Online Love

What is your idea of a relationship? Let me guess. It's something that has got to do with 10% laughter, 25% hugs, 30% kisses and 35% intimacy. I am most likely right, or aren't I?

Many of us believe that love exists although in the back of our minds, we doubt it. When can you say you're in love then? That real "cannot live without yhe other" thing and not just the really liking a person sort? I think try long distance relationship advice. They may not be specifically patterned around your relationship, but you get the idea.

Online love can be as real as the short distance ones. The only difference being the distance, which shouldn't matter really, if you're so sure you both feel the same way. Rules have some exceptions. So can love. It may even be you.

Distance Is Not Forever

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Distance Is Not Forever

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In some (or most instances), we easily get tired of waiting. We are quick to dismiss anything that involves waiting around, like waiting for a page load for instance. We have all gotten used to being in a very fast-paced world wherein we seem to think that we cannot live without the help of machinery.

Just as we crave for everything fast and instant, relationships have come and gone as quickly as well. Although staying in a relationship for a long time is never put in league with those that lasted quickly (say a few months to a few hours only), they have one thing in common - patience. In the case of those relationships which ended up quickly, there was obviously a lack of patience. While if the relationship lasted a long time, there is an exact amount of patience involved.

Long distance relationships need as much patience as those regular relationships (e.g. those who live within a 10 mile radius). Upon doing so, this will help in maintaining the relationship for a longer period of time. If couples are afraid that their relationship be jeopardized by the distance, they should always keep in mind this piece of advice - that the distance is not forever, they are.

If you listen carefully to the lyrics of the song, it actually is saying the same piece of advice over and over. Sure, long distance relationships may prove to bedifficult but people can always conquer that if they will it. Now stop being a cry baby and man up to it. Face the music and sing with it.

Girls, Labels and Long Distance Relationships

In a world where there is a manifestation of global crisis, there are many people who engage in long distance relationships not only because most of us employ the use of the internet but also because there is a need for the distance to be present. It may be a growing "trend" nowadays but I know that not many people are open to such a relationship.

We cannot blame these people for being skeptics because they may have some concerns as to maintaining the said relationship. Like for example, one of the most common concern of most people would be the assurance that their partner would not go looking for someone else. Or, how do they prove themselves to be faithful if there is always that gaping distance looking them in the face and telling them to survive the emotional torture?

If there's a will, there's a way. Now that's a famous saying that's going to be applicable to those willing to undergo long term long distance relationships. Girls, in general, understand the complexities of a long distance relationship. But then again, we can't say the same for all of the girls. If a girl is in a long distance relationship and if she truly does love the guy, she is going to look for ways to be with the dude. However, the guys should never take this thing for granted.

Sometimes, guys forget that effort is needed for girls to feel assured that they are loved. For instance, when a guy asks the girl (who are both in a long distance relationship) what their actual status is and she answers I don't know, don't just stand there and accept that. Labels are important to girls when it comes to relationships because this serves as their assurance as to how willing the guy is to be with them. From a girl's point of view, I would advice the guysto at least make a decision for the girl. Saying "I don't know" doesn't mean that she really has no clue. It's just girl talk for saying "You know what I want. What do YOU want?"

Girls may seem complex because we tend to be so cryptic when it comes to sending signals to guys. But in all reality, we're easy to understand. If we spend time talking with you for days and days, there is a big possibility that we like you. If we don't like you, it's also going to be obvious. If you like a girl whom you know likes you back, go for it.

Regrets and the Distance

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Regrets and the Distance

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Sometimes we don't expect things to turn out the way we want it to be. Sometimes, these unexpected things turn out to be the things that we really wanted to avoid. Take for instance in relationships, we do not want them to end, right? Especially if the relationship has just blossomed. With all the sweetness and joy it brings about, we do not want them to change any sooner. But somehow things end up as abruptly as it started.

In the video above, it talks about how he was replaced by the girl he was dating during that period when she asked them to lie low for a while. If we take the situation and apply it on long distance relationships, this would fall along the lines of staying faithful to your partner.

If you are away from each other and you end up missing your significant other, learn to control this feeling and not throw your emotions to a person who happens to come along. Looking for an "alternative" or a substitute is never going to make things right. Instead, let it go. Practice the virtue of patience and wait until you get to see your partner yet again. If you can't wait, why not visit them instead? There are plenty of ways to keep your relationship - just don't do anything stupid and ruin it.

The phrase "that should be me" is a sign of regret. You don't want what happened to Justin Bieber to happen to you, or do you?

 

Falling in Love With Them Again and Again

So I was told that voicing out that you are falling in love with them again and again is thought to be some kind of a joke. But is it? Maybe it is to some people who are not truly committed to the person they are seeing as of now, but to those who are serious with their relationships, it would be called sweet.

What do you truly like about your partner? Do you like how their eyes twinkle when they smile and look at you? Do you like the way they blush when you do something unexpected for them? Do you feel butterflies in your stomach every time you catch them stealing a glance your way? It's those cute things that make you fall over and over again. But how do you experience these things if you are at a distance from your loved one?

They say being in a long distance relationship is just the same as having a relationship with your computer or your cellphone. They have a point though, because instead of the actual spending time with your partner, you are spending time with your computer literally. But it doesn't mean that even with the distance, you can't fall for your partner repeatedly as those couples who are in short distance relationships. You may fall over and over again through the simple things that your partner does. Maybe they give you surprises through digital media, like a video of them singing to you your favorite song. Or maybe, a photo montage of them flashing "I Love You" messages on your Facebook wall. It could basically be anything they do that makes you be on cloud nine. No one ever said that if there is distance, the couple in the long distance relationship cannot be as sweet as honey, right?

Remember that the distance does not mean anything if you do not see this as a hindrance. The relationship will be the same except that you guys do not see each other frequently. A friendly piece of advice, make sure that your partner will feel assured about your love for them. It makes the whole "falling in love with them again and again" much sweeter. If I were in the place of someone in a long distance relationship whose partner makethat much of an effort, I will obviously fall all over again.

Don't take the special things for granted because these are those that count a lot. If you have to say "I love you" again and again, then do it. Love all you can!