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Do Long Distance Relationships Create a False Reality?

Filed Under Dating, Lesbian Podcast, Relationships 

She Said, She Said is a podcast featuring lesbian couple Genia and Andrea. Genia is the host of SistersTalk Radio and Andrea is the assistant producer.

In this segment:

*Venice 1.11 was sloppy. What’s going on!?
*Drama, drama, drama in Cheril N. Clarke’s book ‘Intimate Chaos’
*Do long distance relationships create a false reality
*Stay out of Tiger Woods’s business
*Once a cheater, always a cheater?
*Who proposes to whom in same-gender relationships?
*Discussing ‘Anyone But Me’ 2.4

Featured indie musicians Billie Myers and Dropjoy

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4 Responses to “Do Long Distance Relationships Create a False Reality?”

  1. Meesh on March 6th, 2010 2:48 pm

    For some it might, but I dont think it necessarily has too! I met my wife on myspace as cliche as that may sound. She happened to live on the other side of the country. I lived in NY and she is California. We spoke for about 4 months NON STOP over the phone and internet before I finally went out to California to meet her face to face. What ended up happening next was her moving with me back home. I stood out in California for 4 days, on the 4th day I asked her if she was coming home with me, and she packed up her sh*t and home she came!!! Eversince its been PURE BLISS! We have been married now for 3 1/2 years!!! Thats my story!

  2. Kim on March 6th, 2010 2:50 pm

    Buyer beware…LOL! When you’re talking LDR, you never know what you’re getting. We get to know people through our interactions, interactions meaning physical, and when those interactions are virtual it leaves “blank spaces.” A common issue I see with LDRs is not knowing a person’s moods. Hell, we all have our moments…but if you’re having moments every hour on the hour and you’re dating someone 2000 miles away, how do they know how to cope with your crazy? Another thing I ALWAYS see tear an LDR to pieces are the “little things” – toothpaste squeezes, OCD, neat freaks vs. slobs, LOL! These are little things that turn big and in the end…you have lived your false reality because you thought he/she was “perfect for you.”

    Think.

  3. Genia on March 6th, 2010 3:36 pm

    Kim:

    I agree. There are some things you won’t know until you’re around that person on a regular basis.

    In the podcast, I mentioned that LDRs can work for awhile, but you get to a point where you have to make a decision about where the relationship is going. Can people do LDRs for an extended period of time and REALLY know who their partner is?

  4. outoutout on March 6th, 2010 10:21 pm

    I think LDRs can certainly create a false sense of intimacy. You can fall in love with a voice, you can know someone inside and out, but building a lasting relationship is more than that… it requires you to be compatible and problem-solve on a day-to-day basis. You just can’t get that over the Internet or the phone. As the saying goes, “True love is taking care of your partner when they’re sick as a dog.”

    By the way, I met my Better Half over the Internet (ICQ) but did not pursue a romantic relationship until we’d met in person. We then spent 7 months apart until I could move to Australia to be with her. I agree that LDRs can work for awhile, but on a very superficial level; the true test of your love is living together 24/7.

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