Are you in favor of long-distance relationship?

Philippines
January 29, 2010 11:37am CST
For me its very hard to handle a long-distance relationship. The distance will just sometimes tear you apart. Sometimes, instead of valuing your partner most, it will just create a diversion in your feeling. That sometimes, you will get used in the usual way that you do when you are alone.
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@dreamnishu (1247)
• China
29 Jan 10
I am favor with long time distance. If love is true then long distance relationship will stay. Otherwise it will not. Long distance relation will make you realize the important of the person.
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• China
30 Jan 10
Dued,it is always easier to say than to do that!!! I don't believe long relationship could be stay. I have experienced that!!!!
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
30 Jan 10
Hi, One can never be sure in such cases. But on the whole I feel that they do not work all the time unless a lot of care is taken by both the partners. One has to nurture the feelings and let it grow instead of neglecting and let it wither away in time. I feel that it wholly depends on the individuals involved and nothing else, if other factors seem more important then it is really not worth it...All the best and have a great weekend
• Canada
29 Jan 10
My husband and I originally met on line, and because of his business and family situation, we were long distance from 2004-2007 until we met, and then long distance for a period after we got married (2008-2009) until he was able to move up here to Canada. Because we were in love, and able to commit to eachother, it was no problem for us to stay in this long distance relationship. Now we are together, and no longer long distance, and things are wonderuful.
• United States
29 Jan 10
my fiance and I also meet online, it was the most strange thing, but the first 6 months were long distance, it was really hard, but at the end it was really worth it, now we are going to get married and I really really love him.
@emarie (5442)
• United States
29 Jan 10
well it can do those things, but then again, a long distance relationship is like a trial to test the love you have for each other. if you can get through the long distance there's one hurdle you can over come. i had a short long distance relationship. it was hard, i was lonely and the phone bill was intense. But it worked out because he eventually moved to where i was. if you truly love one another then you wouldn't stray.
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@broboque (146)
• Malaysia
29 Jan 10
I had an experience, though, for a few years, but ended badly. We broke up without knowing why. Well she broke up with me. I don't know what went wrong. We exchange letters(back then there were no handphone). I called her several times a week. I was a student at that time. God know how happy i was, every time i hear her voice over the phone. All started when one day, she wrote me a letter, saying that she just can't stand the fact that we were so far apart and there is no future in our relationship. I was shock, and frustrated. I, myself wasn't sure how long will it takes me to complete my study. I beg her, and ask for a better reason. But in the end, she reject my calls. I suffered for a few years after that, not knowing what to do, what are my objectives. But then i realized that the world goes around, and my late grandpa used to say to me, Time and tides wait for no man. I carry on with my life. My memories with her still as sweet as it was before. Hope that answered you Q.
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• Indonesia
29 Jan 10
Im not sure if i can handle a long distance relationship. That's because i can't trust my couple 100%, and i have a very big jealousy. So if i smell something wrong with my couple, i can get so crazy. In a long distance relationship, the chance to betray each other is really big. And i can't control my mind when i think about someone that i really love is far away from me. I will start to think many things, like thinking that he falls in love with another girl there. And that thought can really killing me.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
1 Feb 10
Hi airasheila!^^ I also don't like long distance relationship. Just like you said, it's hard to handle. It's hard to maintain. Lots of trust is needed for the relationship to be successful. Because you don't see each other often, sometimes you would feel that there's something lacking. When you need your partner and he's not there, you feel miserable. You cannot demand for your partner to be with you always. You feel insecure. And that usually leads to distrust. You tend to get suspicious of what your partner might be doing. Of course, that is not always the case. There are long distance relationships that survive. Although I think it's rare and that would probably the rare cases of true love finding one another.^^
• Philippines
11 Feb 10
I never had a relationship, but as I observe long distance relationship is never been successful, because people involves are in different place. For example if the other partner is in the other country, the time have difference. They can't talk using internet with webcam because of time difference. Ther are times a time will meet for both of them but their schedule for the day is their problem. At first they can compromise but what will happen next. New environment, new friends, new life and even can bloom new relationship. The one that you know you love before, because of long distance relationship, the couple fail to do their share on the relationship and can lead to break-up. I do not agree in long distance relationship, it can happen but it can't last long.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
7 Aug 10
Long distance relationships are always hard. I used to have one with my ex before he became my ex. We lived together for 12 years and with personal problems I moved away to another city. So we tried to carry on a long distance relationship, for about a year, and it was too tough so I let him go. My sister was in a long distance relationship for three years with a guy and in the end it wasn't what she wanted either although in the beginning she liked it that way. Now my sister is dating the guy that rents upstairs from me and she lives in another city and they are having a long distance relationship. It is new right now so they are seeing each other every couple weeks and I like it because she comes here more often so I get to see her more, but I don't think it will work out in the end.
• China
1 Feb 10
at present, i have no relationship. but i know if there is a long-distance relationship for me to keep with, i think i will, only if he is the one i love the most, and he loves me the most. only there is such a worthy one there, i can!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
2 Mar 10
For some people I am able to acknowledge the fact that a long distance relationship will work. However, I know that it is not something that is feasible for me. I am very dependent on my better half and if we weren't in the immediate vicinity of myself I'm not comfortable at all. Last night, for the first time since our son was born, I had to spend the night away from my husband and I didn't sleep at all because I knew that there was something missing.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
I was in a long distance relationship and it didn't work. I salute those who are able to stick with each despite the distance. It goes to show their commitment to each other.
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
hi... i have you problem with long distance relationships, i guess it suits my personality. i am a kind of person who needs freedom and space. i feel suffocated with constant togetherness, but i am also an honest person, and being one means that i only have one in my life (as long as he needs me :) ) so long distance? no problem with me, work our just fine.
@acer5540 (354)
• China
1 Feb 10
Not so fond of this relationship.I think long distance will weaken the original relationship, nowadays, people are too lazy to spend time on the relationships, of course not contain who have the purpose,if the two person who are lived not far, they will have more chance to get together, have a meal, play cards, join a party.... But if they are far away, the opportunity will less, and then disappeared. So, i don't in favor of long-distance relationship.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
30 Jan 10
I wouldn't say that I'm in favour of it but I can see that sometimes it's necessary.
• United States
30 Jan 10
I'm on my second long distance relationship. The first one didn't work out because we didn't remain in contact. But with this one , we write almost everyday. i think I'm used to it. The one thing is we aren't going to go through that "I need my space"phrase.
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
30 Jan 10
Long distance usually doesnt work out well. Especially if it is for extended periods of time. Reason being...there are physical needs that need to be fulfilled. When filled by a third party feelings often become involved.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
There is no problem in long distance relationship if someone is practice discipline to oneself. But the problem is one will find someone in there to alleviate his/her misses... This is really one of the most dangerous relationship on earth. That someone go away with you then she/he find someone comfort for her/him in there...
• United States
30 Jan 10
While my husband and I were dating we had a long distance relationship. I met my husband online. We met on the game show network web site and started talking one thing led to another and after nine months I came to Idaho to meet him. He had an elderly mother who needed constant care and she could not live alone (he never wanted to put his mom in a nursing home) so I decided to come and visit him. Well, I never went back to California. I fell head over heads in love with him. We dated a year and a half before we got engaged and waited another year and a half before we got married.
@lindsiko (355)
• United States
31 Jan 10
I was in a long distant relationship for a summer a few years ago. It worked out because I got to see my boyfriend every weekend and it made our time together really exciting and more valuable. We went through the summer knowing that once August came about, we'd be back in the same city for school. I wouldn't recommend being in a relationship where you couldn't see the other person at least once a month, unless you had a planned date as to when you would live near eachother.