Miss_G Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I posted earlier about considering or possibly entering into a LDR. There are a few complications (ie. I have a child with ex partner). However, after reading about some LDR on the boards I'm realising that mine isn't as LD as it could be! New 'interest' lives 200 miles away (about a 4 hour drive). How is far is your relationship? And how has it worked/not worked for you?? Link to post Share on other sites
d0rk Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) Mine lives 5000 miles away, I'm North England, UK and he lives South FL, USA. We've been in a LDR for well over a year and I'm seeing him again June 23rd:laugh: And to be honest neither one of us ever feel the distance, we don't really argue and we talk a million hours a day if we can. The only challenge for me is the 5 hour time difference and catching each other before work etc, but I love him and for us anyhow...love conquers all Edited April 25, 2011 by d0rk Link to post Share on other sites
Komplicated Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 my SO & I are around 10000+ miles apart! I am studying in Asia & he's studying in the Caribbean! so far everything is great! we've only been together about 8 months but we are both far from finishing with our studies. we also know we will only get to see each other summers since it's so costly to fly & none of us are working! But as with everything else, there is a bright side & that's that we live in the same Central American country. so if we survive the distance we won't have to worry about who moves where, we know after we finish studying we both will go back home! Link to post Share on other sites
HeavenOrHell Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 772 miles, different continents, different parts of Europe. Generally takes about 12 hours from A to B. Been together a year, we've had a few blips here and there, nothing major, it's working really well, I feel really close to him. We meet about every 7 or 8 weeks for 3 to 5 days. Lots of contact is crucial, so is being open and honest about how you feel. I posted earlier about considering or possibly entering into a LDR. There are a few complications (ie. I have a child with ex partner). However, after reading about some LDR on the boards I'm realising that mine isn't as LD as it could be! New 'interest' lives 200 miles away (about a 4 hour drive). How is far is your relationship? And how has it worked/not worked for you?? Link to post Share on other sites
CHSH Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 SO and I are around 5500 miles apart~ And so far we're staying strong with future plans. Either he will come her for Postgrad or I will be going there after Uni~ Link to post Share on other sites
Cathster Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 My SO and I are about 4000 miles apart - I am in the midlands of the UK and he is in the mid-west of the US. Like d0rk we talk as much as possible, it's the time difference that is the hardest - we rarely get to 'see' each other on Skype, but get to chat at least two times a day. I've not yet gone a single day without talking to him. I get a lot more anxious about the relationship than he does, but it's worked so far. Six months into it and hopefully only another year and a half to go. Link to post Share on other sites
zebracolors Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I actually don't know about what the distance in miles/kilometers would be but I am in US east coast, and he's in W. coast Turkey. Been together for about a year now and I feel the distance sometimes but we have been keeping a positive outlook and doing what we can to keep in touch. Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen Erased Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 9,500 Miles. It has worked. We're getting married in less than 2 months, I'm moving there in 40 days. We haven't experienced the same uncertainty in our relationship that others on here seem to. But we agreed from the start that we wouldn't settle for being apart for years on end. And we've never put ourselves in ridiculous situations with the opposite sex that would ensure the other develops trust issues. Link to post Share on other sites
Mei Mei Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 6200 miles away and we have been together foe 2.5 years. The relationship is great and the distance is overcome by the good communication, trust and our genuine commitment. There are revolving plans about future and we make each visit last longer. We endeavor to work hard to realize the goal of staying together in the long run..:love: Link to post Share on other sites
Author Miss_G Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Wow! Well I guess 200 miles is nothing! Like I say, I have a child so cannot ditch everything and race off to see him. But with such a minimal distance if anything develops perhaps it could work! Link to post Share on other sites
TokyoG33kyGal Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 5535.7 miles but we are also closing our distance soon like Citizen Erased. if we weren't i don't think i will be able to handle this long wait but it's worth it Link to post Share on other sites
LittleTiger Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 12,000 miles - as far as it's possible to be! It takes over 30 hours to reach one another. We've been LDRing for 18 months and, mostly, it's been really great with no major issues.......but now I'm struggling. It could be 10 years before we can be together more than a few months of the year, so we might have reached stalemate! I think things are tougher when you're older with more established lives and responsibilites (like children), but if you're only 200 miles apart and in the same country I think you'll be fine. Good luck Link to post Share on other sites
Rayne03 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I posted earlier about considering or possibly entering into a LDR. There are a few complications (ie. I have a child with ex partner). However, after reading about some LDR on the boards I'm realising that mine isn't as LD as it could be! New 'interest' lives 200 miles away (about a 4 hour drive). How is far is your relationship? And how has it worked/not worked for you?? My husband and I met online, were in a LDR (3,000 miles apart) for 3 years and have been happily married for 8 years now. There were children involved on my side, there were definately some hurdles, we didn't even live in the same country, but we made it work. 4 hour drive would have been a dream for us! Good luck Link to post Share on other sites
Joey7489 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Been seeing my girlfriend for a few months now, we only live 145 miles away (2.5hrs drive) I feel like something of a fraud by calling that an LDR but to me it is! Link to post Share on other sites
horizzon Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 It can be rough i will admit. I've been with him for almost a year and a half. The first 3/4ths of our relationship was long distance. But we got used to it. He moved here, until just recently. We broke up for a short amount of time. He really screwed his life up, and now has to move away. So doing it the SECOND time sucks. Right now he is about 2 or so hours away. Then he will be 8 hours away, then after that about 12. All in driving of course. Link to post Share on other sites
StrawberryWalrus Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 More or less 10 000km (no idea what that is in miles). He is in Malaysia and I'm in South Africa. Link to post Share on other sites
R0botix Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 pretty much every day with her. we are 7486 miles apart from each other and i have never felt so more of a connection with somebody where i live. the time difference is something like 7 hours apart (the next day). its hard and i've done some regrettable things earlier on but i did what i thought was ok at the time and i hope she can see that if i tell her when we meet up at the end of this year:love: Link to post Share on other sites
Pianiste Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Around 850 kilometers. It's a very tempting idea from time to time that I could get there by driving for 8 hours, but so far I've kept myself in. :-) Link to post Share on other sites
crimsontal Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 About 10,000 miles for me. Been together 2 years before he left for Australia, I'm in the UK. Hard times. Flying out to see him in 36 days though for 3 glorious months ! Link to post Share on other sites
Komplicated Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 About 10,000 miles for me. Been together 2 years before he left for Australia, I'm in the UK. Hard times. Flying out to see him in 36 days though for 3 glorious months ! thats great crimsontol i am around 10000 miles too & will be meeting together for the first time we been together for about a year. we are both from the same country but are in different places studying so we'll be home for the summer vacation! i've got about 50 days to go!! Hope you have a wonderful time together Link to post Share on other sites
Rayne03 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) Good luck to you! I hope things work out for you both! Edited May 6, 2011 by Rayne03 adding to earlier comment Link to post Share on other sites
simplicity619 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 9090 miles to be exact. Just looked it up. He's in Africa, and I'm in America. Link to post Share on other sites
heartcore Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 4800 miles away. I personally dont think that there is casual dating when it comes to LDR. I recommend that you build a strong foundation. You both need to be completely honest with each other and tell each other your concerns about being in a LDR. Consider that you have a child, the time, money and effort to stay in the relationship, and also if you can both mentally manage that you can't just hold each other anytime you want. Also be prepared that either of you will have to move your life if your relationship progress. (that decision was already made for me. he's in the military and I dont have a child or own my own business or anything like that. so it was given that Im the one who will have to leave my life to be with him) Now... how we maintain a LDR. We communicate daily via phone, messengers, emails, cams. We try to take pictures of what we do and sometimes ourselves because we both want to be part of each others lives even though we can just see a snapshot of it (for now). We plan webcam dates. We do this when we are opening gift packages for each other, sometimes we watch a movie together (we both rent/buy the same movie), and he just got wifi in the house, so we're going to be doing more stuff. our next planned webcam date is cooking together. im pretty excited about it. we're going to pick a recipe that both of us can manage to cook and we can have dinner and a movie <3 I know it sounds kinda lame but we try to make the best out of the situation instead of getting upset over the distance. Btw, we're getting married in 6 months and I'll be moving to live with him next year. Link to post Share on other sites
creighton0123 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 6700 miles, 13 hour time difference. It's worked out very well so far. He has another six months before he returns for good (working abroad). Couldn't be happier. Link to post Share on other sites
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