Is It Possible To Love Someone From A Distance???

Do long distance relationships work? Is it possible to love someone from a distance?

 

it depends.

sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. it depends on the individuals, as well as the distance. what works for one couple might not work for you... but just because a relationship is long distance, it isn't doomed.

so yes, it's possible to love someone from a distance.
(the only exception to this is that the couple must have actually met first; "internet love" is a different story).

 

well, it depends. My opinion is if you meet someone and fall in love and they go away, yes. But you can't fall in real love if you have never seen or spent time with that person.

internet relationship can start, but they don't go anywhere unless you meet and communicate in person.

 

They can work, but are very difficult. Theres a lot more room for miscommunication and in general its just much more difficult to feel like you are a part of each others lives the same as actually seeing that person on a dailey basis. The connection is very difficult to maintain - the phone, letters and internet can only go so far.

 

I just don't see how you could be in love with someone you have never held or touched or seen with your eyes. I beleive love can start that way, but not stay like that.

maybe I'm wrong, but I just can't imagine loving someone here and continuing a relationship while never being in real person contact.

 

i agree headymoechick, im a very physical person.
it is difficult to have a relationship at a long distance.

Peace

 

love and emotion is not about geography.

 

yes, but is not always easy to make it work.

 

loving someone and making a relationship work are not always the same thing.

 

yes. you cant help loving someone, but you also cannot force a relationship to work, especially if you are distant.

 

Yeah, it can work but it's difficult. Especially if you haven't met in person, I still believe it can work (and work up to meeting & all) but it'd be harder, you'd probably have quite a few ideas about the other person that aren't true at all.

 

you can be with someone you love with all your heart and realize that being together just isn't working, but you still love them. there are times when the greatest actions of love and letting go and letting that person live and fulfill their live, even if it is without you.

 

I believe, that in hearts there don`t exist any miles... (hope you understand my English)

BUT: it also depends on the other person. How does he/she feel about? How does he/she get on with the situation? Do you have the same settings of truth and future? How often will you meet?

I think it can work for a while, if you really love each other. But it is nothing for good.

 

Lots of truth here- they work but are work, just like any relationship that is worth maintaining.
When I met my husband we lived 8 hours apart the first year or so. He had this beat-up old nova he'd drive to see me- arrive on saturday and leave on sunday but he said it was worth it. We've been together 9 years now.

 

it is near impossible to pull off a long distance loving relationship. i loved a girl more then anything else in the world and she felt the same but i moved to TX from VA and she would come visit me for months at a time but thenmy feelings just faded and we broke up.

 

^^^This isn't true. The couple doesn't have to actually meet first. I met my boyfriend of 2 years, 2 months on these forums, and we're in a long distance relationship, and make it work wonderfully. Yeah, it's hard, but it's also awesome. We don't see each other as often as we'd like...anywhere from every 2-5 weeks sometimes. But it definitely makes the times we do see each other all the more beautiful.

 

I am going to say yes without a doubt if you love someone anything can work.

 

You definitely can! I met my hubby when I was 15 and then moved away till I was 16 and the whole time all I could think of was him finally I moved back home to be with him and now we have a little baby boy and are getting married this summer.

 

what about what i said isn't true? i said that the couple has to actually have met before it can become love.. up until that point, it is a desire to love the other, and to be loved by the other. i never said that "internet love" doesn't work -- i said it isn't true love until the couple has actually met. and yes, some people can meet online and form a relationship and one day meet and fall in love and maintain that relationship over the internet. i never said that was impossible.. so how does what i say offend you? i'm confused... you said you and your man don't see each other as often as you'd like... but that implies that you have indeed met already, right? so what's your complaint with my statement, then? i'm not trying to be rude, but maybe we're just talking about two different things? i'm confused.

EDIT: i agree that someone can have a relationship on the internet without having met. i'm not saying that you can't have a relationship without having met first -- love and relationships don't always go hand in hand. but that's why i said "but thats a different story" in my first post. 'cause i'm not trying to argue whether or not two people can be in love without having met.