E-Relationships/long distance relationships.

still doing long distance for 1 month..and(for me) it's quite fun...

haven't been one but my sister doing it for around 5-6 years when she study abord, and know they already married.

well all i can say is you need to have faith and keep contact. that is 2 thing you need to have this kind of relationship. no many has success for this kind of relationship though. it make you fell lonely and make you like single again lol.

Once, but it didn't work out. But man...the girl got hot.

I've been in a few. longest was 5 months. when it falls apart it hurts like hell. if you're able to handle the stress and longing then go for it. other than that, i'd avoid it at all costs.

whats so fun about it?

I'm in a E/LDR relationship and we're together for nearly 6 months. I live in Germany and have to take a 5 hours train trip to see him x.x but! we see each other every month, sometimes all 2 weeks and are still really passionate. He is going to graduate next year and planning to move to my place then, I'm excited =3

Before this relationship I was in a "normal" relationship with a boy I met in school and was with him for over 3 years. And I remember how I always said how shitty these E/LDRs are and that something like that couldn't last. But well.. it just happened and it's going smoothly since then =D

I honestly believe them to be a buncha bullshit. (E-Relationships anyway.) I mean, I've been rolling with the same group of people in MMOs for years now, and I consider them friends, but nothing like that.

Then again, a buddy of mine actually met his wife offa the internet, so maybe it can work...

You only find the potential for one when you run into someone you have "chemistry" with. I can't describe it; it's even more subtle than real-life chemistry. After you start to talk a lot, you just kind of know where it's heading. I also have a lot of MMO friends, some that I too have known for years, that I've not felt attracted to. Then there are the two that I had relationships with.

I'm not sure what sets them apart, especially since my first guy annoyed the living shit out of me before I really got to know him, haha.

well i you two has a strong faith two each other so..

I have been in one and I found out that I need physical contact for my feelings to stay strong so I do not believe in long distance relationships.

we learn to trust each other...and for me it's much more fun to talk with texts...i don't really like to talk IRL..so I prefer text messages...she does that too.. :3

My personal thought: If your going to have a long distance relationship than you should know your lover in person; not just someone over the internet. Ive seen a lot of liars out there pretending to be someone there not.. Sadly it's one of my friends. Like that afro dude said you should be able to have a full amount of trust with that person and I don't think you can achieve that without knowing who they truly are. :D

I trust mine. Me and my future wife live in difreent states. I'm in Louisiana and my fiance lives in Texas. We have been going out with each other for two years and were getting married this august(wish of well). It really depends on trust as we don't see each other most of the year. I can see her 5 times a years and each can last for two weeks. I would spend longer but I have job and money is needed. Anyway It can work if both are serious and truely love annd trust each other.

Not to say it's easy. IT'S NOT!!!!!! Since when anything good was easy to obatain. We have to deal with family and friends who have their concerns on our relationship and sometimes our imaginations get the best of the other from time to time. But; if this is love and REAL LOVE it can work out. And we are going to live together soon enough and live our weird lives together as the odd couple that we are.

I've in two. I just say I enjoyed both of them. But in the end, happened the same that happens to me in real life. In the first one it was like 7 months, and the second 11. The reasons of why the relationship ended wasn't related to distance, but to their behavior.

On a side note, I've had like 2 or 3 girlfriends that I've meet first in internet, fall with each other online and THEN meet.

So, in my opinion, no, there's nothing wrong with long distance relationships.

Face to Face, Long Distance, E

Remember, they're all types of relationships.

Some work, many tend to fail.


I've seen some people talk about Long Distance and E-Relationships and talk about the matter of trust.

What makes you think you can get anymore trust from Face to Face?

If someone isn't going to give you trust, it doesn't matter how you meet them, you're not going to get it.

So can Long Distance, E-Relationships work? Yes. They are definately not for people who can handle the stressful relationships though. These are not easy relationships by any means and WILL have a lot of drama built in.

And it is also true that you have to meet at some point. But this meeting can be a double edged sword. Because once you actually meet someone in these types of relationships, it makes it all the harder when you have distance again.

But yes, it can work out if you are able to make it work out as is the case with me and my fiance and some of the others here.


In the end, relationships are relationships no matter how you first meet.

i dont completely agree with that, nobody is going to give you complete trust at the begining of any relationship, trust has to be gained and earned, and its ALOT easier to both gain trust and give trust if you are physically seeing each other on a regular basis rather than though text messeges, or e-mails.

I believe that, deeply. I had a close distance relationship and we talked every night on the phone...yea I got sick of it because I depended on that communication a lot, I wish I could have used most of that time somewhere else.


I've been a couple, only 1 serious ones and in fact I actually use some of my previous failed long distance relationship to influence better decisions in this one. I am fairly happy with what I've done and never regret LDR. My first actually helped me in talking to girls because i never interacted with girls in real life.

My current LDR has been going for 7 months now, and we still have reached that common "bump" in LDR roads. The benefits of mine are:

1. We knew each other in high school, but attended different colleges.
2. I was her best friend during her own previous crappy relationship, and all we
did was talk on the phone because I did not want to lose a friend.
3. We have the EXACT same school schedule and we are always busy to communicate
every day, so we have an understanding of each other but we are always there for
each other in our desperate times.
4. During break we get to see each other because she comes back home.

I hope that my relationship can last until 1 more year of college, then we both graduate and we can see each other more.
...and I hope she learns to drive, I do get annoyed of being the only driver cuz shes like 30 min away during school break. However I still will drive for her, because I want to see her.

I hope

Somewhat true, but not necessarily. It would vary from person to person.

Anyways, what I was referring to is the fact that if someone isn't going to give you trust, it doesn't matter what type of relationship they go into, they won't give you trust.

Face to Face doesn't suddenly generate more trust out of nowhere.