Long distance versus short distance relationships
What is the difference between these two relationships? Short distance relationships are right there in your face all the time. You don’t have to call them to talk to them or see them, they can be there in just a few minutes walking, driving or biking. The man or woman does not have to travel far to see you all the time.
They may have to go a couple of miles, but not that long. The man and woman can date and have fun together by going bowling or to the movies. With all this for the short distance relationship, there are also flaws. The man or woman can still cheat on their boyfriend or girlfriend right under their noses and they will find out much sooner than with a long distance relationship. They can still make you cry and hurt you just like a long distance relationship can and sometimes does.
In many relationships it’s hard to deal with loving someone so much that it hurts or makes you want to cry. Most people ask themselves questions before starting a relationship. You might be wondering if this is the right person to be with right now. Will I be happy with this man or this woman? Can I afford to be happy with them? Will I get hurt? Will I hurt them if I enter this relationship? The same applies in a long distance relationship only with a greater distance.
Long distance relationships are more difficult to maintain, it takes the willpower of both people to maintain them. It takes determination, hard work, and a lot of love between the two of you to make your long-separated relationship work so well. Working on a long distance relationship requires a lot of willpower and a lot of love. You still ask yourself all the questions you do with close-distance relationships, but you also ask yourself more than just those basic questions.
Questions like: Can you wait for me if you really love me? Can they love me from so far away? How will it work if we are so far apart? Those are just a few questions that go through a person’s mind when he thinks about having a long distance relationship. Yes, both types are difficult relationships to maintain, but there are also the facts that the shorter the distance, the easier it really is because with short distances, the less they can see each other when they want to.
They don’t have to wait hours and hours to see each other or drive a long distance to get to each other. Long-distance relationships take more work to keep them going. They use the phone on the internet and text messages on the phones back and forth just to keep the relationship in touch with each other. The most important thing about a long distance relationship is that people must trust each other not to cheat or hurt each other while they are not face to face. So there is an advantage to both relationships, both can succeed and the disadvantage is that both can fail, you never know.