Els Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 A FB post I happened to scroll through, and thought it might help some of you guys who are going through this. Long Distance Relationship aren’t always ideal. In fact, they’re really tough. You spend countless of hours just talking through a phone or through a screen. You can’t see the person when you want to or when you most need them.. You can’t hug, you can’t hold hands, you can’t kiss. You lose the intimacy in a physical sense. But then, Your relationship becomes based on each other and nothing else. You learn to communicate,because a long-distance relationship without communication is nothing. You learn to trust, because you can’t always see or know everything the person is doing. You learn to sacrifice, because someone’s always going to lose a bit of sleep from the time difference. And lastly, you learn to appreciate. So often, we take for granted the people and relationships in our lives because we think they’ll always be there. But When you only have a limited amount of time with a person, you learn to appreciate and cherish every single moment you have with them. When you finally see that person after weeks or months of seeing them only through a computer screen, It is one of the greatest feelings in the world. When you’ve waited for something so long and you finally have it, you cherish it. The key to a long-distance relationship is faith. If both of you are not willing to give up, If both of you are willing to stand up and still try after every time one of you or both of you fall. “Distance isn’t for the fearful, it’s for the bold ". It’s for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for the little time with the one they love. It’s for knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough.” 12
LittleTiger Posted March 26, 2013 Posted March 26, 2013 Just returned home from 5 wonderful weeks together :love: .........and we're both feeling a little lost now we're apart ...... thank you Elswyth for posting this. 2
Author Els Posted March 27, 2013 Author Posted March 27, 2013 Glad you guys liked it. I know it would have helped me a lot when I was LD.
Author Els Posted March 27, 2013 Author Posted March 27, 2013 Just returned home from 5 wonderful weeks together :love: So happy for you, LT! Edit: Oops, just read that you 'returned', so I'm guessing you went to NZ. How did you find it??? We're having an awesome autumn here at the moment, feels like summer still.
AdamUK Posted March 27, 2013 Posted March 27, 2013 Much respect, and a little jealousy, for those of you strong enough to make these work. I'm too much of a coward to have made mine work, but it's nice to read the positives and there are people better than myself who can do it.
Author Els Posted March 27, 2013 Author Posted March 27, 2013 Much respect, and a little jealousy, for those of you strong enough to make these work. I'm too much of a coward to have made mine work, but it's nice to read the positives and there are people better than myself who can do it. Eh, don't fault yourself. Some folks/relationships just aren't cut out for LDRs. Nothing wrong with that.
LittleTiger Posted March 27, 2013 Posted March 27, 2013 So happy for you, LT! Edit: Oops, just read that you 'returned', so I'm guessing you went to NZ. How did you find it??? We're having an awesome autumn here at the moment, feels like summer still. Thanks Elswyth He's working in Oz now and we didn't make it to NZ this time unfortunately. Apparently you guys were suffering from a long term drought, whilst we were scorching hot in Queensland, but practically 'swimming' everywhere we went! We're not complaining though....sunshine, rain or snow, we're just grateful to be together for long chunks of time.....and we're already planning his next trip here for July and August! :love: 3
Chris516 Posted March 27, 2013 Posted March 27, 2013 Excellent!! Words worth re-reading again, and again! 1
Author Els Posted March 27, 2013 Author Posted March 27, 2013 Thanks Elswyth He's working in Oz now and we didn't make it to NZ this time unfortunately. Apparently you guys were suffering from a long term drought, whilst we were scorching hot in Queensland, but practically 'swimming' everywhere we went! I confess that I actually liked the drought, because I'm not a farmer. It was great for us to have gorgeous sunny days most weekends to go and have fun outdoors (as opposed to last summer, when it was soaking wet...). A little selfish of me, I know! We're not complaining though....sunshine, rain or snow, we're just grateful to be together for long chunks of time.....and we're already planning his next trip here for July and August! :love: Oh, I know - nothing beats the elation of a LDR visit. It's the one and only one thing that I miss from LDRs.
Author Els Posted April 9, 2013 Author Posted April 9, 2013 Lovin_a_scrapper!!! I just saw you 'like' my thread! C'mere, you... How have you been??? Any updates for us? I miss you!
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