Do you have what it takes to be involved in a long-distance relationship? How long can you endure the struggle of a relationship that makes lovers far apart from each other? Have you ever wonder how much patience you need to be able to go through a relationship that needs greater love and affection even if you are miles away from each other?
Some people think that being in LDR is easy but reality bites when you realized how hard is it to work things out if your partner is on the other side of the world. Making thing smooth and easy is not a piece of cake but, it is actually a gruesome undertaking to keep the flames alive.
What do you think are the qualities of individuals who can make a long distance relationship work?
You need a lots and lots and lots of patience. You don't need it just for now, you need it with every bits of second your lover is not around. You need to realize that this virtue is the thing you need to keep the love alive. It is not just the patience you allot for waiting, but it is also the patience to understand every possible reason why you have to be far away from each other.
You always have to be positive, you don't want your mind to smothered with negative thought that would ruin your relationship with your partner. You need to trust one another, you don't need to doubt the person in the other end. Never entertain the thought that he/she might find someone else and forget about you, everything will start to fall apart if you do. People made mistakes and so do you, if you think you are no longer willing to work things out, at least let the other person know about it by dropping a hint. It is better that the person know it straight from you rather than hearing the bad news from other people.
You need to trusts the person you love. Trust that he/she won't break your heart, trust that he will do good even if temptations are around. And most of all trust your instict if something is not quite right. Ask questions if you have the inkling about some things that doesn't quite sit on your thought.
You need to communicate more often. Technology nowadays has provided us a better way to be in touch with our loved ones even if they are oceans away from us. Skyping, Facebooking, chatting, video calling and other communication apps that you can utilize to always stay in touch, never let your busy schedule stop you from saying something sweet to your dear love.
If you are the type of person who always wants a hug and a touch from the one you love then you can not be in a long distance relationship because it might ruin you. I believed that only "extraordinary strong people" could be able to endure the test of being in a long distance love affair. You need to show the strenght to behave rightfully when no one is watching and you need to show that you are unbreakable even if your heart is breaking.
I am living in a long distance relationship for 8 long years and I think I still have long way to go and I am still working hard to keep the marriage alive. I may not be able to touch, hug and kiss my husband but I still find unusual ways on how to express my love without being caught up with depressing thought about the time he is not beside me.
