Hi all . I don't often make posts, but I've been curious about you guys/gals and what you all think of long-distance relationships (hereafter dubbed "LDRs"). I know on GTF a fair few of the members were in an LDR, sometimes even with someone they'd met on the forums.

So, help sate my curiosity! What do you think of LDRs? Would you do one? Have you ever tried one? If you have before/are right now, how did you make a relationship survive at a distance? How long did it last/how long has it lasted? I want thoughts, opinions, and experiences about LDRs -- GO!
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Hi Carter, would you be ready to move after a while? Quote

Long distance relationships are like masturbation
You don't have to look your best but it never fully satisfies!
Might work for a few weeks but after it gets old and boring...
One of the two parties must make a move to be together or else...
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Hi Carter,

Even normal relationships are hard to build and its difficult to find a partner who's loyal, trustworthy, good looking, with a good personality, etc

LDR makes it even harder.

I think it depends where you and your partner live, what kind of friends and job both have, how social you are, etc. In some cases it might be very difficult to find a local partner if you live in a small village with just a few gay people wondering around. Also for people living in big cities its difficult to find somebody if all you do is work work work and not having time for meeting people.

But, as Thomas said above, after a while you have to get to a common ground and build a real relationship. LDR are just the beginning for what should later become a real relationship.

This means I don't consider LDR as an alternative to real relationships, just a temporary state that shouldn't be going on for too long, and shouldn't benefit of all the perks a real relationship is.

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