Long Distance Relationships

[Nebulous]

Do they work out?

 

[Randy]

Depends.. if its a sexual relationship, that might be a bit hard to deal with not getting any for a long time. Lol

 

[Princess]

I've known some that worked, and some that didn't. I guess it depends on the people and their committment.

 

[Nebulous]

Never had one. I think if it were a temporary arrangement, such as the person going away for a few months.. That would be fine. I dont see how a permanent situation would work out though.

 

[Princess]

For a permanent relationship, they would eventually have to move closer to each other.

 

[Kaczynski]

I'm in a sort of on-off long distance relationship with someone I met over the internet. He lives in the same country and I guess half of it's a physical relationship, but we talk a lot and basically decided to put the whole thing on hold until we see each other again.



It depends on how you work things out, and how good the communication is between the two...or more if you're into that sort of thing...and certainly there are many people who can say that it worked out for them. But then again I bet there are also loads of people, whose relationships haven't worked out.



As Princess said, you can hardly expect to marry someone but not be closer to them. With the guy I'm with, we don't expect to get married; I'm 14 and he's 16 - but the 'rules' there are different.

 

[streetbackguy]

I'm in a long distnace relationship with a girl, and it has been working pretty well so far. we just regularly chat over MSN, Facebook and stuff like that.

 

[JasonBegheFanGirl]

Personally I think long distance relationships can work if you really want them to, they will work if both of you put in the effort & you both want it to work out. I've known many people to be in long distance relationships, & they seem to have worked fine. They're married & are now living together.

I'm in one now as we speak & we're doing OK. We talk almost everyday online & we text eachother & we're talking once a week over the phone. We're taking things one little step at a time & it seems to be working out OK as far as I know.



I'm meeting him in 2 weeks and he's staying with us for a week.

So yeah, if you really love the person & you both want it to work, I personally feel that it can. You just have to put the effort in.

 

[Corleone]

In rare cases, yes, but usually they just don't work out. The problem is the distance. You have limited time together, and you will always find different people who live near you and you will grow to like and have feelings for. Not always, but that is the case for most long distance relationships. They do work at times, but most of the time it is two young individuals and both will be more so acceptable to change. If you find someone, go for it, if not, there are other people who are not too far away.

 

[InMyOpinion]

I've had long distance relationships and only one of them made it to where we were no longer long distance.

I wouldn't do it again and I'm glad my boyfriend and I live together so I don't have to worry about that.

If my boyfriend's job for some reason asked him to work out of town or far away I have confidence that our relationship would work out. We wouldn't be long distance for too long and I'd either move to wherever his work was or he would get transferred back to where we live now.

I think long distance is much more difficult and takes much more dedication than living close by.

 

[ElegantAura]

Long distance relationships can work, but if someone isn't willing to move and leave everything job, family, friends then it's probably best not to pursue one.

 

[Mendalla]

My wife and I lived apart (Hamilton, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia, which means 2-3 days driving or a two hour flight) for a couple years before marriage and all went fine. However, the relationship was already well-established and had been going for a couple years when she moved Down East so a bit different from people who start out as a long distance relationship. In fact, I proposed in Halifax during a Valentine's Day visit.