Long distance relationships

Long distance relationships can work.

How do I know? I’ve lived it!

On Sunday morning, J asked me if I wanted to go out to lunch with him. I’m on help desk duty at SexyAds.com on weekends so I hesitated for a few minutes before saying yes. I hate to leave even for an hour when I’m on the job, but something in his request told me I should go.

I’m really glad I did. FIFTEEN YEARS ago to the day that I answered his personal ad on the net. I can’t believe it’s been that long because I still find him really sexy and I love him to bits. What happened to the old belief that the passion dwindles but the love increases? It hasn’t happened to us and we’re not very unique, so that tells me that it IS possible to have love AND passion even after 15 years.

I met J when I lived in a little community east of Orlando, Florida. He was in Australia. It took us nearly 3 years to decide that we wanted to live on the same continent but not because we didn’t care for each other. It was a huge leap for me to leave my family and friends and move to a place where I didn’t know the customs and a lot of words are different and the lifestyle is different too.

Any regrets? Absolutely not. I still miss my family and new grandchildren have come into the world without Granny there, so there are sacrifices in any relationship where one person has to move to be with the other.

If you’ve been wary about pursuing a long distance relationship, take my advice. It’s much better to have the right person than a close person.