Update
As is plainly obvious, I have so far failed to incorporate lj into my daily life. I will try to do better in the future, at least in keeping up with other people's updates. Anyways. . .
TNT was here for the past two weeks, so she kept me entertained. We traveled around the state and otherwise enjoyed ourselves. It was nice being together, particularly for such an extended period of time, given that we rarely get to spend more than a weekend together every 1-2 months. Despite the reminders, I still cannot believe that we've spent 5/10 years in a long-distance relationship. I truly do not recommend it for anyone, myself included. I don't think people are wired for the long-distance thing. Regardless of the contact permitted by e-mail, chat, cell phones, et al, without physical proximity, an individual passes his or her daily life completely separately from the SO. Yes, you can think of one another and talk to one another every day, but you eat, shop, sleep, drink, play, surf, cry, sigh, laugh, and pine separately. At the end of the proverbial day, the individual does not actually need the SO in any substantive way. All that remains is the desire to be "together". If that's enough for you, then a long-distance relationship is a great buy.
Don't take these musings as an indication that I am reconsidering the matrimonial shackling ceremony with TNT. If I had to shackle myself to someone until I wither away, there's no one else I'd rather have at the other end of the chain. I am wondering now whether the shackling is really a reward for suffering through the long distance. Perhaps the bearing the shackles will only make the long distance time seem like a long-ago devoured slice of cheesecake.
TNT was here for the past two weeks, so she kept me entertained. We traveled around the state and otherwise enjoyed ourselves. It was nice being together, particularly for such an extended period of time, given that we rarely get to spend more than a weekend together every 1-2 months. Despite the reminders, I still cannot believe that we've spent 5/10 years in a long-distance relationship. I truly do not recommend it for anyone, myself included. I don't think people are wired for the long-distance thing. Regardless of the contact permitted by e-mail, chat, cell phones, et al, without physical proximity, an individual passes his or her daily life completely separately from the SO. Yes, you can think of one another and talk to one another every day, but you eat, shop, sleep, drink, play, surf, cry, sigh, laugh, and pine separately. At the end of the proverbial day, the individual does not actually need the SO in any substantive way. All that remains is the desire to be "together". If that's enough for you, then a long-distance relationship is a great buy.
Don't take these musings as an indication that I am reconsidering the matrimonial shackling ceremony with TNT. If I had to shackle myself to someone until I wither away, there's no one else I'd rather have at the other end of the chain. I am wondering now whether the shackling is really a reward for suffering through the long distance. Perhaps the bearing the shackles will only make the long distance time seem like a long-ago devoured slice of cheesecake.