Long distance relationships most always fail? True or not true?

"Long distance relationships most always fail? True or not true?"​

It depends on the couple and how deep their commitment is to one another, as well as how much time they have to spend apart. Do they get to see each other on a regular basis or not? Will they always be apart, or will it come to an end, and when? If they are not truly committed to one another and spend too much time apart, the heart may grow fonder... for someone else.
 

@Bella At our age, how many of us have "someone else" waiting in the wings?

My octagenarian neighbor reconnected with a friend from her youth. They live 1000 miles apart, and neither wants to move away from their families, etc. They visit each other for a month here, a month there, with months off in between. Sometimes they travel together.

They are happy to have each other.
 
NorthernLight said:
@Bella At our age, how many of us have "someone else" waiting in the wings?

My octagenarian neighbor reconnected with a friend from her youth. They live 1000 miles apart, and neither wants to move away from their families, etc. They visit each other for a month here, a month there, with months off in between. Sometimes they travel together.

They are happy to have each other.
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There are no potential partners waiting in the wings at this age, and we'd be lucky to find someone to have any kind of relationship with, long distance or otherwise. The octogenarians are happy and content with their arrangement, so a long distance relationship with periods of time together works for them!
 
Yes, they can work if both people want it to, if only one wants it to, well then chances aren't as good.
My long distance relationship years ago worked well mutually for both of us, he passed away though
due to illness.
 
Distance kept them apart, love kept them together.
More close proximity relationships fail, I'd say, than long distance ones ever are begun.

And even if most do fail, most doesn't mean all. I don't buy lottery tickets but I do fall
in love every time I get the chance to do so. You can't win it unless you're in it. ♥️ ;)
 
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LadyEmeraude said:
@ OldFeller Those years ago for me and he, it was phone calls and spending a weekend at one
another's place, that included flying once a month. We wrote letters, that was great,
but the internet was not one of our communications, we did not even have one, this
was back in the 80's. :)
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LadyEmeraude said:
What do you think?
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How can you believe what you are being told by your long distance cohort? Even if the person isn't a conniving liar, most people really don't know themselves, so their bio info as to their character can be mostly delusional as to what they think they are.

How many times have you known some individual or other who thought they were a "nice" person, but you dang well knew differently. How many people have you known that think they are smart but are pretty much ignorant and dumb. That is what one has to deal with when reading a self description coming from a total stranger on the web.
 
I think it depends on the couple. If you are both committed to your relationship it can. Making an effort to be together in person as much as possible would help. Often people have immigrated here and left their spouse back home until they can get a job and place to live before sending for them.
 
Found this advice today:


Not as awful as a lot of the senior dating advice videos.
 

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