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

[gowhonker.livejournal.com]

I am King of the long distance relaionship. I dated Michelle twice long distance wise and it didn't work then because of the distance and our age....saying that we had so much time to get to know each other without the 'pressures' of a relationship, and became the best of friends over the years. The upshot of which is that eventually I couldn't see a future without her and we got together for the final time in January 2005.

There was a lot of discussion regarding moving as it is such a big commitment to make, and for us, like with Paul and Anne, you kind of get the feel pretty soon of whether or not it's worth pursuing. Like Paul also says you can't think of it in terms of a commute...Michelle and I looked forward to the weekends together, and hated the travelling, over 3 hours on the train and £52 quid out of pocket each time....no wonder I never came out...I was too skint. It's great fun to be able to do 'romantic' things whilst you're apart too, and makes it more interesting...phone sex for example....(Michelle will kill me if she ses this), and in fact can be quite a positive thing for this very reason 'absence makes the heart grow fonder...' and all that.

It's nice to see people in love....

[kingandy]

I wouldn't say love yet, I've only known him three days and haven't actually met.

But damn.

[kingandy]

I will post links to his internet presence at some point. That seems to be the best way not to accidentally reveal anything that was told in confidence.