What are your views on long distant relationships?

Answer 1

I began a long distance relationship approximately 3 years. I was a very big skeptic of meeting real people on line at the time. I did chat with some ladies that were not the most honest women in the planet but also met one special lady and she appeared genuine. After chatting via the Internet for quiet a while she finally agreed to give me her real name and home phone number as she had come to trust in me and believe that I wasn't a scam artist either. We agreed to meet for a coffee and ended up spending the entire day together and just talking up a storm of our likes, dislikes, previous experiences etc. We continued to talk on line and on the phone and eventually started seeing each other every weekend. We live 2.5 hours apart and now take turns spending the weekends together at one or the others home base depending on work schedules etc. We became engaged last year and are set to marry next May 20, something that we had told each other from the get go that neither of us wanted to ever do again. Ha! So I guess my response would be that I believe in this type of relationship and that they are very workable providing both partners are open and honest with each other. Communication is important in all relationships but I believe that it is of the utmost importance in long distance relationships.

Answer 2

Honestly I thought they could work and unfortunately was on the wrong end of that debate. In my case, my partner cheated so thats why ours didn't work out.

honestly, I think long distance relationships very rarely work out, but I think that is because the people are not truly meant to be together. If people do care and love each other, they are willing to do ANYTHING to make the relationship work.

Unfortunately more often than not, at least one partner is not willing to go that far.

Answer 3

They are difficult to deal with, you have to be a strong individual to handle one. Also, it depends on if you knew this person for awhile before they left or did you meet and start the relationship long distant....

I strongly recommending reconsidering it if you guys have never had the opportunity to spend some real time together.

Answer 4

Speaking from experiance.


I spent most of my life against long distance relationships. Then I moed 3 1/2 hours away from the love of my life. It was really tough, but we decided that we were going to try and make it work. We got through it, it just took a lot of trust. So if you love the person, it works, if you don't then it wont work.

Answer 5

I live 3 hours away from my fiance b/c I'm going to school... I talk to him every night on the phone and I only get to see him every two weeks and only for one day. It's more fun and easier if we lived closer, but since we can't help it and we love each other we make it work. If you really want a long-distance relationship, you can make it work, with a little effort.

Answer 6

They can work, but they are something that you really have to be commited to. I have a boyfriend that is in the Navy. We've known eachother for 2 years and we've been together for 1 1/2 of them. He's been away frome home for about 10 months now, but our love is still as strong, if not stronger, as it was when he was home with me. If you're both really commited to one another, it can work out.

Answer 7

I think they are very stressfull on the relationship but they can work. My fiance and I have been together for almost 3 years now and the first part we were together and then apart for almost 2 years. Together again. But you have to be a very strong person and mature.

Answer 8

hi there id like to say my view or should i say "our view" on long distance relationships are really based on the people but to be honest we think it wil work if both parties are in agreed on everything our long distance realtionship started in august of this year and now here we are in december and very happy and plan to stay that way

Answer 9

I think they can work if you are with the right person. There are alot of factors involved, such as trust and how dedicated the two people are to making it work. I really think it can only work for a short period of time cause after that it starts to get frustrating.

Answer 10

I'm in one now... it will help you figure out if you're with the right person, if the long distance thing works out, then you know you've got a good thing for when you can live closer together.