Long distance courtship ...

I definitely agree with you. The first guy to respond here has an unfair opinion about women. maybe somebody hurt him before but that's not reason enough to generalize the entire gender. There are circumstances that are beyond our understanding. if we're not meant for each other, then we're not for each other. It's as simple as that.

Yes, I also agree. Not because a certain woman hurts or did something wrong to you means that other women will also do the same. Well, the first guy who post did not actually said that all women are unfaithful, he only said most. Either way, it's still not correct to say it because it would be very unfair. We cannot just say that failure on long distance relationship is mainly because of women who cannot be faithful. Remember that a relationship, either long distance or not, always involve two persons. Failure in it means that one or both of you have their shortcomings.

I am proof that some long distance relationships sometimes work. I was in a long distance relationship for four and a half years before we were finally able to live in the same location. The key to making a long distance relationship work is commitment. If you promise the other person that you will not look for someone else, and you'll remain committed to that person, then unless you're the kind of person who wantonly breaks promises you will bind yourself to that promise. Was it easy? No. There were times that I thought it was practically impossible. But having bound myself by oath to this person, I would not break it. There were times where that was all that was keeping us together. But today, I am glad that I held fast to my commitment. We have an awesome strength to our relationship and we're in the same area now. Personally I would recommend that every serious relationship try a long distance of at least three hundred miles away for a period of six months at least. That way you can really test your strength and commitment.