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tsa
Feb 3, 2014
Pretty much every successful ldr I've ever heard of did not start as a ldr. Starting a relationship as a ldr completely stunts the whole thing...there are things that happen early in a relationship that are essential for a good lasting healthy relationship and it requires face to face communication. Skype isn't a substitute either.

There's also a big selection problem,people who choose to start an ldr are very often people who can't handle real relationships (which is why they even consider staying with someone on the other side of the world). Very often this leads to relationships that go on far longer than their sell by date. Like relationships that probably wouldn't have even lasted a couple months if the people lived close to each other going on for years. It's very easy to paper over issues with the distance, you can always ignore the bad things that are impossible to ignore when you are close.

Basically good loving luck, you have basically everything going against you. International ldr's in particular are virtually always a complete disaster. Let's put it this way, relationships even with everything going for you are a huge challenge, you're doing the equivalent of going against a pro boxer with your hands tied behind your back. And your legs broken.

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