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Bee and I lived on other sides of the country when we first met: she lived in LA and I lived in NYC. We met while she was visiting NYC... she was only in town for four days, but we hit it off right away.
So we actually started off as an LDR... I think the odds against us were pretty high. But somehow it all worked out. :-) Looking back though, I have to wonder what our thought process was!
How about you: did you start off as LDR, or were you guys local for a while... and then become LDR at a later point?
That's a sweet story, MrBee. I love reading these stories and know they have a happy ending! Sometimes it just seems so crazy, this whole LDR thing, but knowing that others have made it through, that gives me hope.
Our relationship has always been long distance. It's strong and I know it's going to work out, too 
We started off that way too :)
I just started another thread with our story, hehe
we were local for about 2 months and then i moved back home and we became long distance! we were off and on long distance because i did my co-op work terms in his city until i finished school and moved here, 2 years later :)
We started as an LDR, spent about ten months trying to short sale his place, and now he lives less than fifteen minutes away! I love being able to drop by and visit after class. :D
We were local for a year and a half, but now we're LDR for three years while I'm away at grad school. The downside is that we're just ready to be married, but we're stuck in limbo for another year and a half. The upside is that we're halfway done with LDR at Christmas!
We were long distance (8 hour drive) for the first year of our relationship!
It was hard but then Mr. M moved to where I lived and now were living happily ever after!!!! LOL
We started together, at college. then after we graduated we did two years long distance. We've also had about a year and a half together post LDR!
Our relationship started as an LDR. We went to high school together but he moved to CO because his dad was air force. We started dating when we were apart and I moved near him for college! We were in an LDR for about 2 years.
We started as an LDR and stayed that way for a year and a half until he moved closer to me. I'm so glad that time is over! I don't think I could go back to doing long distance now!
We were friends in high school but didnt realize how much we cared for each other until my first week of college when I was living six hours away. So we technically started off long distance but we've known each other forever. We've been long distance for over 5 years now, but some time within the next 6 months Ill be moving back to my hometown!
We were in the same town for the first year and a half or so, then I went off to college and he stayed home for a year. We're back together now, though!
We were local for about 6 weeks, then he moved away and i stayed, then when i went to college the next year he was about an hour and a half away , think we saw each other every weekend. Long story short, after a 6 year relationship we are getting married next month!
We started off local.
I moved to Uppsala, Sweden to study abroad for school, and I met my FI because we lived in the same dorm hall. We lived two doors away from each other, we started dating a month after I arrived and were inseperable for about 9 months. Then I had to go back to CA to finish school but we decided to stay together. A few back and forth trips and 4 years later, we were engaged! =) Now we are planning long distance and will probably have to be long distance married for a few months! eep!
We're from the same hometown, but...
we went to different high schools, then colleges 2 hours apart, then jobs 8 hrs apart, 1 glorious year living together, and now we're in the home stretch of the 4th year living 3 hrs 15 min apart while I finish grad school.
I'm on the job market now, and there's a ton of pressure on the dream of living in the same city. 11 years from our first date, we can't wait to get married and see each other every day!
We started off in the same place, are currently in college together, but next year we'll be apart for 6 months. Luckily it's driving distance... but I don't even want to think about it :(
We got together when I was at home for Christmas break during college my senior year. I went back to school and he was still back in town - which is only like an hour and a half from my school which is nothing compared to some of you guys' distances, but it's still far enough to where we couldn't just swing by and see each other whenever we wanted! We did that for the next 5 or so months 'til I graduated and then we moved in together.
We started off in the same city, then I moved away for grad school. Over the past four years, we've lived in a combined total of five cities! In the last 1.5 years we've been able to live together about half-time, since his work is very cyclical (months of really heavy work, then months of nothing). But as soon as his green card gets processed we are going to be in the same place full time at last!
@goosegg - that's totally how J and I are! Our relationship started off long distance, but it had a great friendship at it's base :)
@amanda - I'm so glad you guys can be together now! I love me some happy endings :)
@two cities - woah, girl I think you win for longest time apart!
When we met we were both on the same cruise ship, but had to go home after a couple of days! We lived just about 4 hours apart for just under a year before he moved. I am quite thankful we ended up living so close, it made seeing each other a whole lot easier and affordable!
Me and FI dated for almost a whole year before he moved away.. then we were a LDR for a year.. and I followed him!
We were local for a year and a half and have been long distance for over a year. Luckily it is only a few hours drive and we get to see each other most weekends, but very frustrating when you are just ready to be in the same place!
I love reading everyone's stories! This board was a good idea :)
We started off in the same town (walking distance from each other's apartments, actually) and stayed that way for 8 months, but we knew because of job/school circumstances that it would go long distance at a certain point. By the 3 month mark, we already had our plan to get married after I graduate. Sometimes I wonder what we were / are thinking but Mr. and Mrs. Bee are a great example of it working out! :)
We started dating our senior year of college, so we started together for the school year and then spent almost twice that much time apart.
We started off as an LDR. He was supposed to come out to AZ to visit with a friend. The friend dropped out and then it became a 10 day tour of AZ DATE! I went to ME to live with him for the summer 4 months later. At the end of the summer, he moved back with me. Can't believe we made it through all that:)))
We started off at uni together (although 'home' was LDR when holidays came about) and then ended up 'full time' LDR since May 2007
we lived 6 hours apart for the first 7 months... it was great to have all the time to talk online and over the phone and made when we did seeeach other special... but I LOVE being with him now.... I love always having him around
Initially we were LDR (him in SoCal and me in NorCal). Now we're both in NorCal, although an hour(+) drive from each other.
When we met, NotFroofy lived in the UK and I lived here. She ended up moving here pretty quickly, though.
@2d - I had no idea you guys started off long distance! how'd you meet?
We met at a wedding just before I was going away to school and so carried on a long distance relationship (9 hrs apart) for about half a year before I moved back home. I think some of the advantages of this were that we didn't move too fast after first getting to know each other (we didn't have our first date until after four months of living apart and messaging every day for hours) and we also got to see how dedicated both of us were to it working out from the very start. It was like a test of our commitment to each other at the very beginning of the relationship and I sort of think of it that way, like a heroic deed we both carried out when we first started dating.
:) that's awesome, ONash!! I get all warm and fuzzy whenever someone extols the hidden virtues of distance :) because it's just so darn difficult, it's good to know that difficulty comes with a reward!
My partner and I started off as a LDR. We met in 2000. He lived in Santa Barbara and I lived in Huntington Beach. We dated for a few months, broke up. Dated a few more months, broke up. We were apart for four years and the one day (this is me shortening a looooong story) we decided to give it a go again. We were still doing the LDR, it was challenging at times and definitely took effort! I moved to Santa Barbara in March 2006 and we found an apartment together and now we are engaged!
We started that way and we still are! We pray that he gets a job in my area so we can FINALLY be together after the wedding!
We started dating in college, but then I went to germany for a year. Came back, we moved in together and then I had to move to Kentucky (He lives in NC) for grad school. It was the big moment in our relationship when he agreed to move to KY to be together. Less than a year later, we got engaged and got married last month!
I met him in NY and i lived in FL.. we were crazy in love and were flying back and forth for a year and with my job i had a branch in NY so i moved up in one year of knowing him ( crazy i know) and he proposed a year after. He is my soulmate!
Well currently my boyfriend and I are LD. He lives in Pittsburgh and I live in Atlanta.
Man this is going to be kinda long.
We started off normal. College sweethearts and all that. Then after college broke up. Kinda stayed in touch and what not. He moved around a bit, I was in NJ the whole time. After 6 years we ffiiiiinally get back together but at this point he's living in Switzerland. So I decided to move there in September. But thennn, we got engaged in November! Woo-hoo! But then, oh darn...because I can't work in Switzerland yet legally. And I kinda need some money. So we are LD once again. :o/ Can't wait til we don't have to deal with that anymore!
When we met we lived literally 4 blocks from each other (on OSU's campus). Then my boy graduated from school and found a job in Cincinatti, so he moved an hour and a half away from me. We have been long distance for over a year and a half now, and have only lived in the same city for 6 months of our relationship.
But, we've made it work and see each other almost every weekend (1.5 hours isn't a bad drive)... and this summer I will graduate from school and move down to be with him and start graduate school! Yay!
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