Hints/Tips for Long Distance Relationships

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I met my boyfriend online 3 1/2 years ago. At the time I was just new to the internet and was checking out the chat rooms. After a few arrogant invaders who were trying to "whisper" sweet nothings to me....I met Neil. He's from the UK and I'm from the US. At first it was all the basic exploratory questions. Where are you from?, what do you do?, how old?, single?, married?...etc. In his case he was in a failing marriage and I could easily sense his unhappiness. Being the gentleman he is, there was never any negative remarks of his wife. We talked about 2 or 3 hours and he asked if he could keep in touch via email and I gave him my email address. We kept in touch on and off for about a year. Him telling of his daily drudges along w/ his unhappy marriage and me telling him about my freebird single life and the idiots I was dating. We seemed to be so much alike and I really felt something in our correspondences. We then lost touch with each other for about a 3-4 month periord and just thought he just gave up the cyber pen pal adventure. He nor I ever spoke out of line. Never anything sexual unless it was a joking gesture! He never made and advances or asked for "cyber sex", which to this day don't understand the satisfaction!!!! HA HA! Anyway, one day last year he appeared on my IM and he was so excited to see me online. He said that his PC had crashed and just hadn't had the time or money to repair or purchase a new PC. About a month or two into rekindleing our friendship he confessed his feelings for me. I didn't confess mine at first. I wanted to be sure he was sincere. We were online w/ each other at least 3 times a week. By the end of the year we had moved on the webcam and that was it! To see each other's expressions, smiles, laughs....etc was the most wonderful thing! I do call him on occassion. His voice sends shivers through my body! His marriage is officially over (not at all to do with me). Now we keep in touch daily either through email, text msg, IM or telephone. We are finally meeting in February. He wasn't going to come here until May, but our love grew deep and he decided May is just too long to wait. He's coming here to spend Valentine's Day with me and there couldn't be a better date to meet on!!! To anyone out there who isn't sure....just go with what feel right. Don't rush anything especially in a very long distant relationship. Patience IS a virture! Best wishes to everyone. (from Heather)
I met my girlfriend over the internet just over 3 months ago and as I learnt more and more about her background, her needs, her dreams and her ambitions I realised that we had so much in common even though we live on opposite sides of the world (me in UK and she in Malaysia). After a short time we were chatting almost every day and very soon the talk became of meeting up. By that stage I think I was already in love with her brilliant character and her warm personality and so I booked a trip to go and see her in late November. I have to say it is the strangest thing when you know so much about a person but you have never met them and I think because of this we were both very apprehensive about whether the chemistry would be there. Although the initial meeting felt a little awkward we soon clicked and I have to say I had the best time of my life because I immediately realised how much she meant to me. I have never experienced something as strong as this and all I can say is that this must be what true love feels like. I never thought that I would find someone as loving, caring, intelligent and funny as she is and now that I have found her I intend to work harder than I have ever done before to ensure we are together in the near future. Because we are boh realists we know we have to have a plan to enable this to happen and we're already pushing ahead to take control of our destiny. So, my 2 tips would be that when you find the right person ask yourself "would I do anything to be with that person?" and if the answer is yes then make sure you act on the second tip which is to make plans so that you can be together becuase beleive me, being apart is the toughest thing I have ever done BUT what you endure now will make the future so much more valuable and you will NEVER take your partner for granted. (from Richard Giazzi)