Long distance relationships have a reputation for being unreasonably hard and not working out. According to a 2014 study by Statistic Brain, 40 percent of long distance relationships end in a breakup. 70 percent of those breakups occur when couples are unable to navigate unexpected and unplanned changes in their relationship. While a…
A long distance relationship isn’t like IKEA furniture, where you can just take it out of the box and read the instruction manual. Oh, how much easier they would be if we COULD do that! Think about it! If you were fighting about money? Just visit page 10. If you needed help with…
Long distance relationships have a bad wrap, mostly because lots of them don’t succeed. There’s even a statistic that says that 50% of LDR couples break up after closing the distance. That’s so not good. So what gives? Maybe it’s the way we think about long distance relationship in general that is to…
Chances are, if you’re here, you woke up today missing someone. Maybe you woke up yesterday missing them and tomorrow you’ll wake up missing them too. Being in an LDR there will be times when you get lonely. (Really lonely.) Unfortunately when you’re in a long distance relationship, missing someone is just something…
I’ve been in a long distance relationship for 7 years and I can tell you one serious truth about long distance relationships: When you’re still going through it they are awful and almost not worth it. Yep, I said it. Like most couples who have closed the distance, I can say that being…
Dear Mind Over Miles, I’ve been with my significant other for almost a decade. A couple years ago he was offered a new job with a much higher salary he accepted. This job moved him very far away from me though. At the beginning everything was fine but now I’m starting to feel…
Dear Mind Over Miles, My boyfriend and I have been in an LDR for about a year. We still haven’t met in person. We are making plans to meet soon though. We met online and didn’t really intend to become an LDR couple, but it just kind of happened and we fell in…
We all have our own doubts and fears when it comes to anything in life, especially when it comes to love or dating. You might have had bad experiences before or have witnessed relationships around you failing one by one. Being in love is scary even if it is one of the greatest…
Long distance relationship or not, every couple fights and every couple has disagreements. Unfortunately, sometimes those disagreements aren’t so quickly resolved. How annoying is it when you and your partner fight and it seems never ending? You know you’re not the wrong one, but your partner insists they’re the one who’s in the…
Dear Mind Over Miles, I’m so confused. My boyfriend recently asked me for a “break” and I don’t know what to think. We’ve been together for almost two years. He always comes to my location to visit me and I have never gone to see him. The last time that he came to…
