Skipping the pond for love?
Has anyone on here met someone while abroad, or met someone online and decided to move country to pursue the relationship, or had a partner do it for them?
If you've considered it, what stopped you?
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Has anyone on here met someone while abroad, or met someone online and decided to move country to pursue the relationship, or had a partner do it for them?
If you've considered it, what stopped you?
If you, like me, dedicate a large portion of your time to travel, and spend more time traveling than you are resident in your own country, you’re more than likely to meet someone overseas.
Which is a pity, because long distance relationships don’t work, right? OH MY GOD WRONG!!!!! I swear I will hit the next person who tells me that long distance relationships NEVER work out…and there have been many.
Yeah, I met someone..he came to visit me in my country..had dinner at a restaurant on the beach I tried to be polite
but I don't get electricity ..and I didn't want to meet again..Not the same as the photo. ..The virtual world that sounds so ridiculous to me now
Eh, a chance encounter, dates or video chatting wouldn't do. I'd have to be with them for a certain amount of time to witness firsthand what and how they are when they're in a mood before I choose to relocate to another country to live with them. I guess risks and money would be the two factors that would stop me from doing such a thing,
Yeah, I'm gonna meet this woman in the Philippines, in a "business meeting".
unfortunately until you live with someone theres no way to know who the hell youre talking to. I wanna make online friends but I worry a lot too cause it feels like you dont really get to see the whole picture.
and moving to another country away from your everything with a total stranger seems ... excessive if done just after a couple of months of chit chatting. guess those who were successful at it are not around anymore :)))
Distance isn't really a problem if one or both of you are willing to travel. The problem is usually lack of time together, you really don't get to know someone by talking on skype or texting in the same way that you do when you're together in person.
Also because you only have a weekend together or a few days now and again it can make things really pressured for everything to go right and be perfect which can sometimes make for a stressful situation. Another problem is that when you live in the same city or close by things move a lot quicker, if for instance one of you is unsure about the other you can usually find that out within days or weeks, over long distance that can equate to months.
Generally though it all comes down to just being honest with each other and understanding that long distance relationships are really tough and a lot different than a normal relationship, if you're both ok with that then there is no problem. One of you should also be prepeared to give up everything you have and move at some point or else it's all just a fun waste of time. Personally I haven't got a problem with dating someone from another country, I really like the idea of being with someone with a different culture and background than my own, although I've only had one long distance relationship and it didn't end well for most of the reasons above.
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