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My husband and I have been long distance a few times over paths years. He had a year in industry after we had been together for about a year. We survived with lots of phone calls and we visited once month. Luckily it was in a beautiful area of the country so we had lots of day trips and romantic walks. I then had 6 months abroad and that was hell as Internet was crap so we only had about fortnightly contact. He then went off to do a PhD, we gave up in the end and I moved to live with him!

I met Dh through a friend on girls weekend away to his home city. He offered to show us around. Had a great night with him. Something clicked and we spent the year travelling between two cities 150 miles apart. This was pre FaceTime and Skype so we just talked for hours in between visits. We got married 2 years later. I moved to be with him and 2 ds's and 15 years later it's all worked out well.

I had an 18 month long distance relationship with my oh. It was a 340 mile journey which we did once a month to see each other but the rest was chatting on the phone. It was a good way to get to know each other and when we moved back to where I lived we moved in together and have now been married 8 years with 3 kids!

I met an amazing man on holiday, he walked into a bar and I just said to a friend "i'm going to marry that man" I was sober, she was shocked as I was as I'd always been anti marriage as my parents had a particularly messy divorce.

We chatted, spent a few nights out together and with friends over the course of the holiday.

He was an Essex boy, I was from Kent but neither of us drove so it was a good few hours to meet up, eventually we moved in together and did marry. We were together for 10 yrs.

After my husband lost someone close it became all too real that life is short. He had always dreamed of being in the armed forces and so I supported him to apply and thankfully he got in :) we then spent the next 18 months apart whilst he went through various forms of training and settling at his first base before I joined him. Two children, two tours of duty and two moves later we couldn't be happier and it certainly made us stronger :)

My 18 year marriage is the result of a long distance relationship - Brixton in London, to a remote corner of Scotland. We had to plan weekends and holidays with care, enlist the help of friends and, ultimately, decide to marry or not bother. In fact, it made it exciting and was manageable, even with just a telephone (no texting or fancy apps). Luckily, as a teacher, I had longer holidays and his self-employment, at least initially, helped. But, it was tough. We were together - apart for 2 years. Oddly, the last 48 hours were the hardest. We had been married 6 months by then but driving to finally be together permanently seemed to take forever and I abandoned a gathering half way through (a friend's birthday) because I couldn't wait a few more hours. Now, oddly, we both live and work together and are rarely apart - perhaps because it was how we got together - apart.

I met my Dh in a chat room on yahoo Shows you how long ago that was. It wasnt even a dating chatroom. I lived in the USA he lived in England. We chatted on and off for a couple of years before we admitted feelings. We met when he flew out for a long weekend and had a long distance thing for a year before he got a visa and flew out to marry me we have been wed for 13 years now.

This was the days before skype, we used instant messenger in either yahoo or msn. Whichever one we could get the webcam and microphone working in.

My DH & I met at university, got together in our final term after which I went to Japan & he went on to further study in the north west of England.

We sort of limped through that year (Dh visited me once, it was a bit of a disaster tbh). We wrote to each other (pre Internet) but he got slower to reply and as I flew back into Heathrow he flew out to Ireland. So bit of a lack of effort really on his part.

I then moved to the North East for some postgrad study & we started to see each other most weeks again. But tbh a lot of the spark had gone & I finished it. (I was a bit cross with myself for coming home from Japan).

DH went travelling for a year. We both had other relationships. When he came home we eventually got around to meeting up (after 6 months) & found the spark still there. Soon after I moved to London & into a flat with him & we were engaged/married soon after.

I think the Internet must make long term long distance relationships a lot easier as you can maintain regular contact.

Met a guy from California many years ago in a bar. The days of no mobiles, no internet etc. We kept in touch via fax (!) then email, then Skype- as technology moved, so did our platform for comms:) I'm so excited he is bringing his family over to meet me and the DC this summer!

My best friend from when I was 16 lives in Texas. We tracked each other down! And now we drink wine on Skype and have the most fun. Haven't seen her for many years in person and probably never will. She lives on a ranch in the middle of nowhere and neither of us have any money.

I met a chap at a ball, he was posted overseas and wrote all the time. I still have his letters. I've googled him and he is quite senior now. I often wonder if I should give him the letters because they are all about his life in the army ( not romance) and his family might like them.

I was living in London & in one of those 'gotta sort out my life' phases. Started doing Internet dating at the same time as job applications. I went for a blind date with a guy, set up by a mutual friend & we hit it off - then the following morning I heard I'd got a job abroad. Cue a slightly awkward conversation, 'thanks for a wonderful evening but I'm now leaving the country...'

So we had a long distance relationship for a year, which was actually the best thing that could have happened to us. It was exciting, lots of fun exploring & anticipation. & frankly he was a complete bachelor & needed the space at first. I don't think we would have worked out if I'd stayed in London. As it was, I moved back after a year & ended up marrying him

I met DH on holiday, fell in love and then didn't see him for 6 months as work schedules and money didn't allow it. He was on the other side of the world but we spoke every day. Most people thought we were daft at the time but 15 years and 3 children later I think it has all paid off.

They can work if you put the effort in and take it in turns to travel the distance. My husbands in the Navy and we had a long distance relationship for 3 years before moving in together. Try not to put too much pressure on yourselves to have the best time when you meet up. The excitement builds up to the weekend/when u meet and if things don't go perfectly can lead to disappointment. Better to try and go with the flow and relax when u meet. If you like one another enough it will work. My husband still goes away regularly, I think it helps keep our relationship alive!