Long Distance Relationships!

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Geekbabe

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It's difficult at times but having a plan that will result in you ending up together makes the waiting easier as does being with the right person,I got lucky on both counts,my dude is super awesome and he'll be home soon :)
 

Looney

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If a relationship entirely starts LD online, i don't give it much chance then. However, if you've been together previous to the long distance, then i can see that working out.
 

SilentZero

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yes...my wife and I were together for almost a year...then a continent apart for a year...then married. Going on 5 years of marriage now...and everything is Great! So sure..long distance relationships can work....but should be grounded on more than the internet or telephone.
 

Sid59

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3 years in a long distance relationship .. wasn't too bad .. went and saw her 2 or 3 times a quarter.
 

4Lclovergirl

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I was only 100 miles or so away, but after 2 years it got to be too much, we just didn't have enough in common anymore, and we started to resent the time wwe each spent wiht other peopel when we wanted to be together, but couldn't.

But if you really love each other, and want it to work, then it can. You just have to understand that you may have to actually put some work into it.

Good luck!
 

StageLeft

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They can work but they are difficult. It's best if there is a definite time when the relationship's distance will shorten.

Either way generally they don't work. It's an extra strain and since most relationships fail anyway only the strongest will live through a long distance.
 

dirtboy

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Long distance relationships are crap. You can hardly get to know someone via instant messengers. Maybe if real life was conducted by IM, but it's not. Try to get a gf in your town... it will be significantly better than what you have now. Hell, atleast then you'd be able to go out and do things with them on a regular basis.
 

habib89

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well.. no, you're not pathetic... i can't say that it'll work.. LD relationships are hard.. the longest relationship i was in thus far was like 2 hours away.. now i'm tryin for a girl in another state.. i dunno.. it's wierd, but anyway.. best of luck to you.. and you definately gotta go for that booty call.. it'll be worth it i'm sure
 

PigPig

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Originally posted by: SilentZero
yes...my wife and I were together for almost a year...then a continent apart for a year...then married. Going on 5 years of marriage now...and everything is Great! So sure..long distance relationships can work....but should be grounded on more than the internet or telephone.

Good for you! You're the first person i heard that he has a successful long distance relationship!

All of my friends who had long distance relationships before don't work out~
Even though they could be "together" when they lived in different places for years..... they all broke up after they "reunited" and lived in the same places for months.....
 

crumpet19

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OKay.... I live in Tulsa, OK. The best relationship I've ever had was with a girl who lived 150 miles away, in Stillwater.
I also had another meaningful relationship with a girl who actually lived in Hong Kong, but was attending school in Atlanta, Georgia.
 

SammyBoy

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It's already painfully clear from the poll, the posts, and your prior knowledge that you are extremely pathetic, what's the need for the bump?

OK, i'll say it.

You are so pathetic you make me feel awesome, and earlier this evening I didn't feel awesome. Your sole purpose in life is to make others feel better about themselves, that is how pathetic you are. Sit down shut up *clap clap clap-clap-clap*
 

drum

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Originally posted by: SammyBoy
It's already painfully clear from the poll, the posts, and your prior knowledge that you are extremely pathetic, what's the need for the bump?

OK, i'll say it.

You are so pathetic you make me feel awesome, and earlier this evening I didn't feel awesome. Your sole purpose in life is to make others feel better about themselves, that is how pathetic you are. Sit down shut up *clap clap clap-clap-clap*

ok that may have been unneccessary... I say give it a shot and best of luck. I dated a girl 11 hours away for 3 years. If I wouldn't have had my head up my ass it would have worked out. No, you aren't pathetic at all.
 

Walleye

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Originally posted by: SammyBoy
It's already painfully clear from the poll, the posts, and your prior knowledge that you are extremely pathetic, what's the need for the bump?

OK, i'll say it.

You are so pathetic you make me feel awesome, and earlier this evening I didn't feel awesome. Your sole purpose in life is to make others feel better about themselves, that is how pathetic you are. Sit down shut up *clap clap clap-clap-clap*

alright, you go and feel awesome about yourself. such a big man that he gets off on insulting people on an internet forum because he feels there will be no retribution. so go ahead, there will be no retribution, i really dont care. insult away. get off on your little petty insults. go ahead, big man, feel proud.