posted June 24, 2012 01:44 PM            

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Originally posted by Hera:
I don't know why, but all my relationships have been, at least at some point, LDRs. Even in my longest and most stable one, we were separated during summers.. It just makes me wonder what's that all about and why I keep attracting them. Even if the guy is living in the same city, there is still some sort of emotional distance. Either he is distant (most cases) or I am the distant one..
I know I have Juno sq Uranus and yeah, I love and need complete freedom and also DC ruler conj Neptune which makes me live the relationship in my head rather than in RL.. but I don't want to keep this up. It's very frustrating for me because the other person is never there when I need him.. but this is what I attract, over and over.

What are your opinions about this? Ever been in a LDR? How did you take it?

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Just because you attract, if the shoe don't fit, don't act. Sorry Johnny Cochran. Bad twist of phrase and all, if you don't want to repeat this pattern, stop. It's inside you and you can shed it like an old snakeskin. You don't need the crutch of a planetary explanation to explain repeating yourself.
On the converse side if the connection is there a long distance relationship can also be rewarding. And yes, I have lived through many, the unsatisfying and the completely satisfying. My marriage has been comprised of periods of being together and periods of not only geographic separation, but long time separation. The element that doesn't make it tiresome is the abiding love and reintegration that is always there between her and me.
I really think there are two parts to your question and the most important one you have yet to examine. Keeping the distance (literal) and the time apart out of it, ask this: If I met The One, would I know it? And if I did, would I be The One for them? Whatever they needed could I provide it? Closeness, emotional availability, reliability, the - buck - stops - here truthful?
The other challenges are really secondary and subservient to the primary one- are you Ready?

posted June 24, 2012 02:34 PM            

You really know how to press a girl's painful buttons, don't you?..

I guess I need to digest this a bit further but the answer for now is probably no.. I am trying to get there though.. which is why I am asking this stuff in the first place.. but awareness is one thing and change is another..

posted June 25, 2012 12:00 AM            

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Originally posted by Hera:
I think a great deal of the problem, if I can call it a problem, is that I totally want and need a lot of freedom. When there wasn't physical space between us, I put emotional distance at some point because it became too smothering and I hate it. I wanted time for myself, not to cheat, but to hang with myself lol. I think it is a necessity for me. I also work long hours sometimes and the men I have dated lately have frowned about that.. But I wouldn't change it for them so I guess they need to accept that.. Unfortunately some of the dudes I dated wanted us to be together all the time, do everything together, hold hands every single second and it was tiring as hell.. I am pro all that, but not every single second of our time together.. hmph

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posted June 25, 2012 12:20 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:

haha heard that, most people are either complete commitment phobes or totally up your ass 24/7, its hard to find balanced people.

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posted June 26, 2012 01:31 PM            

My bfriend was in south Texas for a nursing contract, originally from Ohio, where, after us being together for a year and a half, went back home.

That was his plan always, thought I could deal, as I am one of those people who need so much space and time to myself...

But it has been a challenge.

I have the devil/angel thing, "IF he loved you he would not have left...but you would not ever ask him to stay cause you want him to be happy and peaceful and you love him..."

This was the eventual outcome, from the get go, but I still fell in love.

I plan on going back up north, funny I am from the Midwest and always told him that he had to go and come all the way to Texas (some 1200 miles) to meet a girl from Ohio. My grandpa is alone now, since my granny passed, in Indiana, so eventually I plan to do travel nursing and be near them both.

But this has been very hard on me, adjusting to this LDR thing.

Skype sure does help, tho....

posted June 28, 2012 07:07 PM            

I do think that when we do not get something we otherwise long for, then it means that we are not ready for it. Something has to be changed before the "big thing" can happen.

At least this is how it happened to me.
As you know, i used the have LDR-s and i always wanted someone who was unavaible. Then i made big changes, and my sweet Aqua bf lives like 5 minutes from me
And this is just great, i hope i will never ever have a LDR again...

posted July 18, 2012 05:40 PM            

Hello
Can you hear me?
Am I gettin' through to you?
Hello
Is it late there?
There's a laughter on the line
Are you sure you're there alone?
Cause I'm tryin' to explain
Somethin's wrong
Ya just don't sound the same
Why don't you, why don't you
Go outside, go outside

Chorus:
Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I'm gone, too long.
If your lips
Feel lonely and thirsty
Kiss the rain
And wait for the dawn.
Keep in mind
We're under the same skies
And the nights
As empty for me, as for you
If ya feel
You can't wait till mornin'
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain

Hello
Do you miss me?
I hear you say you do
But not the way I'm missin' you
What's new?
How's the weather?
Is it stormy where you are?
Cause I'm so close but it feels like you're so far
Oh would it mean anything
If you knew what I'm left imagining
In my mind, in my mind
Would you go, would you go
Kiss the rain
And you'd fall over me
Think of me, think of me, think of me, only me

Repeat Chorus

Kiss the rain, kiss the rain
Kiss the rain, kiss the raïn
Hello Can ya hear me? Can ya hear me? Can ya hear me?

posted July 19, 2012 01:41 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
A relationship is a relationship. The heart knows not time nor distance.

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Remember, love can conquer the influences of the planets....It can even eliminate karma.

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posted July 19, 2012 01:44 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
distance makes the heart grow fonder lol only because the person is not around to be a pain in your ass .

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Too much info about how you are in a relationship, aquaguy.

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Remember, love can conquer the influences of the planets....It can even eliminate karma.

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posted July 19, 2012 02:40 AM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
distance makes the heart grow fonder lol only because the person is not around to be a pain in your ass .

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posted July 19, 2012 08:25 AM            

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Originally posted by Hera:
Hahaha, I actually agree. Do not feel the need to be joined at the hip ALL the time. But from time to time.. Tau Venus *sigh*

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posted July 22, 2012 05:46 AM            

I think it has to do with my desc being aries. I CANNOT be around a significant other all of the time. Just can't do it. Need my own time where i can think and do whatever i want without having to compromise haha

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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu