Do you believe in long distance relationships?

Long distance relationship - Long distance relationship...do you think it can last or it's just a movie script?
Romania
January 24, 2010 3:02pm CST
We're not going to talk about relationships over the internet or things like that. Imagine the following scenario.... You are in love with someone for 2-3 years let's say. She/He has to leave the country because of some inevitable reasons.... What are you going to do? Are you going to make all the possible to leave with him/her, even change your job? Or are you going to wait until she/he comes back wishing you can keep the relationship alive? Do you think this is possible? Or you just accept the fact that it will end and don't lie to yourself and you both agree to break apart? I'm really curious about what you will do in this situation. So what do you think about this?
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13 responses
@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
24 Jan 10
So is that person really not coming back? Knowing me, I would go with him to wherever he would be going. I would try my best to still be with that person...specially if I'm really in love with him.
• Romania
24 Jan 10
Let's say that the person can only come back after a few years, 3-4-5 years.... Would you wait? If yes, do you think it can last something if you are separated by such a great distance?
@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
24 Jan 10
If its my boyfriend now, yes I would wait for him...I'm just gonna make sure that we get to communicate everyday.
• Romania
24 Jan 10
Indeed...because of bad communication a lot of relationships break up. That's the main problem of a long distance relationship. It's harder to communicate when you aren't close. You can talk on the phone, on internet, but it's not the same as when you meet and talk face to face. I think it's very nice from you to have the patience to wait for him and to think you can make it through together.
@jennix22 (14)
• Philippines
27 Jan 10
I still believe that long distance relationships still works. It works for me though. 10 years and we are still going strong. I think the key there is love and trust. If you really love him/her and you have faith that you can make it work then it will. It works on us because even though we are miles apart we never fail to communicate even before the cellphones and emails were created. He always make a way and its surprise me in so many ways. He never misses all the important dates of life. He never fails to tell me and make me feel in love even if he's not around. Know your prioritise and everything that you are willing to sacrifice in the name of love. If you think that he/she is worthy for it then by all means follow him. But i tell you, 10 years of long distance relationship is still working on me until now
• Romania
28 Jan 10
I must admit that I'm very impressed about your relationship. I wish you good luck with it in the future too. You said something very important in your post. I totally agree with you when you said that the faith an the trust are the most important things. There are lovers that live even in the same apartment and they don't have faith and they don't fully trust each other. I think your relationship is truly an example for all the couples out there.
• United States
25 Jan 10
I suppose it could work with the right people. For me I would need the daily face to face interaction; otherwise it would be hard to keep the relationship going. So I guess I would seriously look into moving there with him.
• Romania
28 Jan 10
I also think that face to face interaction is important. Communication is important and for some this is possible only face to face. I liked your attitude of looking into moving there with him and not choosing to break up.
@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
25 Jan 10
Hi, yes is possible, but just for special persons, who can communicate very good, who can to be faithful, who don t care about somebody else just about his lover; Is very hard, but is not impossible, as i say before depend what kind of persons are involved in this kind of relations; must to be special persons, with a lot of patient, and devotion.
• Romania
28 Jan 10
Communication is important in every kind of relationship. The main problem in long distance relationships is communication. It's harder to communicate using the phone or the internet. You sometimes feel like talking face to face with your boy/girlfriend. Without patient and devotion nothing can be done as you said.
25 Jan 10
It has happened to me when she left for 1 year and I was not in a position of changing my job. I kept contacting her and made her realize there is someone who wants to be with her. It does work if we are not willing to giveup.
• Romania
27 Jan 10
Let`s imagine you love someone, and you both live in a small, poor town. And after that you are offered a great wealthy, adventurous job on the other side of the Earth.And you leave.Beeing so succesful, attract a great temptations, and not beeing able to be close to the person you love, will make you eventually cheat her. And this is why I don`t think that long distance relationships are possible, but I will try to be open-minded when it comes to this kind of relationships.Who knows....
@illfavors (590)
• United States
25 Jan 10
I believe that it's possible. Communication is key, however it can be hard when you aren't able to physically see a person face to face. There are many people out there that make it work, and they way they do it is exactly that, work. You have to work on it just like any relationship. It takes two and both parties have to be willing to put in the work to keep it going strong.
• Philippines
25 Jan 10
I think it is possible that long distance relationships could still work out. It really depends upon the parties involved in this relationship. Some have longer patience being able to wait 3, 4, or even 5 years for the one they love. Also, if they both understand the reason for them to be apart and they both be able to accept that and agree to make the relationship work. It takes a great deal of commitment and a whole lot of trust. I am confident in myself that I could keep my end of the deal, as long as i know that he too can keep his.
@jasmeena (846)
• Indonesia
25 Jan 10
Hmmm...one of the LDR success story is my eldest sister. She and her bf (now her hubby) are childhoos friends, but they started dating in junior high school. After that, he went to the States, my sister stayed and studied in Jakarta. They had on and off relationship over and over again. In 1995, they studied in Oz, but different city. In 1997, my brother-in-law worked in Jakarta, in a hotel then his father passed away, he left the job due to the Asian financial crisis. In 1998, they got married and now they live happily with their 11-year old son who still lives with us. I think it depends on person as well..To be honest, i am not that sure about LDR.
@kaylachan (68508)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jan 10
Any relationship takes effort, but long distance makes this all the more difficult. I don't think I could ever handle a relationship like that, and I'd be lying to myself if I said I was. I don't know if I'd have the heart to break it off eaither, but it depends how close I am to that person. If I'm really close, I'd drop anything and everything and fallow them no questions asked.
• India
25 Jan 10
Well, this is really very pathetic situation for everyone. Nowadays, it is not at all possible to get a job easily.Furthermore, it won't be possible for me to leave my job or shift my place where my love wants to stay. If she is ready to leave me and go far for her job then i won't force her to stay with me. If she will promise me to come back then i'll to promise her that i'll wait for her. But , i know people change with time and place. If she found there somebody who can care for her then it's very less chance that she'll come back to me. This often happens. So, it's worthless for me to think about her all the time. If she can live without then i've to learn to live without her. Because, anyhow life has to go on and i think i will definitely get somebody,some lady with whom i can share everything.
• India
25 Jan 10
for me, before the day she leaves, ill give her the romantic evening of her life, ill say her everything that i always wanted to say. Ill just make her feel how much special she is to me and then ill tell her that maybe a day will will come when i will not be in her heart, but she will always be in mine. After she leaves, ill try to get a job where she has got one or perhaps nearer to that. and as i believe in " if you want something from heart, you will surely get it", proverb, i believe ill get a job there and we will live happily ever after happy ending..no? lol
@AbyssalV (35)
25 Jan 10
Hi ! I don't believe in them because to have a real relationship you need to see someone often to know if they change or not, so then you can decide weather you like them.