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Old Mar 07, 2012, 06:10 PM
Kani-Nelekona Kani-Nelekona is offline
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I've been in a "very" long distance relationship for 10 years...

I'm here in the US (Los Angeles area) and she's in (Manila) the Philippines...

Anybody else in a very long distance relationship with someone there? If you are a Filipina (female) in the Philippines, or here in the US it would be a plus. Also if you a guy here in the US in a relationship with a Filipina there that would be a plus too...

I know I'm not alone, and would like to connect with someone who is for email friendship, and mutual emotional support...

I hope this is the right place for me to post this - if not, Moderator please move it to the proper Forum please...

Kani


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Old Mar 08, 2012, 02:07 PM
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Hello Kani

I, too, am in a long distance relationship with my ex-bf who's in the Philippines. I know it's hard to have this kind of situation but stay strong.
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Old Mar 08, 2012, 02:26 PM
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I have a potential long distance relationship on the horizon.

My bf was accepted into graduate school on the other side of the country. The area is not very good for my field, but he was offered a scholarship for for the first two years. He'll need to be there for 5 years.

I don't want to go there and be miserable, but I don't want to stand in his way of opportunity either. I don't think either of us will be able to afford to travel back and forth, and he will be extremely busy with school. I'm sad Don't know what to do or if I can take the distance, and I don't think he is willing to stay here for me, not that he should. In my heart I want to ask that he does, but I can't be that selfish.

I don't know how the two of you do it but bravo to you. Stay stong!
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Old Mar 19, 2012, 07:14 PM
Kani-Nelekona Kani-Nelekona is offline
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Hello Kani

I, too, am in a long distance relationship with my ex-bf who's in the Philippines. I know it's hard to have this kind of situation but stay strong.
I have nobody around me that understands what being in this kind (very long distance) relationship is like - it's something you have to experience to know what it's like. You have good days - and those are the kind of days I like to have. And you'll have bad days, and you'll have really ugly days where the day sucks from the time you get up intil the time you go to bed at night. I've had all 3 in a weeks time...

Be that as it is, I endure, and try to make the best of each day regardless if it's bad or ugly...

I use to think I'd been there and done it all in relationships and marriage, but nothing could've prepared me for what I've been thru in the last 10 years...

Hang in there...
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Old Mar 19, 2012, 07:20 PM
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I have a potential long distance relationship on the horizon.

My bf was accepted into graduate school on the other side of the country. The area is not very good for my field, but he was offered a scholarship for for the first two years. He'll need to be there for 5 years.

I don't want to go there and be miserable, but I don't want to stand in his way of opportunity either. I don't think either of us will be able to afford to travel back and forth, and he will be extremely busy with school. I'm sad Don't know what to do or if I can take the distance, and I don't think he is willing to stay here for me, not that he should. In my heart I want to ask that he does, but I can't be that selfish.

I don't know how the two of you do it but bravo to you. Stay stong!
Very long distance relationships are tough to maintain, and they're a lot more challenging than others. Mine has taken me places both emotionally and spiritually that I've never been before - it was humbling to say the least. I use to think I'd been there and done it all when it came to relationships and marriage - so it's definitely been an awakening. And it's also been a time of growth and change for me, as well as discovery...

If you believe in the relationship you have, hang in there!
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