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  • poll: Who is far away from whom (in your mindset)?
    My SO is far from me : (15 votes)
    24 %
    I'm far from my SO : (9 votes)
    15 %
    Neither; we're both where we belong : (3 votes)
    5 %
    We're both far from each other : (22 votes)
    35 %
    Thank goodness I'm not in a long distance relationship! : (12 votes)
    19 %
    Other, explanation below : (1 votes)
    2 %
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    I'm just curious, in our relationship I consider myself to 'be far away' from him - I don't consider him far away from me. Does that make sense? Maybe because we're both Americans but I don't live in America.

    I know a lot of distance couples are such because they or their SO are in the military, and some others are international couples. So, here's my question: who in your LD couple is 'far away'?

     
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    hisbunny    March 13, 2010   ND

    I would say that we are both far from each other, I am in Alaska, and he is in North Dakota....  both are kinda random places, and Alaska is just plain far away from everything else in the USA.  Soooo, I guess that I could have chosen that I am far away from him.

     
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    VioletVeil    July 7, 2009  

    We're both far away. I'm in Kansas and he is in Ontario.

     
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    Miss Sequoia    May 21, 2011   Berkeley, CA

    He's far from me...he's in school in SoCal, I'm in the Bay Area, and he's moving up here after he graduates! This is also where my family's from, but his is from upstate NY.

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    He was the one who was far away. He always hated that he "left" everyone. I guess because he was away from where he grew up.

     
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    mizrunzou    June 26, 2010   Kansas City, MO

    I am not in a full-time LDR, my FI travles Mon-Thurs for work....So, Mon-Thurs I feel like he is away FROM ME b/c I am at "home."

    It sucks ladies, and I commend you for being in full-time LDRs!!

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    I guess this is just a mindset thing :) but there've been some good points made about who 'leaves', and where you're going to be after the wedding. :)

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    I considered myself away from him too.  Just how I felt!

     
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    afbacher    January 8, 2011   Kansas City, Missouri

    I'm far from him - he still lives in our hometown(high school sweethearts, go ahead and gag a little), whereas I live over 100 miles away.

     
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    amariem25    October 2009  

    We lived together for 2 years before marriage.

     
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    verosara    March 27, 2010   LA, California

    We've been long distance twice in our relationship, I was in Los Angeles, he was in Sacramento both times.  I moved to Sacramento for a few years and then moved back to LA where he followed after almost a year.  It's not easy and I am so glad we're in the same region now, yay!

     
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    MstoMrs      

    Right now the Mr and I live about an hour a part. Its tough because we'd love to be together everyday but we're waiting til we get married to live together. Plus I'm at school in the city, and he teaches at a school closer to his house. Its not ideal, but works for us

     

     
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    alishaneva    May 2011   Lancaster, PA

    I'm far from Cam. We live about an hour apart ... but all my friends are up there, too (except a few choice ones still in my home town i.e. 3)

     
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    Dizzy    September, 2010   Chicopee, MA:: Wedding in Milwaukee

    I will be far from him.  Alas, our LDR, while I thought it was over, it is not..begins again on Friday.  I will be moving back to Texas, while he stays in Massachusetts.  When he moves to Milwaukee, we will be far from each other.

     
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    wmlawgirl    4/10/10   Chicago

    I actually put that we are both where we belong. While I was in school I was far away from him becuase he stayed much closer to home and I left. Now we live in different cities (about 3 hours apart) but are each really comfortable where we are - except that we aren't together. We have good couple-friends in both places, great jobs, community, etc. After the wedding we'll eventually be together - just not right away. And when we do finally get to be together it will be in a new city for both of us. THankfully we are close enough now that we can see each other almost every weekend and are able to alternate whose place we go to.

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    I consider us far away from each other. Im in MO, he's in FL. It's about 800 miles.

     
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    RecessionistaBride    January 28, 2012  

    I voted that we're right where we belong. We're 3000 miles apart, but after almost 4 years of being together (5 years of talking & getting to know each other) it feels... dare I say it?! Normal. I miss him terribly, but there's nothing I can do to change it.  The end is near... I just have to be patient.

    I'm really excited/scared/nervous at the thought of living together! We are both so independent, it's going to rock our world. :)

     
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    myheartisinscotland    October 9, 2010   Tampa, FL

    We're both far from each other. He's in Scotland and I'm in Florida. We're filing for his visa in April and he'll be moving here in September (fingers crossed!!). I go to visit in April since he's visited here the last two times. It's my first time leaving the country. :)

     
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    Soon2BeMrsC    March 20, 2010   Wine Country

    This is a great question.  I always tell FI he lives to faraway and he responds that I live too far away.  I guess that I live far from him, because I am the one who will ultimately relocate (hopefully soon), but when I am at home, I feel that he is far from me, not the other way around.  I voted that we are faraway from each other.

     
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    futuredrbraun    May 15, 2010  

    This is a really good question. I'm with you that "I" feel far away from him. I think that it is because I live in PA and he lives in IL, but when I am finished with grad school then I will be moving to be with him so I feel like IL is where I am far away from.

     
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    Muffins    April 16, 2011   L.A, CA

    we're both far from each other ): our obligations keep us from getting closer--i'm going to school and he's stationed 3 hours away ):

     
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    Miss BBQ    May 21, 2011   College Station, TX

    Most of our relationship was long distance!  We started dating at the end of high school, then went to different colleges!  I finally moved to where he is after graduation.

     
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    kourtdp    April 7, 2012   Broken Arrow

    I put that we are both far from each other.  My boyfriend is from my hometown (which is where I still live), but now he's in the Air Force and stationed in Tampa, Fl.  W'eve talked about me moving down there when I graduate in May and then moving back to Oklahoma when his contract is up with the Air Force.  

     
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    TheRen    May 2011  

    Im far from him.. Im in Atlanta and he is in Pittsburgh. Weve pretty much decided once he pops the question I will move up there for a few years..

     

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