Long-distance Statistical Data

According to the article Relationship Quality, Commitment, and Stability in Long-Distance Relationships written by four authors: Gretchen Kelmer, Galena K. Rhoades, Scott Stanley, and Howard J. Markman, provides information about long-distance relationships in a relatively good note and also in a bad note. Long-distance relationships don't always work and isn't a guaranteed happiness, but it also depends on the partners and how hard they are willing to make the relationship work. I totally agree with this statement, not only because I am dealing with a long-distance relationship myself, but because distance has it's own little definition according to many people. Distance to some could mean that something that was once shared is no longer there, and to many others, distance is nothing but a couple of miles. I stand to the side with those who believe distance is nothing but a bunch of numbers expressing how long something is. When dealing with long-distance, the numbers don't necessarily mean anything but your love for your partner traveling aside with you. According to the article, distance is generally perceived as a challenge to romantic relationships, and there is a commonly held popular belief that long-distance dating relationships are difficult and likely to fail. To some this may be true, but to many others this would be false. I believe that it's not the distance that separates the two partners, but the partners who give up on one another and are afraid to admit it and blame the distance for separating them. This article has many statistical data of how many people may perceive long-distance as a non-healthy relationship, but after doing research about it being not healthy came to be inaccurate. My long-distance relationship is very much healthy and loving. Even though we do have our little disagreements but what relationships doesn't? I would hope that healthy relationships have arguments, otherwise, I would see the relationship as being unhealthy, but that's just me. This article helped me realize the basis of long-distance relationships and close proximity relationships. I tend to agree with the fact that long-distance relationships value the partners company and value the relationship a lot more than close proximity partners. I believe this because my relationship with my boyfriend generally make this statement to be true. We both value each other a lot more because of the distance we have with one another and when we are able to see each other after a week or two, we value the presence of each other a lot more. Even when we are in an argument, we get over it very quickly because we both know that the visit very is limited and that we may not be able to see each other for another two weeks. So, even when we are angry with each other we still value our time together a lot more than most relationship partners would.