NOPE

no. i dont.

I don't really know what I believe anymore.
I can't find a decent guy in my area but I've found several sweet guys online.
So maybe, I dont know.
I'd like too though!

Settling down or any kind of commitment is serious..you have to be closer in location for that. You really find out about a person once you live with them..

I believe it can work..just depends on the two people involved.

We all have our boundaries and preferences. I say NOPE


Do you

Nope! Been there, done that. Courted online, spoke on the phone, had a vows ceremony and everything. It didn't work. Just can't get to know someone the way you need to that way. IMHO

they can only work if there is trust and understanding between both involved , while my job allows me to live anywhere I like , I am gone a lot so I can speak with a bit of experience on this matter . It does take a lot of give and take but definately workable .

I believe in it. But, they guy I am in love w/who lives 600 miles away does not. So that's a bummer.

I think it is workable, but will take a lot of work, trust, patience, and the realization that someone will have to relocate if the realationship is going to work. It will take a long time to get to "really" know the person online and over the phone. Yes, people can misrepresent themselves online but they can in real life too. I think you need to go slow and be cautious and very careful and take a lot of time. I don't think you can ever say you "love" the person until you have met face to face and spent time together, until then they are just a voice on the phone and computer monitor, basically a fantasy.

So, yes, I think it is do-able, but with a lot of work on both sides, and will take honesty on both parts, respect and trust. Takes the same thing if it were not long distance, just would find out faster if you could spend more time with a person in real life. My opinion anyway.

I would have to say it works. LAMom's post is really what it is all about. Trust, and communication, communication, communication. It can get to be a little expensive with the phone calls, but a strong relationship can be developed on-line, and over the phone. I lived in Boston, and met a girl in Long Beach, and we developed a relationship on-line and over the phone. My job allowed me to be flexible, and her job was one where she could do it anywhere. We met face to face in Dec of 2001 right after Xmas - (I flew to California) and returned to Boston mid-January. Flew back out in Feb of 2002 and we got married. We just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. We decided to live out here on the east coast - because my Mom is alone now. We are heading back to California in Sept for her Dad & stepmom's 25th wedding vow renewal. So - though I know tere are plenty of stories about it not working, it can work if you do it right, are honest to each other, and discover that you can't live without each other - so it might as well be with.

Yeah Eljay, LAMom's Post is what it's ALL about!
It's a post that should go down in History on this site

(((( Sluggo )))))) Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh just wait till i get my hands on you,,,


Eljay: Yes as I stated once before,, not so long ago,,, Communication has alot to do with it,,, As do many other factors. As those who know me know that for me the long distant relationship did not work out, yet I would not discourage anyone from following there hearts to find the one who can fill there Soul with love, passion, kindness,, There is really no distance on love,,,

LAMom's Post that goes down in Imfamy
"There is really no distance on love" ....Hell, sometimes the further away they are the better it is

NOPE

ahhhhhhh come on Bored, if you truly felt that you have found the one that completes you, and you have taken the time to start with a friendship, learn about each other, and learn how to communicate via online, and the phone, that you would step back, just because he was a long distance away.

and yes I believe in long distance love, its a matter of respect, committment, trust, and caring........plus I would relocate for the right one...

I've tried several times myself and for it's always ended badly.

I hope you prove me wrong. I love hearing successful love stories. :)

I know it can work if there is honesty and communication as has been mentioned on here before. I also think in a way it can be a better way to start a relationship as you can really get to know someone without the physical/sexual part overriding powers of reason when there are obvious problems. Congrats to all of you who have made it work!!

I thought i did until last night