Dropping a Long-believed
July 29, 2007 by dryxanne
Long distance relationship, I begin to lose my faith in it. Not that I have many failing long distance relationship, but I do believe that distance, and frequency of time spent together, are as important as how you spend your time together with your partner.
Many problems can be avoided if only the distance is nearer, as well as many misunderstandings could’ve been prevented if only meetings face to face are done more often than just hours of talk on the phone.
But then again, it also depends on the people involved.
I knew couple that could last 1 year parted and they got married eventually. I also knew another couple that couldn’t last it because the distance was just too far, and the difficulty of keeping in touch in time, eventually drew them further to each other. Because some things you want to share immediately, or just simple story you have today, will just have to wait until you could communicate, and by the time you are connected, the moment is just lost, or you both are too tired for a long story.
And eventually, you just lose the common thing you have. Add the pressure of work and environment to that, it’s a guaranteed receipe to a failing (long-distance) relationship.
I never believed that long - distance relationship was a doomed to fail type. But now, maybe instead of saying I’m dropping this believe, I would just say, people are different. The challenges, the difficulties, the loneliness, the pressure, the depression. Some will survive it.
Others won’t.
