Long-Distance Relationships Do Not Suck

Crowds and I have been doing this long-distance thing for two years (and nine days). That’s almost two years of me reading things about long-distance relationships. There’s a lot of crap out there; stuff like “call her every day” and “the 50 miles apart and weekend visits are quite the distance”.

CNN recently had the first good LDR article I’ve come across (found via the new Ask 3D). Much of the article matches our experience. For example:

Most women in super LDRs are not making decisions solely based on their significant others’ priorities, an attitude that has gained momentum as more women fill business school seats and corner offices. The other half of that attitude shift has been made by 21st century boyfriends and husbands, who are finding the independence attractive.

(The article deals mostly with people who are half the world apart (“super LDRs”, it calls them). Crowds and I are one timezone apart and in the same country. I’m tempted to say “it’s all solving the same problem”, but I know the conversations would be different if I were starting my day as she went to bed.)