It's like this: sure, you can go to your partner anytime any day as long as your car (good for you) or public transportation (yay for us) will take you there. For me, personally, that's the easy part. What's worse is knowing that you still have to go on home after some time. The hardest part is leaving her so I can rest up and be able to go to work the next day. It becomes about trying to squeeze out every single second out of every date so that the time between meetings become shorter.
I think it gets even worse for lovers who work (or go to school) together, what with the thought that the person you care for the most is just a room or even a row away, and you can't spend time with him or her simply because you both have stuff to do. That's just pure torture.
Of course, I know that people who are in actual long-distance relationships really do have it hard. I can just imagine trying to save up for airfare just to visit someone overseas for a few days. What more for those who really won't be able to book even one flight? For those who can make this work, I salute you and I believe in you.
Still, this doesn't offset the fact that every relationship has a long-distance feel to it. Distance is relative, sure, but if you cut it down to a simple yes or no question if you're with the one you love or not, then how many miles apart you are is irrelevant. I'll always feel the distance as long as her arms are not around me and I can't feel the lovely rhythm of her heartbeat as we're locked in an embrace.
I know I always look forward to Saturdays, when I can be with my girl and just spend the whole day doing whatever. It doesn't matter--as long as I'm with her, anything's fine [It's just a bonus we have shows we're both interested in]. I'm surprised I can even get work done at all, what with the thought of the weekend always threatening to occupy my mind.
Enough with this. I might not be making sense anymore. Anyway, here's to hoping we can make all our long-distance relationships work.
