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- Organization: Arizona State University
- Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 1992 20:40:26 MST
- From: Lisa Mae <AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92323.204026AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
- Subject: Re: Hello, world ...
- References: <1992Nov13.031218.24106@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- <1992Nov16.131635.8930@ac.dal.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov16.131635.8930@ac.dal.ca>, sinister@ac.dal.ca says:
- >
- >(Tauther) writes:
- >> [Tauther wanders up and warms himself at the fire momentarily. He looks
- >> into the flames for a moment, then looks around at the crowd 'round
- >> the fireplace.]
- >> Hello ... I've been lurking here for, oh, say a week. :-) I just thought
- >> I'd introduce myself, and ask a question to the crowd ...
- >> [He bows.]
- >> I'm Tauther ... and my question is this:
- >> What is the 'group opionion', so to speak, of a LDR?
- >> Suggestions about it?
- >> Warnings?
- >> Any comments at all would be appreciated.
- >> [He smiles slightly, and sits quietly to the side, awaiting any answers ...]
-
- On the most part I have to agree with all the others that have posted "it's
- tough." Sometimes you wonder, why should I stick with him/her when I could
- find someone closer. You find that you spend more money on phone calls than
- food. And your emotions are put on a roller coaster ride every time you
- visit each other or think about each other. Sometimes you wonder if it is
- worth it. It helps if there is an end in sight (like one person is moving
- to the other persons town.) But, otherwise your lives are just too separated
- that you can't feel the connection that you need to. You have your life,
- they have theirs (this works for some people.) Even though you can pick up
- the phone and call them, you still feel "alone".
- I was involved in an LDR for a year. For 6 months, I could take it. But,
- starting at that time the relationship just seemed to start dissolving no
- matter what we did. It was a feeling of being together, but not "being
- together." That's kind of hard to explain, until you feel it yourself.
-
- I wouldn't say, don't have a LDR. But, I would warn you that there is
- a lot of emotional pain involved (unless as someone else stated, you could
- fly to each other all the time.) But, it came down to 3 weeks being too
- long for me, in the end. It doesn't seem like a long time, but trust me
- it is. (Don't tell me, I have it bad don't I?) *sigh*
- *hug*
- Lisa
-