Topic: Doin' the Long Distance Thing......advice anyone?

ironhorseredleg · September 27th, 2005

I was in a long-distance relationship for the last six months of my active duty enlistment. 16 years later I'm in my 15th year of marriage with that lady. To be honest, I've felt farther away from my wife the last couple of years than I did during that 6 month period. Our secret was to be overly communicative, at least one card every week (that was before email), and a phone call every week or so.

I don't mean talk, talk, talk. I mean really sharing thoughts, ideas, dreams. Set goals just like you would if you two were seeing each other all the time. Don't allow your relationship to live off memories: share new experiences with each other. Heck, people develop relationships all the time these days over the Internet. Email and chat rooms can help a lot.

Good luck!

September 27th, 2005
ironhorseredleg Centurion	I was in a long-distance relationship for the last six months of my active duty enlistment. 16 years later I'm in my 15th year of marriage with that lady. To be honest, I've felt farther away from my wife the last couple of years than I did during that 6 month period. Our secret was to be overly communicative, at least one card every week (that was before email), and a phone call every week or so. I don't mean talk, talk, talk. I mean really sharing thoughts, ideas, dreams. Set goals just like you would if you two were seeing each other all the time. Don't allow your relationship to live off memories: share new experiences with each other. Heck, people develop relationships all the time these days over the Internet. Email and chat rooms can help a lot. Good luck! __________________ -------- If you're going through hell . . . keep going.