I went and did it, I got into a long distance relationship. I'm a guy, 21, she's 20.
We met through a friend and had a weird will they won't they for a few months because i thought distance would be too hard. I finally decided to just jump in and do it and it's been about a month. She seems extremely genuine about it all, we're making plans to meet in a few months, basically video chat every other day. I think we also have a good grasp on our mental states, maturity, and have the best communicating I've had with a partner. We started of as amazing friends so it just feels like a step uo now. Do you think this could be a serious long lasting thing or am I fooling myself? I've heard the argument of "you love their online persona not them" but i feel the video and meeting up will solve that. We're also both done with our trades and ready to move on, so possibly we could move to the same town.
>>18698582
Of course it can be a serious long lasting thing, long distance relationships do work, you just have to take the extra time and effort to invest in them honestly. As long as you're both honest, mature, caring and communicative enough you can make it work. Careful with the rushing into things, moving, etc.
>>18698582
Yes.
It can work
No.
It won't be easy
Wait, have you met in real life or not? If not, it's not a relationship. Meet up asap.
>>18699211
Why do you say it's not a real relationship? Not trying to dispute it or anything but we're both exclusive and have told others that hit on us or in my case an ex, we can't get together because I'm in a relationship. I know some people don't take it seriously though, so I don't advertise our relationship.
Why aren't you planning on meeting asap?
>>18699535
Being frugal with money and making sure we can work out the dates so we can take a week off work together, both in jobs that are pretty standard hours amd not much vacation time.