Do Long Term Relationships Work?

Long Term Relationships? Do they work?

To quote the great philosopher Chris Rock "Yeah, you can do it. You can drive a car with your feet if you want to, that don't make it a good idea."

Long term relationships (LTRs) generally work in one place: your mind. In reality, not so much. Really, you're just preventing the inevitable. If you're in LA and she's in NYC, do you really think it's going to work? Sure, you can travel to see each other, but at around $2-300 a pop, those trips are going to be few and far between.

At some point, someone in the relationship is going to feel lonely or neglected or just plain want to be with someone they can spend time with on a regular basis, you MR/MS LTR, are not that person.

This means someone will initiate the break up. You won't see it coming, it'll hurt like hell. Better to part when they move away, to save everyone involved some pain.

Not the answer you want to hear? Well, I wanted to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. But I am slow and white and horribly uncoordinated. I didn't want to hear that either, but that didn't mean it wasn't the truth.

Sometimes, the right thing to do and the easy thing to do are the same thing. Not in this case. Basically the right thing to do, from the long term perspective is just end it on a good note, as bittersweet as it may be and move on.

The easy thing to do is stick your head in the sand. And see if the situation magically gets better on its own. Try that one if you want and let me know how it works for you.