Long Distant Relationship

[Selestine]

I already searched if there was a thread about this but there wasn't any results. So as the title says, what do you think about it? Can love still exist within gaps? :) Please answer.

[ImCoolBeans]

Yes, I think love can exist in a long distance relationship, but it comes with a lot of heartache and hurting. It's difficult to feel for somebody in such a way and not be able to actually spend time with him/her, or actually be able to hold the person in your arms. Long distance relationships can work, and can last a while too, but there is a great emotional strain involved.

[Leprous]

Selestine Yes it can work out, in some cases it does. I've had 2, and I can tell you that they can hurt allot. If you know the person you are dating very well, and if you are able to talk to them very often, it can work out. If any of these things are not the case, be prepared to be hurt, allot. As ImCoolBeans said, it's hard knowing you may never be able to hug/kiss, etc them. That is one of the biggest pains.

[Professional Russian]

While I do believe love can exist at any distance for some people like me it would be hard. I like to be able to see the person I love in person everyday and talk to them in person. It just makes me feel better

[Abhorrence]

Distance makes the heart grow fonder but then it kind of means that you'd be not so distant sometimes. Long distance seems pointless to me as a teenager.

[Luminous]

I think long distance relationships can work out but cause too much heartache and pain for me. I want someone I can cuddle with and hold hands with and be intimate with, because for me that makes the relationship stronger. I am very emotionally involved with someone now (You could say in love :p) but he lives very far away from me. Our relationship is special in that we're not a couple, and instead cheer each other on when we 'get somewhere' with someone else IRL and root for the other to have a relationship. It's complicated and confusing and sometimes painful but it works for us. Neither of us is in a committed relationship now and being in one is a little difficult as I recall because I did have a boyfriend for a while. Anyways, my point is, LDRs can work but it takes a lot of effort and you may not develop the same connection you would with someone you know IRL.

[churris]

They are not for everybody, definitely not for me. LDRs are hard and depending how far you two are, how old and how busy, it'll mark how often can you see each other, or even if you can see each other. I think being fiscally with each other really makes a difference, holding hands, kiss each other, a hug when you really need it; but I understand when someone moves and still want to be with each other or live far away but not like- different countries.

I could only do it for a few months though, and with someone I'd already be with.

[JamesSuperBoy]

I already searched if there was a thread about this but there wasn't any results. So as the title says, what do you think about it? Can love still exist within gaps? :) Please answer.

I think there are two types of ldr - one the people have met maybe spent time together as a couple then one moves away it then becomes an ldr.

The other is they have never met irl

Yes I think love can be in an ldr especially the the first type - but in the second it takes a lot to work out.

Like a lot of things it really does depend on the the people involved so it is for them to decide if love exists.

[SethfromMI]

it can work for the right couple but it takes a lot of work and it is very hard for many to be able to do. it can work though