN or webcam. Webcam is great coz you can see each other and can get more intimate than just typing. But to be honest, the best thing to do is to get together, change a job and be together. Long distance relationship is really hard.

Mobile phones, IM, Webcams.. They're all so easy to use and this means it's easy to stay in touch with people you live a while away from. I don't like long distance r'ships myself, as I love the intimate part of a relationship, and obviously distance puts a stop to that. But hat off to people who can cope with it, I do envy them in a way!

I met my girlfriend about 4 months ago. The thing is, she now lives in Arizona and I live in Illinois. We keep in touch online daily, webcam and mic. Relationships aren't easy to keep, especially when they are long distances. However, if you keep them updated and speak to them as much as you possibly can, it shows that you truly love them and that's the greatest feeling anyone could ever have. I'll be moving to AZ soon, just to live with her and split the rent. Just be honest, and communicate with your partner as much as possible. It's worked for me, and heh I'm moving with my partner because of it. The problem: It's hard to not be there when they are depressed or hurt. So if that happens call them and talk them through it. If you have a webcam and Mic it would be 10X easier. If you can do that, you should be fine.

The only way to last your realationship is too communicate with each other as mucu as possible,in nowadays it is a easy job,you can use email,phone,and other ways,but i think writing letters is better than use email or ther ways,because something writing is better to make other people feel close than typing.At last,if he or she is your real freind,no matter how long u didn't keep in touch with each other your freindship will not be stopped.