Sometimes couples find themselves living in different cities, states, or countries.
Navigating a long-distance relationship isn’t for everyone — it takes a lot of trust, patience, understanding, and most of all, a strong desire to make things work even when it feels impossible.
Here are some things everyone should consider before deciding to commit to a long distance relationship.
1. Your social life will likely suffer a little bit — but too much is bad. You should be prepared to occasionally sacrifice time out with your friends or doing activities in order to tend to your relationship, but attending to responsibilities and hobbies outside of the relationship is paramount.
2. Long-distance relationships are extremely expensive. Cost shouldn't deter you from pursuing love, but it can definitely be prohibitive.
3. Sometimes you’ll wonder if you’re making a big mistake. It’s important to make sure your heart is truly in the relationship as things progress. Once the honeymoon period is over, you may start to wonder if you can handle spending the next few years settling for phone calls, texts, and video chats rather than having real-life experiences.
4-Compromise is key in all relationships, but long-distance ones require it in spades. Every relationship requires a willingness to meet each other halfway, but this is especially true when you’re navigating a relationship from afar.
5-Being apart for major milestones can be a serious downer. There’s nothing worse than not being there to open Christmas presents face-to-face, or not being able to wake your partner up with breakfast in bed on their birthday, and that’s often the reality in a long-distance relationship.
Not everyone is game for a long distance relationship. There’s a lot of heartache involved.
But if it works out, it’s all worth it.
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