I was curious to here people's thoughts about long distance relationships and who should travel to whom first. What are the struggles you may have faced in the past or could possibly see a couple facing in a long distance relationship. When does it become to difficult to maintain the relationship?

alot of trust & communication,..

The sad part of a long distance relationship is that one doesn't know what the other may be doing until they meet. The yearning to be together can be so overwhelming that it can cloud the judgement.

Unless one or the other is willing to make an eventual move, it's rather pointless. The whole point to a relationship is being together - at least eventually. It is a hard road to travel, but it can work.... but it takes commitment to regular contact and trust on both parts... and most of all, honesty.

I would travel to the ends of the earth for my soulmate and love of my life... but I am apprehensive to trust someone so far away because I've been lied to so much both up close, and far away. It's a tough call, but it's worth exploring... just don't have unrealistic expectations and tread carefully... it's thin ice!!

i don't think i'm really willing to travel much anymore to meet someone.... i travelled 500 miles to live with someone, and it didn't work, and i'm about to move back home... i'm not willing to uproot my life like that anymore...

maybe like 2 hours max...

it becomes difficult to maintain the LDR when you start thinking too much about what the other person is doing when you can't get a hold of them...

There's not much future in them, unless one of the parties have shallow roots, and that's before there's any emotional entanglement. Mine are getting deeper. I'm pretty much limiting my scope to an hour drive, which basically means pursuing other goals.

50-100 miles.

To infinity and beyond!

Seriously. I can't do LDR's at the moment.

your not to far

pointless perhaps to your version of what a relationship should be.

doesn't mean that it's pointless to everybody.

the way i figure it, even if the relationship that i'm currently in doesn't last, that doesn't mean that it's a failure. if anything, it's enriched my life - and my personal being. that is a success, no matter which way you cut it.

a ldr is pretty hard to do unless u have absolute trust in one another...if u dont then u r setting yourself up to be driven krazy..u will be asking yourself if that chick who talked to him is flirting or did she just ask him out or is he telling me the truth???its not easy but it is doable if u trust

i will travel anywhere in the world when i find "the right one" the problem is how do you tell when it is "the right one" with that said,i would like to find someone who lives in the same apartment complex as i do...be seeing you

I had that guy from the West Coast really trick me though and I'm not keen on them is all. Plus I got a kid in elementary school, I'm not mobile.

I've already traveled over 1,000 miles to meet people. Distance is, indeed, a factor, but it just matters how dilligently the two are willing to make it work. It MUST be a combined effort. If you want it bad enough, you do what it takes.

Philosophically,
when it comes to true love,
distance shouldn't be a factor.

Amour sans frontières.

I believe this to be true although the distance proved to be too difficult for my last relationship. I think that if you find the person you love distance because a mute issue. I pose another question: Believing that true love exist, regardless if with one person or a few, would we be naive to limit our opportunities of love to one little corner of the world and fate or god is truly that kind?

Another question is what should the dating etiquette be for individuals in a long distance relationship or LDR?

I am just experiencing this right now.........I have been with my bf for a year and he has moved to the south to be with his kids..........we have decided to move in together but I have to finish school so we are separated for the next 6months.........its only has been 2 weeks and its miserable..........so I am going to go see him Feb so that we dont both fall apart........we are each others best friends and he means the world to me but its hard when you dont have the one you love by your side.....................we will see how we old up...................

I won't do LDR's, my state only.

Long Island only. Preferably Suffolk county.

Mine would be Norfolk county in Mass, I use to live in Suffolk county in Mass( Boston) Much nicer in the burbs

Its funny all these people have these stipulations and yet they wonder why they are single and on the WORLDWIDE WEB............