"Nobody said it would be easy!" All partnerships require commitment and effort. However, a long-distance relationship requires more, more.

It's going to be a little hard when your loved one sits in a separate nation and sometimes on a different continent. Suddenly, your battle shifts from persuading your parents to let you go on a date to battle time zones.

However, it depends entirely on you whether the gap is an impediment or whether it causes your heart to develop into a foundry. If you believe you have found the right one, don't let your relationship be determined by the gap. Seek to put those practices into action and see the growth of your relationship from there.

1. Be prepared to work

Distance is something that continues to make you and your partnership pay a toll. Prepare yourself to work twice as hard to avoid this. Since you both will experience less individually, it is important that your relationship is founded on a solid base of confidence. Map out your plans, be honest about where you are going, keep your new mates in the loop at the map and so on. Clearly construct at the contact. Talking will help you both to avoid confusion of some kind.

2. Prioritize your time

Don't worry too hard about exactly how much you are going. There's a lot of ways to connect. Wake up, hang on to one another for an hour (or just 15 minutes when you're tired) before you sleep for a skype session, or go the old-fashioned way and try to write letters and postcards together. It just goes on to show you how much extra work you might bring in. Don't feel sad at the distance. Build a sense of normality inside your relation. Speak about those spontaneous moments that gave you joy that day.

Remember what you have decided to do, just keep on talking!

3. Don't allow the fight to continue for more than a day.

Consider this a floor rule. Long fights provide a medium for breaks in contact. This can make a long-distance relationship dangerous. Anyone who may have made the error should still take the first step in patching up. Such fights arise much of the time because of the disappointment of not being able to see each other in an individual way. Care, and don't let it spill over to you. Look at the bigger picture and try to push every past fight as quickly as possible.

4. Should not think about old fights when you meet up.

Another floor rule. Don't waste your little time worrying about the old battles with each other. It could be days, or months before you meet again. Look for the time when you'll come together to create new and sweet memories. Do something fun and casual like going on a trip together, or something sporadic like playing all day long video games, or even make a film marathon. Consider it a point to enjoy the company of each other, so you don't have to endure it on a regular basis.

5. Say a happy goodbye (or, rather, 'until we meet again').

Consider it a point to finish your session with a positive note. Not only your meetings but your day-to-day conversations. Say your goodbyes. Just say,' I love you.' Maybe it's the only thing that keeps you going for the next couple of days that you'll probably spend missing your loved one anyway.

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