When to Go on a Long Distance Relationship

Relationship experts advise us that going on a long distance relationship is a step that should only be taken as a final resort – when there is absolutely no way the partners can stay close together.
It is not hard to agree with this sentiment, when you take into consideration factors like the increased temptation to stray that comes with a long distance love relationship as well as the communication difficulties that long distance relationships force upon those who embark on them.
As it were, after staying together for a considerable period of time, the temptation to stray always starts to show up in almost every relationship – and in many people’s estimation, making partners who were already considering ‘sampling the market’ to go on a long distance relationship could be the very last straw that breaks the camel’s back in this case. After all, couples in love were meant to stay close together – and relationships are for, among other things, the sheer animal warmth of bodies close together – or aren’t they?
Then again there is the fact that many couple – even when staying close together – already have their communication problems (normally with the woman claiming that the man does not listen, and the man claiming that the woman is nagging (or whatever politer name he might find for it)). Partners who were already experiencing this wonder what the chances of success in a long distance relationship for them are.
In the face of these factors then – the assertion that people should only go for long distance relationships when they really must (as a very last resort) is a sentiment that one would have to agree with.
Therefore unless a couple has to go on a long distance relationship for what would be considered ‘valid’ reasons – such as pursuit of education, far-off job posting without the opportunity for a compromise or medical reasons, a couple should try to be as close together as circumstances can allow.