5 Tips to Make A Long Distance Relationship Work

Absence will make the heart grow fonder — but you need more than that

I was living in Australia when I met Cecilia on a work trip to Austin.

We met at a music video shoot and instantly connected. It was an unusual setting to meet someone; live music, an abundance of cameras, giant light towers, free alcohol, a hive of activity. Yet, despite the hundreds of people there and all that was going, we spent all night talking. It felt like we were the only ones amongst the noise and commotion. If the cameras were trained on us instead of the band performing, they would have seen two people oblivious to what was happening around them as they were engaged in each other.

I was due to fly home the next day but extended it by twenty-four hours so we could have a first date. An 8 pm coffee turned into another long night of conversation, as we walked around Austin, until the early hours and I had to depart.

The story could have ended there — we enjoyed a couple of nights together. It was the script for a short Youtube video rather than a full-length feature film.

We lived on opposite sides of the world. I was divorced with two children. She never wanted children. I was eleven years older than her. If we were two objects in a Venn diagram, there was minimal overlap.

Despite these differences, by the end of the date, I convinced her to book a trip to Melbourne — to arrive just three weeks later.

After two weeks in Australia, meeting my parents, friends, children — and of course, some kangaroos — Cecilia had to return home. We now faced the decision that many international travelers have before. Do we try long-distance? Do these relationships work?

Side note: How many long term relationships last? Have a guess — its probably different from what you expect. According to this survey, 58% of long-distance relationships succeed. So, we had a chance.

Long-distance can be the Mount Everest of relationship challenges. Living so far apart, battling time zones and separation. There are plenty of…

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