Half the World Away

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Warbsywoo

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Inspired by the chat room ;) You know how great that place is.

To cut a long story short, I said something really weird, or at least, as weird as I could get:

Warbourne said:
Love cannot be destroyed by distance, only made harder to get by it
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Thoughts?
What are your opinions on this?
Or rather, to what extent do you think this statement is true or false? ;)

P.S. I won't get into the nitty-gritty details, so I'll spare you that. :P
 
Good. :P No need for the nitty-gritty stuff.
Nosy people.

No love can be truly destroyed. Even after the heart has been shattered, there is still a tiny thread of that bond you had remaining. As I said in another thread, bonds can never be broken.
 
Absense makes the heart grow fonder.
In someone's absense, you begin to realize how lonely you are without them. Whenever I am away from my significant other, I feel secluded and lonesome. When I am away from my dad, I feel somehow limited...

In the absense of your loved ones, you're given a chance to see what you would be without them...
 
I agree Nephany. ^_^ And Shen of course.

Bonds can never be truly broken, just like it is impossible to escape remembrance. When you are without your loved ones, it is easier to see and reflect upon what once was. In the absence of our 'loved' ones, I can see how we can see for ourselves what our lives truly mean.

Love however, is in a sort of different mold, I think. It's made harder to get not only because it is difficult to get to know the person, from say, a different country halfway around the world, but also because you are away from him/her (your loved one) for extended periods of time. Contacts through today's communications never really come close to establishing relationships as much as knowing that other person in real life and talking to him or her on a daily basis.

P.S. Clyde, what's the crying for? :P
 
I know personally that when you live with someone and see them on a day to day basis, it's easy to overlook their good qualities and truely take them for granted. Absense is a good thing sometimes...
 
People want what they can't get, and I'm not just talking about a man or a women. I'm talking about anything. That is how the human mind works, you become attached to something, but sooner or later you must let go of your attachments, or you will suffer. The four Noble Truths of Buddhism, basically saying that life is suffering, and what causes that suffering are your cravings for things, your attachements to things or people, and the way to end suffering is to let go of your attachments, then you will reach supreme happiness.

Mind you, when I say suffer, I don't mean you hate your life and want to kill yourself. The point I'm trying to get at, is yes, being away from someone you grew close to is hard, but the more time you take to think on it and worry about it, is time wasted. Just free yourself from your attachments.
 
Whoever thinks being halfway across the world from someone results in as good of a relationship as two people living in the same house have obviously
not seen the appalling divorce statistics that seem to be getting worse every other week. Long distance relationships suck and that's all there is to it.
 
True, but like someone I know said, you can always hold on to that list tiny little bit of light before it's shut down by reality. -_-

But then again, it's not entirely impossible, there has to be some people out there that have done it. But chances are, they're a small percentage.
 
Adamant said:
Whoever thinks being halfway across the world from someone results in as good of a relationship as two people living in the same house have obviously
not seen the appalling divorce statistics that seem to be getting worse every other week. Long distance relationships suck and that's all there is to it.
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I somewhat agree with this. It's one thing to be with someone and it's another thing to pretend to be with someone. I see internet dating as...a fantasy of sorts. You can NEVER truely know someone until you life two feet away from them 24/7.

Long distance relationships don't require as much sacrifice. Sure you might give up 6 hours a day to chit chat on MSN and write letters, but...when you live with someone, you have to learn to respect and tolerate certain things.
 
Yeah, I get that last part.
Besides, no one really is exactly what they are in real life online. If that makes sense. :P

The only way that we can truly understand each other is by...voila! living with them. Imagine yourself locked in a room (in real life) with all the people on these forums and pretty soon all the bad things that are kept hidden online are revealed in real life.
 
To be honest, if I met half of the people on FFF who I consider to be my friends...I wouldn't get along with them or have anything to say to them IRL. I know how people act, and I know how people describe themselves, and half the time, I can't see forum goers really...being themselves.

I can see someone like Rydia...
Who actually does seem like someone who bounces off the walls IRL. lol. But...not everyone matches up to their act. XD
 
Yeah, especially me. Y_Y
I'm usually quiet, reserved, and non-communicative. I rarely use big vocabulary words, nor do I speak like I type.

But if and when I do meet all of you, I think it'll seem kind of awkward at times but after a while, it would be better, because I'm sure we realize the fact that we at least know something about the other, right?
It's not like we're complete strangers, we somewhat know the tastes of our fellow members, and we know what makes them mad, and what makes them happy.

That's one thing I think that's hard to cover or lie about. ;)
 
Distance doesn't make or break a relationship. No single factor ever does. However it is strain. It can help that anticipation and can be accepted as something that is just "part of the relationship"... but it is still a cause of strain.
 
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