What do you think about long distance relationship?

Question

I am NOT talking about : city to city or county to county or states to states long distance relationship!!
I am talking about continent to continent long distance relationship!!
Do you think it would work? Have you ever experience it?

Thank in advance

Answer 1

I think that if it is meant to be then it will work, no matter what the distance. I live in Canada and my boyfriend lived in the Caribbean. I went down every year for a few years and then last year I went for 3 months. To make a very long story short; he is now here in canada and we live together. It has been a year now and we are still enjoying our honeymoon. It can work. It takes patience and dedication, trust and communication.

Answer 2

If you are in a relationship, and one of the persons decides to move to another continent, join something that forces them to go far away, etc.... that's a sign that there wasn't really enough in that relationship to make them want to stick it out.

Probably not a great idea to hold out for that one.

On the other hand, sometimes people meet when they are in a transition-- they have made a decision to take a certain path, and while starting out, they meet somebody who would have been able to keep them if it were only possible to undo that earlier decision. In those cases, you have a pretty good chance, if you are sure both parties is up to it.

Watch for signs that one or both of you are losing interest. It is not too much to expect that you should get a letter or at least an email from this person at least twice a week. If they are truly devoted to you, they will be giving up other relationships and entertainments to focus on staying in contact with you. If they cannot do that, you are probably not going to make it work.

Answer 3

If two people are truely in love, then I'd say it could. If it was ment to be, then you two will find a way to each other and make it work in the meantime.

But realistically speaking, I'd probably say not likely. The farthest I think someone should try dating apart is maybe within your own country. If you're looking for a serious relationship, and someone is across the globe, you're both going to feel cheated. Because in a serious relationship, you really want to be with someone you click with to make contact and spend real life time together.

But I guess that depends from person to person. Dating someone across the globe and someone just from the next state over isn't really much differnet if you get down to it. When you want to meat, the one from the next state over would spend an hour or two driving and the one across the globe would just spend a few hours flying. Same time difference. If you fall for someone miles and miles away, go for it! You never know. :P

Answer 4

Well, you are basically talking about someone you're not likely to be able to meet in person anytime soon, if ever. Some of my friends on my 360 page are in Australia and India and like that. But they are indeed friends because we share one another's highs and lows, and we care about each other.

On the other hand, if it is turning somewhat romantic, then the first thing I think about is what is the reality and the expectations on both sides. Do you know what each other actually looks like? Is that a dependent factor in your relationship? Remember, you might not even really know one another's gender! It wouldn't be the first time someone had taken advantage of the anonymity of the Internet to try to be quite other than they really are. If you don't expect to ever meet, I guess it doesn't matter very much. My friends and I long ago decided, for example, that our avatars show what we are on the INSIDE, and may or may not bear any relation to what we are on the outside. If you want to see the contrast in my own case, my 360 page is accessible to the public.

Answer 5

To me, Long distance relatioships depend on how much communication you have put into them. In Continent to continent relationship you should call her at least once 2 times a week. It also take a lot of trust. In these situations, the level of awareness is heightened. It can work, but it takes a lot of work and faith.

Answer 6

It worked for me. We had a cross-planet relationship for about 18 months. It takes trust, dedication, communication and a vision... that is, a clear date on when you can finally be together. We've been married for 15 years now, so it can definitely work.

A coworked just got married this Spring. They'd had a long distance relationship (cross USA) for over 2 years.

If you both know you've found the right one and are willing to endure the hardship, the result is worth it. Don't settle for someone else simply because it is more conenient. Go for quality!

Answer 7

Not continent to continent but state to state and that was hard enough. It didn't work for me. When we could get together it was always like a "honeymoon," but that's not real and very difficult to take it to the next level. It's also costly and it gets old when you really want to be together and can't (unless you can hop on a plane whenever you feel like it).

Answer 8

Funny you should bring this up, i had met my hubby on holidays with some friends. I live in Canada and he lived in the States. At first we wrote each other letters and talked on the phone. He would come visit when on a business trip. Then one day i get a call, he said he was moving to Canada because he wanted to marry me, at first i thought he was joking, but 6 months later we got married and that was 11 years ago. So yes it could work, you both just have to be willing to compromise a bit to be with each other. Good luck!

Answer 9

I don't think that long distance relationship work. NO WAY

I tried it a long time ago. I'm Mexican and Syrian, well anyway I went to Syria and I met this great guy; attrative, outgoing, hardworker, slim. you get the picture. He knew that i was comming back the the U.S and we both promise that we were going to write each other every other day, and that we will call each other every night. BULL, as soon as I came back to the U.S we talked for about a month never called him again and he never called me.
So in conclusion, No I don't think that long distance relationships work......

Answer 10

Any realtionship needs a lot of work placed into it. If you feel that you can put that much work into a relationship with someone that you maynot see for months or years at a time, then go for it. I don't think that I could do that type of relationship. I do not believe that this type of relationship could be very successful, but I have been known to be wrong.