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27 December 2009

How to Make the Long Distance Thing Work

Long distance relationship becomes more and more common all the time to invent the Internet. For the first time in history, people talk to each other from miles apart and romantic relationships are often developing countries among people who have never met, and they may not be able to meet in a while. The result is that more and more people need help to make their long distance relationship work.

To make your long distance relationship work the first thing that you both need to do is be honest. Be honest about what you are looking for or what you need from the relationship. You must also be honest about who you are. So many Internet-and long-term relationships start from a lie or half-truths. If you are really interested in getting the relationship work long term, you must be willing to be honest. Just put it all out there, and if it does not work because you were honest, you know that it was not meant to be anyway.

You have to develop good communication skills. Relationship is all about communication. If you can not talk to the person you're supposed to be in a relationship with you would be hard pressed to make it work. You must be willing to speak the way you feel and if you have a hard time with this, you must be able to write it down. When you have a long distance relationship, you will be relying on your communication skills because you will not have the benefit of working with body language.

Work your partner into your daily life. Create rituals by talking to each other at the same time each day. On the morning before the afternoon and evening bed, you can call to give updates on your day. This allows you to work a second into your life, if you're not there in the flesh. This will also ensure that you both are up to date with what is happening in each other's lives.

Be sure to make plans to see each other from time to time. Even if you can not see each other every few weeks or even every few months, set a date when you will get together in the flesh. This is important because you want something to look forward to, and this will help to move things forward. Knowing that you will meet personally and you want to spend time together in this way will help to keep things fresh and exciting when you otherwise bored of just talking on the phone, send letters and send emails.

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