I have been happily single for a long time and Although i have dated and met some great guys over here in the UK I really haven,t felt that real connection with anyone,
So i joined here too chat too some nice people and just meet new friends, but i haven,t allowed myself too connect too any of these lovely guys on here on a deeper level, as i always felt long distance relationships just didn,t work.
What do you all think can thay work?

Not to say they can't work but the failure rate is so high with them it's just not worth...not for me anyway. Do your part for the environment, date locally

I don't think you stand much of a chance of any of these cyber relationships being more than cyber chat friends.

real relationships need to grow from real contact in the real world.

If you spend too much time on the computer you are not giving your real life a big enough chance to provide that flesh and blood relationship you desire. O's and 1's into pixels just don't give you what you need.

Depends on the people involved. There's too many variables to make a blanket statement about whether it will work or not.

I've had some outstanding LDR's. But I also didn't have an OCEAN between them.

You are talking HARDCORE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG DISTANCE .. I don't think that's the same category as dating LD in the same hemisphere


IMHO.

kurt russell said once "never know till you try"...
try it and see...

from- big trouble in little china

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.............

From my perspective, i finally gave it a shot. It didn't work, and now I'm feeling a tad sad. woulda, coulda, shoulda. I couldn't pack it up and go (have *alot* of $ invested as a downpayment in my home and with the market just couldn't walk away from that) and he wouldn't (don't blame him) because he was in a great place- have been there but not at this time.
It depends. If you are willing to throw it all in and move for a relationship that is rocking your world, then go for it. I discovered I can't, and am not sure I would want someone to move in on me. (space issue). So you have to consider in the beginning what you're willing to exhange for love, make sure it's love tho and not infatuation.

Here is one weird fact about online dating sites. Go with me here on this one.

The general consensus about talking to someone over the net is that people do not know who they are talking to. It is so easy to lie to someone over the net. But then again, how many times have you heard someone say, "I met this person at the club, thought he/she was nice, they told me they did this for a living, and that they said this or that, and I came to find out it was all a lie"? Yeah. Net or no net, people can lie. Is it easier to do over the net? Of course it is.

But....But. When you begin to talk to someone and you both feel a "connection" to one another, then the net works wonders. You actually get to know a person without having actually having seen them. And, I have found that while you don't know everything about a person, with online dating you do learn alot. And, you also learn how to spot a faker.

Anyways, I am saying all of this to illustrate that LDR's can be successful. You take the time to get to know someone and you feel "connected" to that person, then who is to say that it can't work? Requires alot from each person, but don't most relationships require alot too? Just sayin.

and that's about all it does..so it's pretty much useless unless you enjoy the feeling of..ahhh what coulda, woulda, shoulda.

Long distance crushes are pointless

Not for me. I've tried it a few times, never again. My distance limit now is about six blocks, maybe eight if it's nice out.

Distance makes the lust grow stronger......

I'll say this. Once I am done with school, I will travel all over the country to get me some poon.....I mean love....LOVE! I want love damn it. Poon is just a by product!

Who said anything about a CRUSH.......come over for few days leave for a few weeks.......then you'll want him when he returns instead of wanting to boot him in the azz and out the door when he comes home.......SEE weeks gone = steady bangin til he leaves......everybody happy

LDR = pen pal

This is amazingly pretty hot.

Yeah..reduce your carbon footprint.

That's right...go green!

Spot on!