Reevaluation

[kingandy]

I've never been a believer in the long-distance relationship. I mean, I know they exist, and I'm sure that people get a lot out of them, but personally I've never seen the appeal. Commuting across the country, shuffling your life so you can snatch a few scant moments with your honey, then driving home again. Somehow this is referred to as "going out with". It seems to me an exercise in futility, and one which will inevitably end badly, with one party or the other on the short end of the commute, or simply growing apart. The Sims, after all, teach us that relationships need to be constantly reinforced by social contact.

That said, today I find myself driven to distraction by an unreasoningly strong urge to reevaluate my position on the matter.

Damn his eyes

Comments

[renniek.livejournal.com]

The disadvantages are obvious, so I won't list them.

There are some advantages too. Travelling up or down the length of the country to visit someone means you actually do stuff. Nobody drives for 5 hours to sit around watching TV, so when Karl was living in Dartford and I drove down for a weekend we'd go out and visit places, we'd have picnics, we'd meet up with friends, we'd find out about what cool stuff was nearby. Similarly, nobody drives or sits on a train for hours to bicker pointlessly - the effort involves in some ways makes you really appreciate the time you have together and make the most of it (similar to the theory that people take free things for granted and appreciate things they have to pay for, I suppose).

I've seen it work too many times for too many different people to retain much cynicism on this particular issue.