A long distance relationship – defined as a relationship in which the partners are separated by distance – is one of the trickiest types of love relationships to manage. Indeed, relationship experts advise couples in love to try to stay close together as much as possible, and to only let themselves be separated by distance when it is absolutely necessary. The question arises, however, as to what can be considered important enough to justify partners in love (who could be spouses in a marriage, by the way) to go a long distance love relationship.
The answer to the question on what would make you go on a long distance relationship tends to vary from person to person and from couple to couple. There are those who feel that they would embark on a long distance relationship (keeping the perils of long distance relationships in mind) for their careers – like if they were to transferred to another city or country and their partner was unwilling to move with them. After all, money makes the world go round, and refusing to go on a long distance love relationship in this case could translate into the partner in question being fired from their jobs. And as many people aver, that (being fired from work) would also be effectively the end of the relationship in most cases, as there can be no ‘romance without finance as the poets are apt to point out.
While there are those who argue that their careers would never be reason for them to abandon their loved ones (especially those who are in marriage) there is almost full consensus that long distance relationships caused by medical reasons – like where the partner has to travel to go on a medical trip – are justifiable. And while this is easy to say and sympathize with in principle, it often turns out to be very hard to do in practice, as people whose partners have traveled for medical reasons are known to go looking for alternative partners in the meantime.
Ultimately, though, the decision to let oneself be separated from their loved one by distance should be the very last resort, when it is absolutely necessary to go on a long distance relationship This is because although it sounds easy in theory, maintaining a healthy long distance relationship is rather a hard thing to do.
