The first thing that I’ve realized is that it’s not the distance that’s the enemy in a long distance relationship but the TIME. Yes, time. I mean, it’s the whole time we have to wait until we see each other again that makes a long distance relationship hard and painful.
This long time makes us suffer, discourages us and sometimes makes us give up. And understanding that “time” is the number one problem helped me a lot in keeping my LDR alive, successful and enjoyable.
The reason is that while you cannot really manipulate the physical distance, you can manipulate the perception time.