回复 2# soju
agree. most time, it won't work.
speaking from personal experience, I think there are mainly two reasons:
1> it's difficult to keep the intimacy. it's an essential part of the relationship. with two people seperated by the ocean, spending couple months top a year. though skype every night, messaging every hour may help out a bit in the first couple month. it's difficult to keep the heat up in long run.
2> more importantly, people change. while staying in the same city, two people share the same environment and they have a better chance to understand and coordinate each other's changes in work, life, and essentially the mentality, the opinions. let's face it, we can bearly control the external environment which is going to shape our future. so, when living in two totally different country, or even city, affected by a difference external environment, it becomes extrondinary difficult to keep the two tracks parallel to each other over time. one may outgrow the other. then there comes the intersaction, where you will need to make a call. going forward, or turning sideway.
lots and lots of communication and efforts are required from both parties.
Good luck. |