Long Distance Love

[CourtasanSatine]

I'm back in long distance for a short time(bf is moving back hopefully soon).Anyone else in my boots so to speak?

 

[kejoda]

I was in your boots many years ago. Let see Tim and I were long distance friends for 4 years before we started dating and then dated long distance for 14 months. In Aug. we'll be celebrating our 14th wedding anniv. So yes I've been there. It was hard to be seperated but when its true love distance can't really seperate you.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

kejoda: we'll be together a year come August and this is the 2nd longest we've been apart.I know it's for real after all we went through to be together(and he's trying to come in to visit soon,hopefully for Matrix:Reloaded) I have faith that it gets better and he shares that

 

[kejoda]

How far away is he?

 

[CourtasanSatine]

right now 3 hours away(he's in Lubbock and I'm in Abilene)

 

[kejoda]

Thats not too far. Tim and I were 12 hours away and this was before email! Lots of letters and phone calls. And cassette tapes. Still have the letters and tapes.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

for us it's e-mail and occasional phone calls,but he tries to see me when he can

 

[glo]

{{{HUGS}}} Hope you see him soon, it is hard to love someone far away

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

Right now my boyfriend is 45 minutes away but moving closer and I know that compared to 3 hours that is nothing but when I leave for school in August we're gonna be 20 hours away and he's not too good with communication when we're 45 mins away lol

 

[jana]

DBF lives in the UK and I'm here in the states. A bit hard at times but been doing it 4 years.

 

[manchurianbrownbear]

DW and I didn't live in the same city until we were married (17 years on 6/20/03!)

While we dated she lived at home and was in school in the Twin Cities and I was in college about 90 miles away. Her parents took me in almost every weekend for a year and a half, so by the time we were married I know my in-laws well!

We were just reminiscing the other day, remembering how expensive long distance phone calls were 1984-86 and lamenting that we didn't have e-mail! On the bright side, we have many letters documenting our courtship!

 

[epcotfan]

I was involved in a 3 year long distance relationship. It was just too far. I told him right from the beginning I would not move to his area. He obviously didn't believe me (even though I often reminded him) because he thought I would be willing to move there three years down the road. I should have trusted my instincts and never pursued it. It was just too difficult and expensive to visit each other regularly. His mommy also had him twisted around her little finger. I totally wasted my time. Never again!

 

[MetalMasterC]

You're talking to one of the KINGS of Long Distance Love!

I'll try to keep it short:
I met my gf originally on the 'net in 2000. Angela (angiebelle) and I talked a lot using AOL and we seemed to have not too much in common except Disney, Musicals and Beauty and the Beast. We met in person May of that year, and it wasn't a very good meeting. After that meeting, I had a better understanding of who she was, and we continued to talk online. Then in 2001, she came down to Disney on the College Program. We met about 5 times durring her stay, but closer and closer we became. When she left in May of 2001, she was quite a bit sad, but things would only get better. A month later, I had to move into a new house, but I had to live in a hotel for a month before we can officially move in. No computer access! After that month, the first time I came on the computer, I then realized that she had missed me a lot, and it didn't hit me til then. In November, we finally declared ourselves an item, and she came for a week and a half on vacation in May 2002. I saw her on her spring break in March 2003. Now, next week, she will be here permanantly.
Believe it or not, this is the short version!

Long distance can be good if you are starting out that way, but if you are coming from being together to long distance for a while (which we did), it's tough, very tough! Angela and I did about 10 months of long distance from her May 2002 vacation. It was really hard to go back to doing online and phone talking. She called me almost every single day! (She had a cell phone with one flat monthly rate.) I'm telling ya, it was worth the wait.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

in my case we went from distance to same area then back to distance(not our idea and hopefully not for long this time)

 

[suzannen]

Courtasan,
Been there, done that too. It's really hard and can get very lonely. But, it can also help build a relationship and you really do appreciate the time spent together. Hang in there!

 

[olena]

I was in that situation with Chris.....650 miles apart. Absence sure made my heart fonder...

*HUGS* I hope the same will be true for you...

 

[amid chaos]

DH and I dated in HS and then went to colleges 8 hours away.

He got his associates in 2 years and then went to Switzerland for a year, came back and we were 9 hours away.

I graduated we got married 23 years ago.

 

[KJo719]

My fiance and I have been in a long distance relationship for four and a half years. He's only an hour and a half away, which compared to some isn't far at all, but it's far enough that we can only see each other on the weekends- I'm the one that does the driving. To make it even better- he's working the night shift now, so I get home from work and he's just getting to work, so we hardly even talk to each other during the week. But it'll be over soon- only 68 days until our wedding and I'm moving there. Hmmm, maybe I should enjoy this time apart?!?! Long distance definitely helps build a strong relationship- hang in there!