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People Share What It’s Really Like to Date Long Distance

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Long distance relationships have a way of making mental health issues a bit more intense, so be careful about that. Otherwise, it was good. It gave me an excuse to travel, and I’m pretty good at compartmentalizing, so when I was really busy, it was almost. . . ideal? I’ve had to end relationships that interfered with my studies..

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I had a nice LDR experience even though we didn’t make it. It wasnt anything to do with the distance. He just stopped putting in effort (calling, texting or making plans) which would have happened even if we were in the same city. That was just part of his personality. I got to travel a lot, we were able to explore different countries together and it was a great romantic chapter in my life. Would I do it again? Sure. Any negative experience I had while in the relationship was because of my partner and not necessarily the distance element itself.

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I dated a girl locally my senior year. Kept it going when I went to college the next year 3 hours away. Kept it going when she left for college the next year 6 hours away. Kept it going for a total of about 5 years confident that we were the exception to the long distance rule. Then she made out with some other guy, broke up with me for him, and insisted it was all my fault for not paying enough attention to her in spite of our nightly phone conversations.

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I used to live in Calif. Met a lady online who lived in new jersey.We talked for about 8 months.WE decide to meet,so i took a vaction and flew to jersey to meet her.Long story short,I never went back,we lived together for 5 yrs,broke up,now I live in Jersey raising a teenage daughter on my own.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.