Long distance relationships have never bothered me too much because I'm more of an emotional person than physical.

I was with a girl from England, I live in Eastern Canada. She was four years older than me. I'm not certain if we were really official, though, but when I moved there we were going to be. It lasted two years, we knew each other for three. The reason we parted was because we both got too busy with life and really stopped contacting each other as often as we used to, so it was best just to end it. We still talk every now and then, though. She was like a best friend to me so it sucked when we lost contact, we used to talk every day.

I just found this thread, never knew there was one for LDR! Im in one as well, 2 years and 4 months :) We actually met on tinychat when I was 17 and he fought so hard for me to like him and even when I said I didnt, he kept trying knowing I did have feelings for him. Thats what I liked most. He kept trying and didnt give up so I thought, maybe I could try this out. He's from England and Im from PA so its 4416 miles. People say long distance doesnt work...it only doesnt work for the ones who arent committed enough to one another. Its hard, but its going to work and I just know it. I do prefer an LDR in some sense, I bet other people as well. Your relationship is completely based upon feelings and there is no physical side so you know they aren't using you. In my opinion, a relationship based nearly on emotions will go very far, especially when you beat the distance and have that sense of accomplishment "I did it, I beat the distance, we can overcome anything".
We were going to meet last month and I traveled alll the way to England and worked so hard for my money (while being a full time student) & I was access denied by customs IN England...thought it was gonna break us but nope. Hes got a new job and were trying again but this time hes coming here (Hopefully in December!!) ^^ Gonna have his very first Philly Cheesesteak haha.

Hes honestly saved my life so many times and to that, I owe him my love. So...yeah ^^

My only relationship has been always kind of an LDR one. At first we lived only 27km away from each other, but neither of us had a car so we were able to meet only a few times a month for a few hours at a time. Not and actual LDR, but it felt like it back then because all my friends that were in a relationship saw their boy- or girlfriend almost every day.

This fall I moved to another city that's 130km away from him and now we see each other about twice a month. It's not so bad because we get to spend two days together, but our different wordls are the thing that tries to tear our relationship apart. He's only a year older, but he already has a profession and he has completed his military service. He's been working fulltime for a few years now and what am I doing? I started last fall at a university and it's going to take me 5 to 7 years to graduate. My student life contains lots of partying and studying, he has his job and two farms to take care of. We broke up 3 times during our 4 year relationship, once now when I study at a university. Now we're back together again because we just can't imagine life without each other even if we try. I hope this is going to work out and we are doing everything we can to keep this from falling apart, but I'm afraid that I can't take yet another breakup.

I had a long-distance relationship once. It sucked. And it sucked BECAUSE we were so far away (also her parents were conservative as hell, that played a part, too). I mean, if you can work out being away from your significant other 24/7, sure, whatever floats your boat. But never again, for me. I know now that I'm a very physical person: if I can't cuddle you, I can't date you.

I'm sort of in a LDR? We don't consider ourselves "dating" even though we have been on dates and we even refer to one another as significant others/soulmates. I don't really think the label matters anyway. I met her online in October of 2011 and we became fast friends, but then in January of 2012 I started developing feelings for her (whoops). I ended up telling her the next month and she admitted to having feelings for me, so fast forward to July of that year where she came over to my house and stayed for two months. Oh, and I live in the US and she's from the Netherlands, so it's a fairly long distance. Then last year I made the trip over to her house and I intend to do it again this year! Really awful plane trips are totally worth it to see her. I've got a lot of anxiety and mental health issues, but being with her is really soothing to me and yeah I honestly don't mind having to wait most of a year to hang out with her for 1 or 2 months. I talk to her every day and webcam with her occasionally so yeah, I miss her but I know I've got it better than some who never even get to meet the person they have a foreign country LDR with