Making Long-Distance Relationships Work

1. Wholeheartedly dedicate time for your love. Like in any other relationships, you should always make your love feel he or she is the most important person in your life, even if that means being over 5,000 miles away.

2. The main thing: T-R-U-S-T. This is the key foundation in any relationship, especially for long-distance affairs: you need to trust your partner wherever he or she is or in whatever he or she does. For your relationship to work you need to trust your partner in what they do.

3. Make him or her feel special. Despite the distance, you should be sensitive or pay special attention to their moods, their tone of voice and go the extra mile to make them feel special regardless of the present situation. A good form of affection is sending e-mail or virtual card every day if you can't make the daily routine of calling him or her.

4. Element of "surprise". Because you cannot be there personally to let them know how special he or she is in your life, surprise them with the unexpected, probably with surprise gifts or phone calls. This will let your love know that he or she is special them and also encourage a mutual feeling!

5. See to it your relationship a healthy one. If your partner is overly jealous, untrusting, or controlling, there should be something wrong. Talk to your partner about the issue and discuss solutions. If nothing happens...you may have to let the relationship go. This would turn out to be a wiser move and even spare you from the pain and heartache!

6. If something goes wrong, talk about it. Talking and communication with one another will make you and your partner feel better and usually will solve any problems you run into. If turns out a failure, at least you part ways as friends.

7. Another essential factor in any relationship is keeping the lines open. Without it, there could be serious repercussions in your relationship, if not ending it right away. Thus, the more you communicate with your partner, the more the relationship grows. Even if your partner would not take the first step in this process, you should, I mean SHOULD, take the initiative. Take some time out to talk, even for just an hour or two at least every other day.