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Doesn't really work out that well.. Had enough of this funny thing LDR.

stumpy wrote:

That's why it is best not to get too involved with online dating.
What you see is not always what you get...

agreed.

That's very correct! Long distance relationship doesn't make sense at all even married couples are struggling with it. It has less than 10 percent success rate from my research which included married couples.

even if it works one of the two will change all his life and make many sacrifices for the other...too hard

Phoenixxl wrote:

I can give OP my opinion.

We can all give our opinions.

stumpy wrote:

That's why it is best not to get too involved with online dating.
What you see is not always what you get...

That's probably mostly true, but are there 2 sides to that story?  For example, on this site there are a lot of men who don't understand how the internet works and who obviously have no experience with talking to people online.  In their minds, a PM can be seen as dating.  Some of them are from countries where just saying hello to a woman is a marriage proposal.

There was a time when I was getting PMs every day from people asking me how long I've been in Dubai or Qatar or some other Arab place - despite the very obvious fact that I'm in Hong Kong.  How many of them in their weakened condition thought I deceived them when they learned I'm nowhere close to any of those places?

kingofgold wrote:

That's very correct! Long distance relationship doesn't make sense at all even married couples are struggling with it. It has less than 10 percent success rate from my research which included married couples.

I'd like to see this research.

kingofgold wrote:

That's very correct! Long distance relationship doesn't make sense at all even married couples are struggling with it. It has less than 10 percent success rate from my research which included married couples.

uuuuuhhhhhhhmmmmm,, your reseeeeeeeaaarch, OK let me ask you:
How many samples did you include?
what are the distances apart?
what is the weather in each country?
What kind of relation do they have (marriage, partenership,GF-BF,..)?
Do they have kids or not and how many?
What are the reasons for the long distance relation?
,................................................etc.

Dude, come on, be reasonable such an opinion cannot be decided on research basis. I can carry on a similar research and I can guarantee to get an opposite result than yours.

success/failure of each long distance relation is a complete separate experince.

Works for me.

Do I believe in a long distance love affair??? Well let me think about that one for a minute...

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Only if both are commited and trying thier best to travel see each other every now and then...it takes 2 to tango

It will never work unless they see each other in person frequently one of my friends told me he broke up with his GF he simply could't take being away from her too long it's only human we're social by nature u just can't stare at your GF on a screen for hours and call that a relationship.

asianlover wrote:

It will never work unless they see each other in person frequently one of my friends told me he broke up with his GF he simply could't take being away from her too long it's only human we're social by nature u just can't stare at your GF on a screen for hours and call that a relationship.

its really depends on a relationhip, for beginner I think this will not work, for BF,GF it will not work too but for husband and wife this will work, now the question was for how long? just asking......

I think the longest time they could actually pull it off would be a year without any physical contact.
unless they meet frequently then it could last a very long time

My friend said that he afraid the pain of international life style. I think that we have to face of the distance and lonely ...

I think telling other people how their relationship is supposed to work is pretty idiotic.

I was apart from hubby since 2011. In jan we will be married 3 years, and he finally home.

personally i say yes.
i remained 3 years distance relationship with my boyfriend, it was really, really, really hard to keep it. I don't how much tears and quarrel happened again and again.
but now, we made it, and intend to marry.
so hold the belief in our mind and keep doing.

I think if two lovers miss each others so much, so it become more crazy headache because of long distances, it is not good ....

yes i believe in it

not unless you have the time and money to travel to see your partner where they live.

                                David1946

I negotiate paid travel to and from home with my clients which means I do not have to fork out huge amounts for airfares and hotels.

Most of the time it doesn't work, but i've seen it work including a family member, soooooo who knows. Life is funny that way

If there is a realistic hope that they can live together soon, it's ok. Otherwise....not a chance!!

Where love is concerned....distance is not a matter

My husband is away for how many months each time. But i don't have a choice, he is my husband. I have to believe it will work or else our kids will suffer. It helps if the LDR has a reason, like work or trying to get a good life for our kids.

Yes, long distance relationship works if both parties are genuine and seriously interested. I got so many scams while I was trying to develop long distance relationship in my younger age but now I am mature so now I can easily judge who is genuine or who is fake so I avoid wasting my time. I only consider genuine proposals. Currently, I am having a very good friendship in long distance internet world.

It does not work if one  does not want such a long distance relationship.It needs such patience , honest and time.To keep such this one is not easy to do .But for me,the long distances is just only the number!Nothing can change us  at all.To be yourself and let it be.Anyone has his own way.

Long distance,at begin is very wonderful .but sometimes it would let our relations become just like common or normal friends,not like honey.

it could work for some but for me, i dont believe in it.

narz4u wrote:

it could work for some but for me, i dont believe in it.

You're going to have to start believing it, because short distance relationships where you are located now are more impossible!

that's true but does not definitely ends to a marriage or to any serious relationship

Althought i belive it ..but is hard that my belives for love affair will become less every time

Beakersful wrote:

narz4u wrote:

it could work for some but for me, i dont believe in it.

You're going to have to start believing it, because short distance relationships where you are located now are more impossible!

That is another tory, short distance but hindered due to the
law of saudi quite differen from the ldr we are talking about here.
If both of you are here only few minutes drive ,there is always a way.

Someone will always stick their nose in and inform on you. Too dangerous a game to play I'm afraid. In the meantime I'm glad it's me this side of the border with the driving restrictions, as I can pack my car and go on a road trip to freedom at Eid (like now, woot!) Or when I get A long weekend .

It totally depends on the two people who are involved with each other. if your child or your parents are away for a few years, your love for them doesnt change. Then, why it should have an effect with the relationship with a soulmate.

sophiakp wrote:

i personally think it has nothing to do with distance. when you love someone, you trust and are willing to do anything for that love to survive.as long as one can meet for special occasions, holidays together, meet at common destinations it can work upto some point till a merging can be worked out. the chance to live together for 3 months atleast and then back to work and occassional love meetings. i think distance makes the hearts fonder, like one wise man said lovers should be like two foundation of the same pillar, not too close and not too far away, growing independently and same time nurturing the other.

I absolutely agree with you
Absent makes the heart grow fonder

ive had enough ldr..it feels so bad.