AAkasha
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ORIGINAL: wetsub000 Hi tigress Long distance relationships are hard, but not impossible. I guess one of the things you need to work out is what you both want from the relationship and is that possible? It seems the signs are good as you're both working on it. I've been in a long distance relationship for 3 yrs now. It's hard, it's not ideal, it's meant a lot of compromises. But having seen him two weeks ago (the first time for 16 mths) I know it's worth it. Will it work in the long run? Who knows. What is the goal for "in the long run"? I guess that's the main point I think of when people ask if a long distance relationship could work. Could it work for two people who don't have a goal of eventually being a permanent-living-together couple? As long as they are clear about the parameters and expectations, I would think so. The problems are when long distance relationships go on too long without a common objective. Years and years could go by, with the two people not dating or meeting others, and if the relationship is never going to become a permanent reality, what is it all for? I'm amazed when I hear of people in long distance relationships (even moreso, ones where the two people have not even met face to face) for years and years and they really don't know where it is going. A long distance relationship can be deceiving. If two people get along fabulously for 3 years, only seeing each other a few weeks out of each year, a few long weekends, whatever -- they really have not tested the waters for compatibility. Every meeting again is full of lust and after missing each other, and the time spent together is cherished. There's no time to get bothered with the other person's habits, to feel smothered by their space. Sometimes they never have a chance to deal with crisis, arguments, common friends, family. All these things are big factors in a permanent relationship. I was in this situation a few years ago and had to give my partner a bit of an ultimatum because I didn't want a long distance relationship. I knew that if we stayed "together" for a few years just going back and forth between his country and my country, we'd never really know the real situation -- and, neither of us would be dating other people if we were to consider it a relationship. It ended up working out fine, with him coming here and not going back. During the six month window of his tourist visa we were able to determine pretty quickly whether or not what we thought we felt was real. I would hate to have missed out on the 5 years since then and just *now* be getting married. It's lost time you can be spending together in person. Akasha
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