How to make a long distance relationship work

[eric&gen 0]

I used to wake up very early i the mornings just to talk to my wife on line especially cold winter mornings were no fun.

[pixiegunn 0]

My husband and I did six years long distance before we got married, had three years of wedded bliss together, and now he's gone for a year to Iraq. W

What I have noticed is this separation is not as difficult as the previous ones. Even though now the distance is more, the communication is less, and the situation should be more stressful, in reality this year is feeling really manageable. I don't know if it is because there is an end date to hold on to, whereas with six years of long distance there wasn't a firm one for many years, or if it's because I now know we 'made it', but the year of separation is really just a chance to remember again what is important to us, and for us, to continue our relationship.

I don't want to say it's a blessing, because it does suck in a lot of ways, but it's just another blip in life's plan. A lost year, not a lost lifetime. That's how I think you need to view your separation. You might miss this Christmas together, but you know he'll be back for next Christmas. And the Christmas after that. And that. And then the missed year just becomes a footnote in your pitifully lacking photo album for 2007!