Intimacy in a Long Distance Relationship

Let’s face it – the need for intimacy (and we mean physical intimacy) is one of the leading reasons behind many people’s entry into love relationships. Many of us consider physical intimacy a basic need – and there are stories, real stories, of people who actually experience physical pain in various parts of the body when they are unable to get opportunity for physical intimacy. Of course this is an extreme case – but generally, it is an undeniable fact that physical intimacy is one of the reasons people get into relationships, and even going back to the basic sciences and religion, it would seem that that is indeed the way nature intended it to be.
Unfortunately, the need for physical intimacy is one of the first and biggest casualties of a long distance relationship. The need for physical intimacy – unlike the need for emotional intimacy for instance, is one that cannot be adequately fulfilled over the phone or email or whichever channel a couple in a long distance relationship uses to keep their fire of their love burning.
And although many people hide behind various smokescreens, the truth of the matter is that the real reason behind the failure of many long distance relationships rotates around unfulfilled needs for physical intimacy.
The key to successfully tackling the issue of intimacy in a long distance relationship lies in a change in the partner’s perception – where partners are advised to give up the perverted view that sex is the most important and most basic need in the world. The truth of the matter is that while we are all sexual beings, and while sex remains an important need for everyone with hot hormones, it is definitely not always the most important need, and neither is it always the most enjoyable thing – as there are other better ways to enjoy life even as one awaits for an opportunity to get physically reunited with their loved one. Once one gets past the idea that they must have sex in order to remain alive,  coping with the physical aspect of a long distance love relationship becomes surprisingly easy.