| What is a long distance relationship? We can begin to ask us. I'm a guy who living with a distance relationship and I’m not sure what it actually is, presumably it is a very fuzzy line if you count the miles and how many hours per week you meet each other. Personally I think it is what you your self consider to be a long distance relationship that really counts.
If I would characterise my relationship as a long distance one there a few things I think are more important. We usually meet every other weekend because we live at such a far distance and this conveys that our encounters are so intense because we want so much out of it. To have this intense date you need to make plans, otherwise you might not se each other. I’m a very impulsive person and because of that I might not see my friends as much as I would like. Friends are very important for a long distance relationship because you need both parts, even if you and your partner are extraordinary good to talk about complicated things you need another person to talk about this complicated stuff, therefore it is very good to have a close friend.
Another important thing in a long distance relationship is that you need to be flexible. If you want to be with your partner fairly much, I think you quite often will to change your priorities, because if there is any thing that changes your plans or you plan to go and see hockey or soccer you need to be flexible so you and your partner can be happy.
Another thing that's important is that you need to be able to trust each other, especially in a long distance relationship because you don't have the direct contact that you need in this sort of relationship, there are so many things that can go wrong. If you don’t meet your partner so often you still need to keep in touch, for example you talk on the phone our you can use the internet. The point is that you need to talk to each other not in real life but to keep in touch so you don’t slowly grow apart. This is another thing that
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you have to prioritize, to keep the contact you need to choose between things, so you can't se TV all the time or you need to leave the computer for a second.
Money is a very important thing also because you presumably need to travel a lot. If you are a student you don't have so much money and it is not so cheap to travel, if you are working you might need to take a day off because you can only travel at certain hours. If the love is very strong I don't think any of this will be any problem at all. In my case I think it is working very well.
Perhaps a long distance relationship is something for you?
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