Long distance relationship.... will it work?
By xxj3ffxx
@xxj3ffxx (501)
Australia
December 9, 2010 2:55pm CST
My friend's story is basically like this:
He met a girl while he was studying in Malaysia and he's still completely in love with her. But he has one more year to go on in Australia.
He told her that he likes her and he even promised her that once he finish his studies, he will come back and try to catch her to be his girlfriend.
Of course the girl is happy that he will come back for her, but she didnt respond back that she likes him too. instead she told that he wont be easy to catch her.
The girl is very kind, too kind to everyone in fact to tell that she likes him or not.
What kind of advice would a friend like me can give? Is it the best idea to keep his love for her so long to be in jeopardy that when the day comes, the girl would reject him?
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12 responses
@sweetloveforeve (13120)
• Portugal
9 Dec 10
why did she say that would be hard to catch her when he goes there? thats too cute of your friend to do that for her and she shouldnt answer that way. your friend should be direct with her and ask her if she wants to be his gf when he goes back to malaysia for her. if she says yes then is secure your friend to go there but he needs to know her feelings for sure before he gets too too much in love and
sacrifice himself and then get hurt. he needs to know how she feels towards him. he can ask her if she wants be his gf when he goes to malaysia that way he will know if she loves him or not^^ wish the best to your friend he is very cute and romantic and sweet
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@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
10 Dec 10
thank you sweetloveforeve, i really appreciate your thoughts... I will surely do that. but lets think on his place, i think he's scared he might lose her not only her love, but maybe friendship if he ask her to be her girlfriend when he comes to malaysia.
I think that he had thought this through and decide to wait for the time being as he is not sure if she will be still around when he comes back.
@sweetloveforeve (13120)
• Portugal
15 Dec 10
but you said that she also liked him too much and was happy that he goes back to malaysia^^ so im sure that she loves him too. if he said to her that he loves her and she didnt answer him back i guess is bcs she loves him too or she would say sorry i dont feel the same way. but about she says if he doesnt go he might not catch her maybe she meant that she really need him besides her and wants to make
him think that if he doesnt hurry she will find other guy. im sure she said that
just for him to be faster in coming back to malaysia so they can be together sooner^^ im sure that she loves him back for the way she acted^^ so tell your friend to be confident and tell him to go to malaysia as soon as possible and be happy. for sure she will say yes^^ the best for him
@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
10 Dec 10
That sounds like a really sweet story. I hope the girl lets him catch her. I am rooting for this guy who seems to be so romantic.
@sweetloveforeve (13120)
• Portugal
15 Dec 10
yes i can explain you why we say that is so romantic that a boy does that for a girl^^ he is in other country and wants to go to malaysia bcs loves her so much that doesnt want to be away from her. so thats very romantic bcs not all guys would leave their lives behind to go back to a country to a girl that he isnt even sure if loves him too or not. so he really is very sweet and romantic and i really wish that she loves him back^^ he deserves that.
@dodo19 (47316)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
18 Dec 10
Personally, I do think that things can work out for the best, even in long distance relationships. It is probably more difficult than in a normal relationship, in a non long distance relationship, but I still think that in some case things can work out, one way or another.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
10 Dec 10
Hi,
In the first place, has your friend and that girl started a
relationship? Or it is just a promise in mouth only?
Long distance relationship is not easy,because both parties are not
meeting each other for a long period of time and they can only
catch up with each other via phone or chatting online.
Since the girl has not mentioned that 'she likes your friend',it means
she is not confirmed on her own feeling yet.
Therefore, your friend can take this one year time to really consider
whether is she the right girl for her.Just be a good friend with that girl and
try to know each other better in this period of time. If she is really belong
to your friend,...sure they can be together one day. It is a fate.
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
10 Dec 10
my friend and the girl has been good friend since they meet and according to the story, its about 1 and a half year that they know each other and left Australia.
Well, he did make a promise by mouth only cause he wasnt so sure of what he would expect from her too... I believe that good friendship would be very great before a relationship starts.
@Lance26 (956)
• Philippines
10 Dec 10
There would be many explanations, well depends on how you look at it why didn't she respond back when your friend told her would come back to catch her.
a. She's playing hard to get
b. She's uncertain if he really should returns back, so as afraid to commit and be hurt there after.
c. No feelings at all. She's just flattered to know someone really loves her.
As for your friend, that's for him to find out but if he's damn serious take the risk. Go back to her after a year to present himself as an evidence of his genuine feelings for her.
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
10 Dec 10
yea.. the second or the third option might be the one but how could be avoided?
How would he know if she has feelings for him? There's one thing he told me once, "You are a very lucky guy", when she treated him dinner. Meaning that my friend is somehow precious to him, right?
@krishelleya (58)
•
10 Dec 10
HI xxj3ffxx,
For me just tell your friend that don't expect too much to the girl because there is no assurance of that thing, even the girl did not respond if she likes your friend, so no assurance at all for her feeling with the guy. It might cause heartbreak to your friend someday. But for me I do believe in long distance relationship because in reality, me and my partner has been away for two years and half because his working in other country and the relationship remain stronger as ever, It depends to the people involved if they want that relationship to remain intact and the trust and love is still there.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
10 Dec 10
i think it will be hard... i had experienced long distance relationship before and it doesn't really work... especially listening from the girl's response that says he won't be easy to catch her... so i think your friend should not put high expectations on this girl as i'm afraid he will be disappointed in the future... this is only my opinion though... take care and have a nice day...
@bagputza (504)
• Belgium
9 Dec 10
Good Evening dear Mylloter friend xxj3ffxx , well i will tell you a real story that happened to me a few years back ago , i am actually now living in Belgium for only five years now , and before coming to belgium i used to live in Roumania , and before coming here i was involved in a two years wonderfull relationship , and before i'd leave and before i've decided to leave , i had a discussion with my ex-girlfriend , and i had asked her if she thinks that she is capable to wait six months for me and if after those six months had ppassed if she would be wanting to moove in with me in Belgium , she had instantly said that i am the love of her life and she would do anything to be togheter with me , so i left with only one single goal , work and save up money for a small apartment to rent and save money for having when she will come , i had made dreams to make a familly with her , i used to talked to her on messenger every night , i never get out to pubs or go to eat at a restaurant ,or buy new clothes or anything , all of it because i imagined i am saving all of this , so i am able to do those thingz when she will be with me , well actually only after two months , i had found out , from my cousins elder step brother , that my girlfriend had been passing for two weeks , every night in my cousins house and room , and that the latest morning , he entered the shower to go to toilet and found both of them naked under the shower.
It had shocked me and mooved me soo bad , that for two years i wasn't capable to be in a relationship , or trust another girl , as it goes for my cousin , i am still not talking to him even now .
My friend Long Distance relationships are verry hard to make it succeed , but if you find the right person , it should not be imposibile to make it work.
Have a great evening dear friend.
Florin , over and out
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
10 Dec 10
OMG.. That should be very terrible for you my friend bagputza. I can understand your pain as i went through it too.
I had a relationship with a girl for 4years and so i had to leave my country to study abroad for 3years. I didnt want her to wait for me because i realised that if i love her, i shouldnt imprison her from other funs and be able to let her go.
She told me that she wants to wait for me to return from my studies and that she wants me to come back every year though. I agreed to come for the first year and then finish my years straight. But within 6months, I heard from another my best friend that my gf is seeing another guy from her working place. I was devastated because i couldnt do anything to prevent this
See, my friend. Yours was only 2years, mine was 4years. All that i know, I havent been very strong enough to be over her yet till i get a girl who can heal my pain inside of me.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
10 Dec 10
When you love someone so truly and deeply, you shouldn't be expecting anything in return, that's what I used to believe in. But still it would be a happy ending if such love is reciprocated.
If I were you I would tell my friend that if you truly love her, you will be willing to take the risk. It's not a waste of time to wait and get rejected. If she's not meant for you then just accept it, at least you did your best. Because what if you didn't wait and in the end she actually loves you, then you would regret.
Yes, that's what I would tell my friend.
@mumniralph (13)
• Philippines
10 Dec 10
if you love someone.. i min, really really love.. it doesn't matter where you are.. for as long as you love each other, long distance is nothing..
@hyacinth4u (21)
• Philippines
10 Dec 10
it will work. that's the kind of relationship i am into. only that each of them should trust each other since trust is the strongest and biggest foundation in any relationship. distant doesn't matter, anyway we have advanced technology nowadays compared before. we could just simply write a letter to our love ones nowadays, or give them call with the use of technology and the modern gadgets that we have now. internet is the best example, they could still see each other through cam and even hear their voices..
hope this helps!