One of the things that I do not like about being in a long distance relationship is spending the holidays without my partner. Sometimes I feel like I will never have the kind of relationship that other people take for granted. Then, I get disgusted with myself for being so poor-me.
I had a good 4th of July holiday. I enjoyed my family and my friends stopped by for a visit in the evening, but I could not help wishing for a different sort of day next year. I’d like someone to plan with and shop with and cook with. I’d like …read more

I was talking to my boyfriend tonight. He’s not going to be able to make it over here for awhile and he’s working a lot, so we don’t have as much time on the phone during the weekends.
This is the part that is hard in a long distance relationship – the inevitable disconnect or distance. You get over the initial rush and the reality of loving someone who lives halfway across the country sets in. This is the part that sucks.
I try to keep my eye on the prize – The Rest of Our Lives – but it’s hard sometimes. …read more

Is romance doomed in the the age of text and email?  Christie Nightingale calls it, the “electronic epidemic” and she sees it as a major bump on the road to love.
“It’s everywhere — everyone is texting, everyone e-mailing and it just seems to be a diffused focus on dating these days,” said Christie Nightingale, a relationship expert.
Nightingale is a matchmaker with a D.C. dating service. She calls it an “electronic epidemic” and says it’s causing clients to give up courting. She believes the back and forth texts or e-mails can cause a would-be couple to crash.
“Seems to be prolonging the …read more