True, and hopefully this also makes the distance less challenging? (Hello video chatting!). We’d love to know how others in LDRs use technology to help them stay in touch. IMing? Skyping?

I’ve been in a LDR for almost two years now. My boyfriend and I live a 2-hour car ride from each other. While I would rather us live closer now, I’m glad that there was distance in the beginning. We had both split with our ex’s only 6-9 months before we met. We met through mutual friends (not as a set up, but at a function), and talked on the phone more than anything for a couple of months.

We had our first date about a month after we met. Due to the distance and our baggage, we really didn’t expect that our friendship would lead to anything, despite our attraction to each other. But we enjoyed each other’s company, and it was nice to have someone who could relate. It was only a matter of months before I was in love — like it or not.

In the beginning, the distance worked in our favor, in my opinion. It forced us to take it slow and allowed us to work through our post-divorce bologna, giving us time to be ourselves, by ourselves. And over time, it has instilled a real appreciation for the time we spend together.

I still don’t care for the drive. I leased a car about a week before I met him. Needless to say, I’m WAY over my miles. And I could get a lot of blogging done during the 4 – 12 hours I spend in the car each month.

It’s also a pain that when we have other plans or obligations in our respective hometowns, it means we can’t see each other at all. In non-LDRs, if you have other plans on Saturday night, you can still have lunch on Saturday afternoon.

But more importantly, almost two years in, I just miss him all week long and want to be together – always.

I am typing this comment from his home, where he, Braden and I are spending Valentine’s Day weekend together — doing nothing special but enjoying each other’s company.
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We won’t spend Valentine’s Day together this year, but that’s not a big deal to us. Aside: If anyone is looking for a clever VD gift, last year I gave him custom M&M’s with a picture of me stamped on them.
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We spent quite a long time doing only weekends, lot of IMs, phone calls and texts. I think it really worked for us as it gave us a lot of time getting used to each other without being “on top of” each other – and definitely gave my daughter a good adjustment period.
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I certainly wouldn’t have chosen an LDR – especially after being in one previous to that with a soldier stationed in Iraq for 15 months. This one is different, however. Rascal makes daily (many times a day!) efforts to stay connected to me and I do the same. We both have exes to consider in our home towns. We both have careers. We’ve talked about being together more but at the moment, this is working for us. When we see each other, it feels so magical and yet there is a depth of understanding about who the other person is. We talk so much that we just inherently know each other. I love it. It is a struggle at times but as long as we continue to connect, it seems to be working for us.

We will be unable to be together on Valentines Day but I did give him a little gift this weekend. I will also be seeing him next weekend for our own private celebration.

Thanks for covering this topic. Thankfully, because of the wonders of technology, LDR’s are probably more common now than ever.
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We’ve been a couple for just over three years and married for almost 3years and I don’t miss the LDR days at all.
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