[snuggs]

So I am currently Sat in the Toronto Airport writing this message now...

I have just had to say Good-bye to my girlfriend

We met this time last year in Australia... I had been there 10 days... My plan was to stay there two years and do my whatever... I ended up leaving there after 8 months to be with her in Canada...

My time ( vistor visa ) here is now up... I am heading back to the UK...
my only comfort is I know I will see her again in a few months...

It sucks... anyone else doing long-distance or done it before?

[RICH]

Left hand. But sit on it for 5 mins first!

[cindyabs]

Originally Posted by snuggs So I am currently Sat in the Toronto Airport writing this message now... I have just had to say Good-bye to my girlfriend We met this time last year in Australia... I had been there 10 days... My plan was to stay there two years and do my whatever... I ended up leaving there after 8 months to be with her in Canada... My time ( vistor visa ) here is now up... I am heading back to the UK... my only comfort is I know I will see her again in a few months... It sucks... anyone else doing long-distance or done it before?

YUP, for 18 months before we were married AND 3 1/2 YEARS AFTER we were married.

[Lion in Winter]

Originally Posted by snuggs So I am currently Sat in the Toronto Airport writing this message now... I have just had to say Good-bye to my girlfriend We met this time last year in Australia... I had been there 10 days... My plan was to stay there two years and do my whatever... I ended up leaving there after 8 months to be with her in Canada... My time ( vistor visa ) here is now up... I am heading back to the UK... my only comfort is I know I will see her again in a few months... It sucks... anyone else doing long-distance or done it before?

It can be done. But it is a test, oh yes it is. Only the strong survive.

[mikelincs]

Originally Posted by Lion in Winter It can be done. But it is a test, oh yes it is. Only the strong survive.

I feel a song coming on.

[Call me AL]

'Cause no matter what you do,
Even pray to heaven above, ooh
All you'll ever get from her is
Long distance love'

Little Feat were shite weren't they.

[Macca67]

Originally Posted by Call me AL 'Cause no matter what you do, Even pray to heaven above, ooh All you'll ever get from her is Long distance love' Little Feat were shite weren't they. http://youtube.com/watch?v=d3rbGnwRALw

You're not wrong there, Al. However, to answer the OP's original question I've only ever thought long-distance love can ever work when the missus knows nothing about it.

I hope this answers his question.

[Call me AL]

Originally Posted by Macca67 You're not wrong there, Al. However, to answer the OP's original question I've only ever thought long-distance love can ever work when the missus knows nothing about it. I hope this answers his question.

Wise words Macca. I'm sure they've saved the OP from a relationship that could only have ended in a closed casket funeral.

[Macca67]

Originally Posted by Call me AL Wise words Macca. I'm sure they've saved the OP from a relationship that could only have ended in a closed casket funeral.

Sage advice indeed, Al. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" was said often by my old nan, "You couldn't get any bananas during the war" was another but the point is will the young man heed the pearls we have laid before him or has Cupid's bow been drawn too tight?

Like Penelope waiting, Abelard & Heloise, Romeo & Juliet, Ken & Deirdre, this romance has all the makings of a classic though I fear it will end in tears - and not just those of me and thee.

I think we've said all that needs to be said on this issue.

[mikelincs]

apart from this, maybe..

[cindyabs]

Originally Posted by Macca67 Sage advice indeed, Al. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" was said often by my old nan, "You couldn't get any bananas during the war" was another but the point is will the young man heed the pearls we have laid before him or has Cupid's bow been drawn too tight? Like Penelope waiting, Abelard & Heloise, Romeo & Juliet, Ken & Deirdre, this romance has all the makings of a classic though I fear it will end in tears - and not just those of me and thee. I think we've said all that needs to be said on this issue.

As long as there are hearts and hormones, Cupid's bow will get a workout, whilst we romp in the Garden of Delight.

[Macca67]

Originally Posted by cindyabs As long as there are hearts and hormones, Cupid's bow will get a workout, whilst we romp in the Garden of Delight.

You solemnly promised you'd never breathe a word about those romps, Cind.

............and if memory serves correctly it was the New China Palace not the Garden of Delight.

[cindyabs]

Originally Posted by Macca67 You solemnly promised you'd never breathe a word about those romps, Cind. ............and if memory serves correctly it was the New China Palace not the Garden of Delight.

Whoopsie, that was the New China Palace? Then who was it.......er......never mind......

[DaveLovesDee]

Originally Posted by snuggs anyone else doing long-distance or done it before?

Yes we have.

For 2 years before I moved to Canada, where we were together for 4 1/2 yrs before I had to move back to the UK for family reasons. We've been apart for almost 15 months since then, but will be together again next week when she comes here.

I got the International Favourites add-on on my O2 phone so we could call each other, and we also keep in touch through Facebook (playing scrabble online helps us have fun together) and message each other via Skype.

Also, e-card sites, sending real cards and packages through snail mail also help.

I'm not going to say it's easy, but if you schedule regular calling times with each other and remember the time difference, it makes it less hard. The hard parts are usually when a hug is the best response but you can't as she's too far away.

[rooroo89]

I did it for a year. It was tough but it accelerated our growth as a couple, what we wanted from life, and our commitment to each other. That year was the first year of our relationship, we had only spent two weeks together in person.

I let a lot of things slide cause I didn't want to cause arguments that with such a distance could push us apart. We had to do a kind of crash course on our "issues" when we finally lived in the same country and it was hard but definitely worth it.

Doing as many trips as possible and keeping your eyes on the prize is key. Its a struggle, but if its worth it then the struggle will be soon forgotten when the distance is over.