Long distance relationships, like all worthwhile things in life, require some application of effort in order for them to be successful. Statistically speaking, a great proportion of the long distance love relationships started don’t turn out to be successful. A common trend is for the long distance relationship to remain hot and sizzling for the first few months after the partners are separated by distance, only for it to start cooling off un-noticeably, before gradually coming to its ‘natural death.’
Like in many worthwhile ventures in life, taking direct responsibility for the success of your long distance relationship can greatly increase the chances of the relationship succeeding. Indeed, it is long distance relationships where the partners leave the success of the relationship to chance that often fail.
So what exactly does taking responsibility for the success of your long distance love relationship mean?
Taking responsibility for your long distance relationship means appreciating the fact that - to a considerable extent – the success or failure of your relationship is in your hands. That success of the relationship will depend on your maintaining good communication with your partner, remaining true to your partner, bearing the sacrifices that long distance relationships call for stoically and so on, just as much as it will depend on your partner doing the same.
Granted, there are two parties to a long distance relationship, and the relationship might still fail in spite of your taking responsibility for its success, while your partner has other plans. But even when that turns out to be the case, you will still get to live with the peace of mind of knowing that you ‘did your best under the circumstances.’ If you take responsibility for a long distance relationship and it still fails, you can move on aware that a relationship that fails in spite of your best efforts was probably not meant to be.
