Long Distance Relationships Are Great!

Long distance relationships can be the hardest type of relationship you will ever have. You have to work hard for your relationship to work and you will have to be creative with how you keep in touch. You cannot see each or go on dates like "normal" couples; instead, you get to have phone dates and e-mails shooting across cyberspace 20+ times a day.

Long distance relationships do not have to be very bad though. Think of all the positives about it. I know it is hard when all you want is to hold that special someone, so I am going to tell you the positives. Bare with me, it will make you feel a little better.

Have you ever heard friends say that their relationship has become boring? You have probably heard this many times. This is one of the good parts of being away from your significant other. You will always have that excitement of thinking about being with that person whenever the next time you both have arranged a visit. You can talk and think about it for hours. You count down the days and then when you see that person, it is like an explosion. How boring can that be?

So you do not spend every waking minute with each other, some couples will tell you that they could not ever do that. However, those same couples have completely absorbed themselves into their relationship. The couple has become one instead of two people who are together. Some couples lose their identity in the relationship and that is often why those relationships do not succeed. For those in long distance relationships, each person can continue to live their life and keep their identity. They can do what they need to do each day and then come back and share that with their significant other.