| Long distance relationships are hard but they do not | | | | burden on the relationship. |
| necessarily have to be. But to understand how to | | | | Third, the quality of the conversations and arguments |
| deal with such a relationship, one has to highlight the | | | | will be lacking. One cannot expect to be able to |
| shortcomings of a long distance relationship as | | | | discuss issues and problems in a long distance |
| compared to a normal relationship. | | | | relationship as easily as they could in person. If |
| First, the physical presence of each other will not be | | | | someone is crying, you cannot comfort them. If |
| available in a long distance relationship. If either party | | | | someone is sharing something personal, you cannot |
| demands and desires a lot of physical attention, then | | | | look into their eyes, etc... |
| it will cause a burden on the relationship. In fact it | | | | Fourth, phone calls and SMS can become costly. Let's |
| may be too much to overcome. | | | | face it. Some of us are not the best at typing and/or |
| Second, there will be an issue of time. On a Saturday, | | | | expressing ourselves by writing. Phone calls can be |
| a normal couple could spend the entire day together. | | | | quite costly even with using phone cards, etc... But |
| From having brunch in the morning to an evening hike | | | | SMS is a good way to let each other know you are |
| to a nice dinner, etc. But in a long distance | | | | thinking about them for relatively cheap. |
| relationship, one has to keep him or herself distracted | | | | Sometimes that cute SMS that says "thinking of you" |
| much of the time with other things. If either party is | | | | and "miss you" can do wonders for a relationship. |
| longing for a long of attention then it, too, causes a | | | | |