Kristen Mitchell, Co-Editor-in-Chief
All relationships are different in their own way. There are friendships, acquaintances
and more serious ones.
As if serious relationships aren’t difficult enough by themselves some
people choose to make them more difficult by getting involved in long distance
relationships. Often people tell those who are in a long distance relationship
that it will never work, and some never even get involved for fear of being
hurt.
It doesn’t always turn out badly. The factors that make these relationships
work are many and varied but commitment would have to top the list. If two people
care deeply about each other distance won’t stand in the way. Sometimes
the time apart can make the time you spend together even more meaningful. I
think that it makes two people grow emotionally closer together because physical
aspects of the relationship are not at the forefront. It lends the opportunity
for the two people to talk and to actually get to know the real person inside
instead of basing the relationship on physical attraction.
In today’s modern world with e-mail and cheap long distance rates, keeping
in contact daily with a distant loved one is not only possible but highly practical
as well.
Long distance relationships can work if you’re willing to put the work into the relationship.
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