AAkasha -> RE: LTR's (7/26/2005 3:58:53 PM)
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ORIGINAL: kiyana Being someone who has made a relationship all the way on the other side of the world, work....Has anyone else had this same luck? I find this is more than likely the most difficult kind of relationship to work....not seeing each other nearly enough, and waiting for the day you can be together all the time. You tell youself "It will be worth it in the end" Yet is it always? I think two people are fooling themselves if they continue a long distance relationship for years and years (and do not date other people in real life) without a plan in place. You can waste the best dating years of your life if you are on the computer and on the phone with someone who you only get to see a few days a year. It's also a false idea of how well the relationship actually would work. When you only see each other for short periods of time it's always in the "honeymoon" phase -- you don't get to see the full picture like you do when you see someone all the time. So if you do this for 5 years, do you really know the person? It also takes a lot of trust. Are you sure the other person isn't seeing someone on the side? Are the promises of eventually being together for good real? That said, I had a long distance relationship that lasted for 2+ years and resulted in a permanent, real life relationship. However, the majority of that time (2 years) it was more of a casual thing and didn't have an bearing on either of our outside/real life options. Once it got serious, I insisted we meet within a few months and see if it would work. I didn't want to drag it out. It took some arm twisting, but I got him to meet me, then I never let him leave (well, you know what I mean. No, it wasn't forced). Akasha
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