What advice have you for me about what makes a long distance relationship last?

Anything you have, especially previous experience, would be appreciated, thank you.What advice have you for me about what makes a long distance relationship last?
Keep in touch daily. If large phone bills are a concern, send e-mail, letters, cards and even faxes.


Plan reunions to keep both of you pleased about the relationship. If your partner needs closeness, set up plans to meet often. Having a date to look forward to can help you through the rough times.


Reaffirm your love and commitment to one another. Try not to assume that the relationship is thriving. Listen to your partner's concerns and communicate your own before they become bigger problems.


Keep your partner informed about your life. You may live separately, but sharing information about your activities and friends is still important.


Trust in one another. Suspicion will only break the relationship down.


Keep the relationship a high priority. Avoid canceling reunions or putting off a phone call.


Focus on the future. Make plans to live in the same city eventually.What advice have you for me about what makes a long distance relationship last?
It is as simple as moderation. You will both be eager to tell your stories and hear the others. Imperfections that would cause frustrations are not exchanged or accumulated. This always a test that a couple should take after they have really gotten to know each other. If you can maintain a long distance relationship, with only love and no intimacy, after knowing all of the other person's short comings, then maybe this is the person for you. I have a friend that lives a few hundred miles away, we barely ever talk to one another but I love he so much that I litterray can feel her. I know when her moods change, when she is in pain, or when something bad is happening to anyone around her. If you know there is more to this world than what we see, distance means nothing.
Constant, steady and regular communication by all source such as letters, emails, telephones that shares not just events and information but also inner states of being as it is at a given moment would help nurture it.Getting a personal meet now and then, jealously working for it, would boost the relationship or even cement it firm.
Me and my fiancee lived in different countries for over a year. We communicated every day through the internet. We both use gtalk and went online when we woke up. We chatted every chance we got but even when we could not chat because we were busy it was soothing to see the ';green dot'; next to each other's name, it meant that he was there and if I talked to him I would get an instant reaction, it felt like he was very close even though there were thousands of miles between us :) it was mostly psycological.


We spoke over the phone 1-2 times a week, we would have talked more if it was cheaper this is why I'm soo glad we were born during the age of the Internet. :)





He would come to visit me every month or I would go and visit him and when that happened we always arranged something special for each other and had a great time.


It wasn't easy, there were times that I missed him a lot and he missed me but we knew that the being apart was temporary until the conditions met for us to be together, and that gave us strength and patience. Mainly we had to decide which of us would quit their job, house and life as we knew it and move to the other person's country. Eventually he did.





Now we are living together and are doing fine, we are very close and in love. :)


My message to you is that, if the other person is the One, it won't matter if you see him everyday or every month, the bond you have will defy the distance of miles. If it doesn't work out, I don't think it would work out even if you lived in the same building.


All my best x
make sure you talk to them on the phone everyday. you also have to be more loving and caring than you normally would be so that your partner wont have and doubt that you are looking elsewhere. and you guys neeeeed to be completely honest with eachother.
keep talking with them on regular basis by email by text by phone open your heart to them they will know that you are sincere, compassionate and kind.