•Is he/she worth waiting for?

•Are they feeling the same way I do?

•Am I kidding myself thinking this can work?

•Would I be better off dating the mailman instead? At least he comes to my house every day.

•Does my boyfriend even exist or is this just an elaborate Nigerian credit card scam?

As a young man who was terrified of any sort of commitment, I found that I could only allow myself to fall for a girl if she was at least 500 miles away. The first time, we both genuinely tried to make it work, but things fell apart spectacularly, mostly because we were both too young and immature to handle the distance.

The second time, we both agreed that our lives were taking us to different parts of the world, and we were probably better off letting it go- we then struggled to, you know, actually, let go for another year, and it sucked.

The third time, and perhaps because we had both done this before, we immediately made plans to end the distance as soon as possible (six months) and then made the appropriate sacrifices to do so. And now we're married.

When it comes to surviving the distance, here's what I've learned:


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