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Met how: In person, in my country.

Met when: April 2012

Official since: September 2012

Exclusive since: September 2012

Apart since: have always been apart

Distance: As of this moment, 2000+ miles, or was it kilometres?

Time difference: 2 hours

First Visit: September 2012

Last visit: December 2012

Next Visit: April 2013

Visits total: 2

Visits M->F: -

Visits F->M: -

Common trips: 2

Total time spent locally: a week

Approximate travel costs per trip: $1500

Age F: 25

Age M: 34

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: North Borneo

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Guam (for now)

Cultural Background F: Chinese, local ethnic.

Cultural Background M: Western

Mother tongue F: Malay

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English (he's learning my language now!)

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: In a relationship

ETA Going local: <2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Met how: Online, Facebook

Met when: March 2012

Official since: October 2012

Exclusive since: October 2012

Apart since: always

Distance: 10k miles

Time difference: 12.5 hours

First Visit: November 2012

Visits total: 1

Visits M->F: 0 (will be 1 in may)

Visits F->M: 1

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: 2 weeks

Approximate travel costs per trip: $2000ish

Age F: 23

Age M: 22

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Chicago

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Mumbai

Cultural Background F: American

Cultural Background M: Indian

Mother tongue F: English

Mother tongue M: Hindi

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: _ Engaged | _ Married

ETA Going local: 2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: we plan to be together forever :)

*fingers crossed*

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Met how: At Work

Met when: Dec. 2003

Official since: First time, March 2004 - Second time - Jan. 2011

Exclusive since: Jan. 2013

Apart since: Jan. 2011

Distance: 307 miles

Time difference: NONE (for now!)

First Visit: April 2011

Visits total: 5

Visits M->F: 1

Visits F->M: 4

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: 1 week

Approximate travel costs per trip: US 500

Age F: 28 again :-)

Age M: 29

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: North America - USA - North Carolina

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: North America - USA- GA

Cultural Background F: Black, from New Jersey, Liberal

Cultural Background M: Black, from Virginia, Liberal

Mother tongue F: English

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing (If your RS ended, which year and month?)

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: too many months to count (He's in the Army, this is the closest we have been in awhile!)

Civil status: both divorced

ETA Going local: 8 months

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 1 - 1- 1- 1

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Update:

 

Met how: Online

Met when: June 2011

Official since: September 2012

Exclusive since: September 2012

Apart since: June 2011

Distance: 2750 km

Time difference: 1 hour

First Visit: September 2012

Visits total: 5

Visits M->F: 4

Visits F->M: 1

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: 7 weeks

Approximate travel costs per trip: EUR 800

Age F: 20

Age M: 27

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Near East | - | - | -

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Europe | - | - | -

Cultural Background F: Western, liberal

Cultural Background M: Western, liberal

Mother tongue F: -

Mother tongue M: German

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: _ Engaged | _ Married

ETA Going local: >2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3

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Met how: online

Met when: november 2012

Official since: december 2012

Exclusive since: december 2012

Apart since: november 2012

Distance: 25 374km

Time difference: 14 hours

First Visit: none yet

Visits M->F: 0

Visits F->M: 0

Common trips: 0

Approximate travel costs per trip: $2200CAD

Age F: 15

Age M: 17

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

State (F): Ontario (canada)

Country (M): Australia

Cultural Background F: canadian, irsh, scottish

Cultural Background M: russian, australian, new zealand

Mother tongue F: English

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

number of break ups: 0

ETA Going local: 9 months

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Met how: Online

Met when: September 2009

Official since: not yet

Exclusive since: October 2010

Apart since: always

Distance: 9402 km

Time difference: 6 hrs (March~October)/ 7hrs (October~March)

First Visit: -

Visits total: 0

Visits M->F: 0

Visits F->M: 0

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: -

Approximate travel costs per trip: 0

Age F: 25

Age M: 33

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Europe | Poland | - | -

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: SE Asia | Philippines | - | -

Cultural Background F: Western, conservative

Cultural Background M: Asian, conservative

Mother tongue F: Polish

Mother tongue M: Tagalog/Chinese Mandarin/Hokkien

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: in a rlship

ETA Going local: < 2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 1 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99

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Met how: Locally at university

Met when: May 2012

Official since: May/June 2012

Exclusive since: May/June 2012

Apart since: September 2012

Distance: 11.355 km/7056 miles

Time difference: 5 hours

First Visit: Christmas 2012

Visits total: 2

Visits M->F: 1

Visits F->M: 1

Common trips: 1

Total time spent locally: altogether about 5 months

Approximate travel costs per trip: EUR 1200

Age F: 25

Age M: 22

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Latin America, for the time being

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Europe

Cultural Background F: Western, liberal

Cultural Background M: Western, liberal

Mother tongue F: German/English

Mother tongue M: German

Main language used for communication: German

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: Single

ETA Going local: Europe <3 months, same country ~15 months, same city <2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Met how: Through work

Met when: June 2011

Official since: January 2013

Exclusive since: Not exclusive

Apart since: April 2013

Distance: 2287.37 km

Time difference: 2 hours

First Visit: May 2013

Visits total: 1

Visits M->F: 1

Visits F->M: 0

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: 1 week

Approximate travel costs per trip: AUD$1200

Age F: 23

Age M: 28

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: New Zealand | Auckland

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Australia | Brisbane

Cultural Background F: Western, liberal

Cultural Background M: Western, liberal

Mother tongue F: English

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: single

ETA Going local: Unknown

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Oh, how I love to throw in an observation that messes up somebody's data!

 

Met how: Postal address passed (with permission) by mutual friend.

Met when: April 1973

Official since: Ummm, what is "official"?

Exclusive since: September 1973

Apart since: April 1973 - August 1974

Distance: Initially ~1100 km (~ 700 mi); Sept 1973 - Aug 1974: ~ 300 km (~ 200 mi)

Time difference: same

First Visit: August 1973

Visits total: Too many to count

Visits M->F: Dozens

Visits F->M: ~ 10

Common trips: ~ 5

Total time spent locally: Est 10 weeks, Aug 1973 - Aug 1974

Approximate travel costs per trip: $US 20 - 200

Age F: 22 (At start)

Age M: 22 (At start)

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 3 (Now adult)

Apr 1973 - Sept 1973:

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: N Amer | US | NY | -

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: N Amer | US | MI | -

Sept 1973 - Aug 1974:

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: N Amer | US | MI | -

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: N Amer | US | IN | -

Cultural Background F: U.S. Midwest, conservative

Cultural Background M: U.S. Midwest, conservative

Mother tongue F: English

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing (If your RS ended, which year and month?)

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: VERY Married (Aug 1974)

ETA Going local: Aug 1974 - Present

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 0.9999 | 0.999 | 0.995 | 0.98 (Est based on mortality) (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Met how: Online

Met when: ~ June 2010

Official since: September 2010

Exclusive since: September 2010

Apart since: we've always lived in different locations

Distance: 850 miles

Time difference: 1 hour

First Visit: September 2010

Visits total: 23

Last visit: 23 - 28 May 2013

Visits M->F: 8

Visits F->M: 14

Common trips: 1

Total time spent locally: so far we've spent 154 days in person (15.32%)

Approximate travel costs per trip: EUR 170 (plane ticket + public transport)

Age F: 30

Age M: 31

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Central Europe

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: United Kingdom

Cultural Background F: White, agnostic, liberal

Cultural Background M: Black, agnostic, liberal

Mother tongue F: One of the Slavic languages

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: in a relationship

ETA Going local: within the next 2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Met how: Online

Met when: July 2011

Official since: September 2012

Exclusive since: September 2012

Apart since: we've always lived in different locations

Distance: 2750 km

Time difference: 1 hour

First Visit: September 2012

Visits total: 5

Last visit: April 2013

Visits M->F: 4

Visits F->M: 1

Common trips: 1

Total time spent locally: 7 weeks

Approximate travel costs per trip: ~800 EUR

Age F: 20

Age M: 27

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Middle East

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Europe

Cultural Background F: White, western, agnostic, liberal

Cultural Background M: White, western agnostic, liberal

Mother tongue F:

Mother tongue M: German

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: No RS

Number of breaks / break ups: 1

Total break time: 0

Civil status: celibate

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Bump - for those who like to post

 

(I've been notified by other posters that it wasn't possible to post here anymore)

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Met how: Online

Met when: May 2014

Official since: Not yet

Exclusive since: June 2014

Apart since: Never met

Distance: 14252km/8856 mile

Time difference: 14 Hours

First Visit: 2015

Visits total: 0

Visits M->F: 0

Visits F->M: 0

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: -

Approximate travel costs per trip: $1,500 & above

Age F: 22

Age M: 24

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Asia

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: America

Cultural Background F: Asian

Cultural Background M: Western

Mother tongue F: Chinese Mandarin/Hokkien/few other asian languages

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: -

Civil status: In a relationship

ETA Going local: Hopefully 1-2 years

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 1 | 1 | 1 | 1

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Met how: Online

Met when: Fall 2011

Official since: August 2012

Exclusive since: August 2012

Apart since: We never were in the same country

Distance: 600 km with a sea separating us

Time difference: 1 hour

First Visit: August 2012

Visits total: 9

Visits M->F: 4

Visits F->M: 5

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: 1 week

Approximate travel costs per trip: EUR 250

Age F: 44

Age M: 46

Number of kids F from other RS:2

Number of kids M from other RS: 3

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: The Netherlands | - | - | -

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: UK | - | - | -

Cultural Background F: Western, liberal

Cultural Background M: Western, liberal

Mother tongue F: Dutch

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing (If your RS ended, which year and month?)

Number of breaks / break ups: 2

Total break time: Never more than a day :p

Civil status: _ planning to get married but have to know when we will be together first

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Met how: Online

Met when: 2008

Official since: January 2011

Exclusive since: January 2011

Apart since: 2008

Distance: 2,647

Time difference: 1 hour

First Visit: May 2012

Visits total: 5

Visits M->F: 2

Visits F->M: 3

Common trips: 0

Total time spent locally: 9 weeks

Approximate travel costs per trip: (round trip flight only) CAN $700

Age F: 21

Age M: 23

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 0

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: North America - Canada - Alberta

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: North America - USA - California

Cultural Background F:

Cultural Background M:

Mother tongue F: English

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: n/a

Civil status: _ Engaged | _ Married| N/a

ETA Going local: ???????????? (Not too far in the future hopefully but no solid or liquid plans yet)

Poster's perceived probability of RS being intact in 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 years: 1 | 0.99 | ? | ? (1 being guaranteed, 0 being impossible)

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Ok, I'll update mine too. :)

 

Met how: Online

Met when: January 2013

Official since: December 2013

Exclusive since: December 2013

Apart since: November 2015 :'(

Distance: 2,5 hr flight

Time difference: 1hr

First Visit: December 2015

Visits total: 11

Visits M->F: 9

Visits F->M: 2

Common trips: 2

Total time spent locally: ?? :)

Approximate travel costs per trip: round trip flight from £100 to £300

Age F: 27

Age M: 30

Number of kids F from other RS: 0

Number of kids M from other RS: 1

Number of kids from this RS: 0

Continent | Country | Province/State | City F: Estern Europe - Poland - Cracow/Warsaw

Continent | Country | Province/State | City M: Continental Europe - UK - London

Cultural Background F: White, Roman Catholic

Cultural Background M: Black British, Christian

Mother tongue F: Polish

Mother tongue M: English

Main language used for communication: English

RS status: Ongoing

Number of breaks / break ups: 0

Total break time: 0

Civil status: in a relationship

ETA Going local: End of December/Beginning of January '17 - 99% :)

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