long distant and internet love

@willy6 (498)
Jamaica
May 21, 2009 8:17pm CST
Long distant love is really very hard to develop. It can be quite challenging and it can also be rewarding. An internet friend can easily become a fantasy partner always friendly, always supportive, always there to talk. You should not rry to compare someone who chats on line with a real human who helps with the chores, the day to day life the emotional maintenance of a relationship. the two are quite different to maintain. Althought long distant love can develop into something genuine, there is no guarantee that it will. Many relationship like these last and another dont. Its all about your sould mate. And if one is ment to be it will last.
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12 responses
• United States
22 May 09
long distance love is really hard! it will never be easy. i swear! i can relate to this cause im on a long distance relationship 6months ago. but because of the fact that we can't see each other, we just talk through chat, texting or calling, we both decided to end our 1year relatinship. it's painful because before i left him in the philippines, we're both really inlove with ech other. deeply inlove as i must say! & i never thought that our relationship will end like this just because im here in california and he's far away from me. before i left him, i told him that i'll stay the same no matter what but for the past 8months that we've been separated, i realized that it's really hard & really painful to be in a long distance relationship. our distance from each other made my love to fade as days goes by. i still love him, but not as much as i love him before when we're together. im not closing my heart to any possibilities. im still looking forward that someday, one day, when we see each other again, the love that we have for each other will be there again. this is my motto for long distance rel: "too far from the eyes, but not from the heart~" it makes sense ryt, people? =))
• Cebu, Philippines
22 May 09
Hmm I have a friend named James, we've know each other for two years now..actually he was my online game mentor and then we started started exchanging emails in facebook and we also communicate through text messages..and we help each other in anyway except financial of course..he earns more than me..the good thing about our relationship is that we were at ease and comfortable talking about lives,the past experience that we've had and also about the game we usually play... And up to now... were still good friends online
@4ftfingers (1310)
22 May 09
This is very true. I speak to someone in Brazil who I absolutely adore. We have the same interests and I know it's genuine. But in real life, it may not be so blissful. A few month ago I met a girl on the internet and pretty soon we were getting very close, talking about a future together. We met up and I found that this person was not exactly like the person she made herself out to be. Plus there were thing about this person that I wouldn't have seen when talking to her on the internet. For example, she was very irritable and very demanding. Maybe she felt the same about me, that I wasn't exactly what she was expecting, who knows. But even if you are brutally honest about the person you are, there is still the possibility of parts of your personality being hidden behind the computer screen, that only show themselves when you are with the other person face to face in the real world.
• Malaysia
22 May 09
Long distance relationship is not easy to maintain as it requires a lot of trust from both sides and how much trust do you have in each other.Besides that trust, there are usually betrayal going on behind the scene and it is the human nature to look for someone else when someone else is not around and you think your partner can live without you for so long?
@justmeh (188)
• Philippines
22 May 09
Yeah,and more often they end breaking up. Having this kind of relationship is indeed a big challenge for the both of you. It requires trust,responsibility,respect and of course the love for each other. You should have communication to maintain the stability of your relationship. If you're not doing this,then you will be like others who ended up a failure relationship.
• United States
22 May 09
I do have to agree to that. Internet dating is easier than actual dating. Also the internet can be very risky; there will be guys out there, or females, that aren't who they claim to be. You would have to be very careful on who you talk to online, some of them can be murders, rapists, kidnapers, etc. I trust the internet to a certain extent but when it comes to dating i'm a bit choosey. If I can't see the person, talk to the person, or even actually touch the person then it's not going to work out half the time. I don't understand how some companies such as eharmony can stay in buisness, you know there has to be someone on there that's not telling the total truth. I bet there's a lot of teens that go on sites like chatrooms and dating lines pretending to be over the age limit but when they meet up with the person that they've been talking to they get into a lot of trouble. Dating is a natural thing for humans, it should remain as such. Because of the technology that we have today there's nore risks and concequences to what you do. Some people are able to find someone on the internet and date on there, but how long will it really last? -Kaitlyn
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
22 May 09
Long distance relationships are hard. I had one and it was the hardest thing i tried but it was worth it. I fall in love ffast with him. Sure we didnt get to see each other in person, but we talked on Skype every night and spent hours talking and getting to know each other. There were weekends when I went to visit him and he came here. We met while he worked in the area and spent a few weeks together before he left. I think it can work if both parties are willing to work at it and put all the effort that is needed to make it succeed.
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
22 May 09
I agree it all has to do with your soulmate and if it is meant to be. I met my now fiance 8 years ago, we were both members of a chatroom for firefighters and emergency response personnel. We chatted as just friends back then, for a couple of years, even though at that time we both had feelings for one another we didn't express them. We fell out of touch for the past 4 years, and recently reconnected. This time we were upfront and honest about how we had felt back then and how we feel now, well one thing led to another and he proposed and I said yes, we're plannin a wedding for September. There was too many signs for us to ignore. At the moment I'm in Virginia and he is working in Wisconsin, but we'll both be back in Texas in the next couple of months,
@magrylouyu (1627)
• United States
22 May 09
My relationship started out as long distance. My husband and I met in my state when I was 14 and he was 17. He was at a private school in another state. Once I was 16 he finally graduated and I started taking a bus to his moms house as thats where he was staying for the time being, I took the bus about once a month. Then We started seeing each other on a regular basic like every week for 4 days a week. When I was 17 I moved in with him as I got pregnant and we had our own family. I am now 23 and we're married with 2 children together and another due any day now. Long distance relationships are extreamly hard but if you have faith and trust in your partner it will work out for the best. I know I wouldnt have wanted my teenage life any different.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
22 May 09
It is nice to meet someone and make friends on the internet. It is no better or worse than any other way of meeting. Eventually though in order to grow and be a real relationship I believe eventually you have to meet so you can touch and smell the person, and get jiggy with it. I have met several people on the internet that I consider my friends, however I do not believe they would miss me if I disappeared the same way as personal in person friends and family would.
• Philippines
22 May 09
both worked for me..but i'd rather have my love one near me always...
@vivianchen (2646)
• China
22 May 09
Dear Willy, At frist i thought you are talking about fall in love with a internet friend, and because of the long distance, it's hard to keep it. Then i found out, you mean having a real relationship and a internet relationship at the same time? Am i right? I might be wrong. But one thing i do agree is, after all those romantic stories, you still have to get back to your real life, so find someone who nearby, and be together!