Do long distance relationships work? I'm thinking about

I think they can if it's temporary and you have a solid basis of having dated them without distance as an issue beforehand. It's not really a sustainable relationship in my experience so it needs to have a deadline (i.e. a light at the end of the tunnel) and you need to have built up the relationship a lot so that there is still something there for all the ways the distance will chip away at it.

Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.

>>18052046
Long distance isn't super easy to handle, but if you're a strong couple it won't ruin you or make your life terrible.
In general, if you were meant for each other, one of those couples that are great together, you'll work long distance.

You have to make sure you see each other often (once a week, since your distance isn't all that big would be ideal) and you have a plan to be together in the long run. You have to make sure you're good at communication, trusting and you have a full life other than your partner.
If you have these things going for you, it'll work.

>>18052054
This.

I dated a girl I met online. She lived in TX, I live in OR. We did the LDR online thing for a year, but the entire time, she was making plans to move to OR to be with me and also go back to school. So she was saving money, making the arrangements, etc. It worked out for us. I mean, we broke up 2 years after she moved here, but that's of no consequence now.

So basically, yeah, unless one of you is actively working to close the distance gap, and soon (1 year or less), you're wasting everybody's time.

>>18052054
>>18052065
I mean guys, it's just two hours. It's not like they cannot drive to each other every week or something. If you leave on friday night and come back home on Sunday you can literally spend all the time you want with your SO.

>>18052068
OP here. I was thinking this too, it really isn't that far of a distance. Plus it wouldn't take much for me to drive up there on a moment's notice

>Do long distance relationships work?

How do you define "work?"

>sex
no

>cuddling
no

>rescue you when trouble arrives
no

>take care of you when you're sick or injured
no

>play videogames together
some games

>the same phone conversations you could have had with anyone else
sometimes