Leaving a partner at home while you travel, or trying to make that holiday romance continue when you get home....
Just wondering what peoples views or experiences are regarding relationships when on the road....
Have you left a partner at home while you travelled for a few months? Was he/she there for you when you returned? Was it the same as when you left?
Have you suffered stress thru emails from a partner at home? What did you write to make them feel better? Did you have to return home early because the pressure to do so became unbearable?
Or did you meet someone on the road - fall in love - then try to prolong the relationship when you both arrived home to different countries? Did you soon realise that the relationship couldn't work and forget it? Did you visit your holiday partner in his or her country? Did it work out or did you find out she was married like I did!
C'mon, share those disasters, or, happy times. Would love some input in this issue...
ANDY the BIKEPACKER
Reply to this For the first two years I was dating a guy, we were probably apart about a good quarter of the time which is considerable as we were both (poor) students and one of us was travelling (well, mostly me). I would be gone from 1 month - 3 months at a time. I think the hard part was getting excited to come home to see him and then to turn around and leave again on another long trip for another 2 months.
Downside to being apart, probably on certain occasions we would have spent together... like new years or valentine's day.
As for coming back early... never. Both him and I respect travelling too much to succumb to homesickness.
As for current situation, he's in Japan and I'm living in a new city. Its come down to emailing, skype and text messaging.
Reply to this It did not work out when coming to reality and a long distant r/s seems hard to maintain the feekings for each other.
Reply to this I've been with my bf for a year now.. he lives in Australia and I'm here in Canada.. I'd say.. for all of it.. it's been long distance.. except maybe.. if I added the days together a month.. Becuase when we first met he was working in england and I was traveling.. I would say.. it's working out amazing.. he came to canada to visit for a week.. and I'm going to Australia for a few months in May.. and it is so so hard.. because all you want is to see the person and esp. when they're sad.. to be able to make them feel better and hug them.. but.. you can't.. So.. it's defo not a walk in the park.. But I would say I'm closer to him even though he's in Aus.. than any of my friends back home now that I was away for so long.. they all kinda forgot about me! and he's been there every time I've needed him to be 😊.. So I have no regrets about it!
Reply to this presque toute les histoires d'amour au voyages sont passageres pour ne pas dire ephemere ...but the spring time season it's only one time per year,.so why one's wants to break him/her self?
Reply to this It can be difficult (very very difficult), and many relationships break under the strain. On the plus side, many couples stick it out, stay loyal to each other, and go on to spend their whole lives together! It really depends how good of a fit you two are, and how long you'll need to be apart.
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