Well i don't know where to start. Just wondering do long distance relationships work?

Recently I've found myself become really attached to my best friend who i met online. We've been friends online for the past maybe 4 years so it's not some random guy I just chatted to. In the past few months I've completely fallen for him. We just always get on so well together and when he was having relationship problems recently and was looking for advice for me, it totally frustrated me and thats when i think i realised my feeling towards him had changed to being somethingmore.

So now we're both single for the first time at the same time and it seems he's realised his feelings towards me are much stronger than he thought also. We'll spend hours on the phone or on skype or chatting online The phone sex is amazing, everything with him just feels so right except hes on the other side of the world some five thousand miles away. He'll text message me during the day just to see how my day is going and he'll instantly know by my reply whether i'm having a good or bad day and know exactly what to say to make me feel better. I've never felt like this about any guy before so i'm just so confused.

It probably sounds so crazy or makes me sound so crazy but i can't help the way i feel. I just don't know what to do. I feel he's my soulmate and would love to have some cuddles and see where things would go. I'm 29 hes 21