Long Distance Relationships

This is a very challenging type of relationship. Why do I say challenging? Because only 20% of this type of relationship work-out.  This relationship is so hard to maintain because of two reasons; mistrust and inability to wait. I know you are thinking about one more reason which is “inability to see each other”, but I don’t think it’s a good reason because we can always find ways to see our partner.  Now going to mistrust, mistrust is not healthy in a relationship. This may cause false suspicions that could lead to misunderstanding that is very much the cause of fights in many relationships. Inability to wait is a big reason why this kind of relationship is hard to maintain. Sometimes your partner may need time to prepare and make plans to move or have a vacation in your city or country. Your partner may even have financial problems that would lengthen the time you have to wait. Then how do we avoid mistrust and “inability to wait”? Mistrust is easy to avoid we just have to trust our partners if we really love them since trust is the base of all relationships. “Inability to wait” is very hard to avoid since your partner may want to meet you on a certain date and time. In this situation talk to your partner and ask him/her to wait just a little longer. Who knows the next day you can get the chance to meet each other.

Now that we know about these things I think the next question you have in mind is “then how do we maintain our relationships?”  Well to maintain a long distant relationship you must make use of technology since technology offers a lot of stuff to make this kind of relationship work.

                Ways on how to make good use of technology:

1)      Cellphone are good to use since you can take them almost everywhere and you can talk or text your love one anytime you want.

2)      Using the internet. The internet offers so many stuff to help you maintain a long distant relationship like:

a.       Chatting with your love one once in a while

b.      Posting pictures about what’s happening in your life in a social site to make let your partner see what you’ve been up too

c.       Meeting each other’s peers or maybe even relatives

d.      Having a live chat with webcams and even speakers to make you feel even closer to the person you love.

But we must not rely on technology so much. We can do much better stuff that what technology has to offer. It’s better to send letter, gifts and even personalize stuff to your partner. The greatest thing we could offer to our partner is visiting them personally and spending time with them. When we are already spending time with them we should always make this moment special. We should take pictures and do things together. Before your partner leaves never forget to give each other a kiss and a hug this may take as long as you want to since you rarely do these stuff to each other.