Six Harsh Facts About Long Distance Relationship

School, work or some other factors may make a couple to be separated, but such long distance relationships are often snared by certain factors. If you must insist on a long distance relationship, here are some harsh facts you will have to face.

Loneliness hits harder

Though modern communication allows you to call  your partner when you miss them, however,  as long as your partner is not physically present with you, the experience is not always the same.

You feel like you are in a relationship with your phone or your laptop, instead of an actual human being.

Lack of intimacy

Intimacy is enhanced by physical bodily and eye-to-eye contact which are absolutely lacking in your long-distance relationship.

The feeling you get when you share a hug with your spouse or when you see them walking toward you in daylight with a smile on his/her face cannot be achieved over a phone call or video call.

LDR is more expensive to maintain

Long-distance relationships are not cheap as you might have thought before. Asides from spending on dates, every other expense practically remains there.

Obviously, you need consistent internet and data for telecommunications. And even, the cost of regular travel, flight tickets, and logistics can be overwhelmingly high, depending on your distance apart.

High risk of infidelity

There is always temptation to physically connect with another person who can give you a hug immediately, put their arms around you, snuggle with you on the couch or have sex with you. 

This  is one strong reason why infidelity is many times more likely in a long-distance relationship than a regular one.

Break up more likely

According to Wikipedia, about 40% of couples in long-distance relationships end up in a breakup. It was shown that problems begin to arise at about 4 to 5 months into the long-distance relationship.

Most of these issues are the result of the combination of loss of intimacy, infidelity, and lack of effective communication.

Lack of trust likely        

Observers believe that those in long distance relationships with regular face-to-face contact were significantly more certain about their relationship than those without face-to-face contact.

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