Online Relationships

My friend's gf lives in Japan. She's rich, so they manage to see each other sometimes, but even then, it's not turning out well. A shame, mostly because they really did love each other it seemed but now... Myself I couldn't stand a long distance relationship. Not because of trust issues, but because we would have never seen each other anyways, so I decided it was better to let go of each other.

Online relationships are horrible to be in, but if both sides are willing to trust and endure. Then when it finally turns into a offline relationship, definitely is worth it. But god damn long distance is hell, especially the more you want to be with them. Also I'd say cheating or not really knowing the person; can still happen even in offline relationships, happens.

Online relationships are tough to handle but if both parties can bare out the storm its really worth it in the end. I am saying this from a personal experience

@atomiccrazyfrog I guess when you've got the goal of turning it into an offline one, it's just a matter of patience and trust. But what do you do when you already know there's no possibility of you meeting up in person for whatever reason. To be clearer, I think there's a difference between online and long distance relationships.

they are okay as long as you are in meeting distance.. in my own experience they just won't work out in the long run otherwise..

My suggestion is start up as friends with them... Then, maybe like a year in, if you still like them, you can trust them a whole lot more and you have some kind of basis for good communication to work with now too. I've had two serious long distance relationships, one lasting a year and the other lasting two years (she actually moved multiple states over to live with me, the second year) and they were both honest and faithful. Unfortunately, they didn't work out for other reasons...

Reading the comments on this post... I'm surprised so many people struggle with it! I have major trust issues (I'm basically a paranoid hikikomori) and I've seemed to make both of my long distance relationships work very well. I guess if one is willing to put in the effort and is passionate then it's not as hard. Don't get me wrong, you miss the person a lot and it can be a struggle sometimes, but if both parties are into it enough, it can go real swell.