How did yours start?
online.
why is it worth sticking to?
innocence.

I met my BF through his brother K. We have never met either. We had been online friends for 3 years. One day K asked me to call him at his brother J's house(my LDR/ BF now) and I did but K wasn't there so I started talking to J.. We hit it off from the start. We were great friends from the beginning. Oct,2009 and then fell in love in Feb. 2010. J.and I still haven't met in person yet but talk nearly every day one way or the other and are working on him coming here to meet me. Hi lives back East and I live right in middle America.. 1400+ miles apart. I do love him very much as he loves me too.

One phone call changed both our lives in such a wonderful way.

I did two years of college study in Canada, when that visa was over well... got sent back to the USA and 6 years later still with him.. happy to say we get married soon and I move to Canada. It's very worth it, we learned how to have fun with it through calls, emails, letters, journals, scrapbooks, fun virtual dates, and always planning the next trip and goal! It's been a blessed relationship.

Me and my bf met on a music website called Imeem. I knew of him for three years. It took me a year to add him as a friend. After I added him he was so nice but we were both kind of shy. He asked me for my Yahoo IM. He didn't know what I looked like for awhile. We were just friends but it got to the point we couldn't stop talking to each other (we are still inseparable). We would find a way to talk to each other at least 8 hours a day. I found out that he always was kind of in love with me.
We are going through some up and downs.
But there is never a day that I think he is not worth the wait. Now I know what people mean when they say "you'll just know when you meet them". I love him for everything he is. I know he is not perfect but there's never a doubt that I love him even though we come from two different worlds!

lolol mine was actually on here which is kind of hipocritical of us cause we always make fun of ppl who solely use this site for dating and such, but i was already in a relationship @ the time, but it wasn't a very good one and it was deteriating and it's sad to say, but i had been with my ex about almost 2 yrs. when i had met my previous bf and we hit it off right away. but him being such the gentleman he is [sarcasm in part of that cause hes a jerk too lolol] he had such morals and doesn't condone cheating and neither do i. he tried so hard to bottle his feelings up, but he couldn't and he made me so happy again. i had to make a really difficult decision and it's been so worth it ever since. the transition definately hasn't. jumping from one relationship straight hasn't and whats happened since then definately has taken the tole on us and the relationship, but apparently im worth it enough to him and i thank god that im enough for him. it sucks that hes going to be going to the marines soon though. :/ but i get to see him for christmas break. the day after. :] thatll be so nice. a whole week. he complains it wont be enough thow. hes so cute and adorable... it makes me cry....

I will laugh with you as mine is still continuing and I also met him on D.S. This one is coming in 18 days. We have been speaking since January, but it really turned into something in June.

I'm very nervous as I am also in a not so great relationship. This LDR was strictly friendship, and sometimes I miss that. My current partner knows of this and of course he believes I'm guilty before proven innocent. The man has not even arrived and already I'm shamed. Yes, I guess I am emotionally cheating on him, but at least it's not the real thing, like he did to me long ago..

My friend is coming all the way from the Netherlands. He wants to go fast and possibly if we feel it, maybe even get engaged. I am also jumping from one relationship to another. I just can't begin to take any of this seriously til he actually arrives. I would be a fool to jump.

but oh how this man sends me over the moon. I think DS is a sweet place to meet others like ourselves. It's not a dating sight, but sometimes those are the places where we are least likely to think we will meet our potential soulmate.....i never intended on this happening. Good luck to everyone in this situation.

Hi everyone. My name is Harriet- it's nice to meet you all. I am actually just beginning my journey with an LDR, and I have to admit, I'm scared to death.

My husband and I have been together for 4 years (married for 2). A year after being together, we moved from Oregon to PA so I could go to graduate school out here. The last 3 years have been miserable. He HATES it here, HATES his job, HATES everything about the east coast. He has just not adapted. So, we have decided that he should move back to Portland without me. I have 3-4 more years of school (and even after I get my phd, there is no gaurantee I could get a job in Portland--you have to go where the jobs are).

So, he is looking for jobs right now in Portland, and as soon as he gets one, he'll move back west. We'll be separated for a minimum of 3 years, and unless he gets a good salary, we won't be able to see each other very often (I am only a graduate student and make a small salary). I really am afraid of living alone and how much I am going to miss him. I hope our marriage can withstand the distance. Any advice you guys have would be great!

I just got into a long distance relationship. My fiance is leaving for the Air Force in March 2011. We just got started taking on the world together and we're going to get through this just like we have gotten through the tough times. We talk with one another and write down things and stick them in the wallet and/or the purse/bookbag. The notes are things that we love about each other (ten things I love about Amy/Ian, what I can't wait to do with you, etc).

I met mine here... We've been together for almost 2 and a half years now... It's just getting together that is hard... I'm in US and he is in UK.... I want to be in the UK though so its just hard since we're both trying to get through college...

.....After two and one half years of wading through cancer, divorce, court battles and depression...I happened upon a dating site this past spring. Made numerous friends and dated slightly...nothing serious. The first man I met online was a true gent . He lives...in the U.S. 2500 km. away. We became casual friends online as our busy lives permitted only that. Actually I didn't consider more. We passed each other throughout the summer and then something happened inside my heart. It was as if I couldn't see the forest for the trees. At first I thought it to be ridiculous...impossible...but..all that has envelopped me over this difficult time has led me to embrace opportunity and reach for the impossible. I went after him and think I may have found my soul mate...never have I felt the desire...passion and connection with someone until this moment in my life. .....In twelve days, I am embarking on a journey to meet and embrace this man. I'm terrified that this might be it.....and then what? Well, my new motto as I came out of all of this.....is...simply...LIVE...FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS.....MOVE MOUNTAINS....HOLD LIFE IN YOUR HANDS AS IT CAN ESCAPE YOU AT ANY MOMENT. I have never felt this....in my entire life and what I find interesting...is that I didn't see it right away...maybe I wasn't ready to embrace it. I am now.........If this does not work out between us, I have decided that I will be forever grateful to have had the opportunity to feel alive again...such an insatiable feeling. This adventure may not lead to my soul mate....but even so...I will have made a forever friend.....and I will bow to him for that...

We met in a chat room on AOL. we were friends for two months before we got together. We'll have been together for 4 months tomorrow. I feel he's everything I want and more. He cares about me and loves me for me despite my short comings. And I feel the same about him. That's why I feel it's worth sticking to

Well, he's been her for a month and a half...

Last Saturday night he ask me to marry him.

I'm a bit overwhelmed.

I met my husband online, we have a pretty good marriage in our opinion. It's not perfect but who is? Marriage takes work. We are doing the LD thing because we have to. The reason we do it is to pay the bills but it is only a temporary thing. If he loves it where he's working we'll rent out our house and move and if he gets something local then he'll come back home. Besides, I'm sure he's already sick of living at my moms and it's only been a couple days!

I have reconnected with a guy i dated 14yrs ago! I was 19, he was 29.

I went down to Melbourne for a mini break. 4months after a big bust up with my ex. A mutual friend of ours got us back in touch. We spent 10hrs together, coffee, driving, talking then ended up at dinner. NO physical (peck), but then started txting and then calling and then i went back to spend 3 days with him! We spent a romantic weekend together and it was amazing!

Every day on the phone, txt etc, then another visit 4 weeks later. We did a roadtrip and i stayed with him for 4 days. Unreal. We swapped gifts (co-incidentally both gifted each other with crystals) he gave me cd's and a beautiful card. It was like 14yrs ago but we are wiser, deeper and similar more than ever. Both love meditation, reading etc.

There is definitely a major connection, we talk for 3hrs or 2hrs some nights.

BUT the leaving is hard. We decided to slow down considering all i've been through and the distance and learning how to be with someone again (he has been alone for 4yrs and been through alot also, he gets depression which makes when we part hard, he is really down for days...BUT he's fine and back after that...).

So we are trying to slow down BUT i really want to continue how we were, trust the process and i believe in us. he is scared.

Fri night we talked for 3hrs, laughed and our txt's etc are daily. Sat night 2hrs, Sun night 30mins...So much love there.

I adore him and he adores me...Long distance is hard! 1hr flight but still....I'm in Sydney.

I already know i would move there. He lived here when we were together and his job and situation is best there. I SO would move and he knows i slot in nicely into his life, home etc..

So we are currently in "slow down" slow mode I find it hard cause i miss him and jus twant to plan my next visit but we aren't doing Dec.

We booked holidays in Jan to spend together, so i really hope he doesn't think that's too soon. i am treading gently for now..

Our mutual friend just wants him to embrace it and go for it, so do i..But he's a very delicate soul. part of why i love him!

My boyfriend and I met at a horror convention back in 2007. We staid friends, and starting dating in November of 2009. We visit each other as much as possible but he lives half way across the country. I'm actually here with him now. Ive been visiting for the past 2 months and I go home next week. ):