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Noley
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 Posted: 03/31/06 - 08:02 Post subject: Poll not poll...longest distance
RB got me thinking the other day about how he's maintained a long distance relationship with his wife in Mexico. How he's becoming a father today and having to start his marriage away from his wife a lot. He'll be doing this as a father too.
What's the longest distance you've maintained from a SO?
How long did you keep this distance between you?
How often did you see him or her?
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andydp
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 08:06 Post subject:
Easy question:
Met future wife at Myrtle Beach SC, 1973
She was attending Seton Hall Univ in South Orange NJ
I was stationed at Ft Gordon (Augusta) GA.
Driving time to Seton Hall 14 hours
Driving time to SO Home town: 12 hours
Number of visits: about 3 or 4
Released from Active Duty March 1974
Living in Bridgeport CT
Distance Bridgeport CT to South Orange NJ 90 min driving
Distance Bridgeport CT to SO Home town: 4 hours driving
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 09:11 Post subject:
He lived in Indianapolis, I lived in St. Louis...4 hours.
Couldn't stand being apart, so almost every weekend.
Stood it for just over 6 months before I moved to IN.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 09:13 Post subject:
Lubbock to Baton Rouge, 8 months maybe... I went there twice.
Edited to add that despite having to cross Texas, 8 months was not the drive time but the relationship time. It was roughly an 11.5 hour drive.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 09:30 Post subject:
Longest and furthest? I was in Europe and she was in WI. Of course, I was only gone for 15 days or so, but it was long enough away for her to run off with a different Randy who was a muscle-bound jerk from her water ski team. 
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MW
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 09:32 Post subject:
For exactly a year, there was 10 hours between Ranger and me.
You guys lived that with us.
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thegman
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 10:09 Post subject:
My wife and I dated in college and were apart for the summer months. She was in California and I was in Georgia.
When I was in my first year of law school, she was still in college, and we were 6 or 7 hours drive from one another. We were engaged then, which was hard to do. We only saw each other once a month for most of that period.
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.jrjo
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 10:20 Post subject:
One particular gf moved 12-miles away and said it had become too far to maintain anything. 
/it's me, really, it's me, not you
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 10:55 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | One particular gf moved 12-miles away and said it had become too far to maintain anything.
/it's me, really, it's me, not you |
When you commute via ricksha, that really is far.
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j1miller
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 10:57 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | One particular gf moved 12-miles away and said it had become too far to maintain anything.
/it's me, really, it's me, not you |
When you commute via ricksha, that really is far. |
it was the yeti...............
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akern
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 11:21 Post subject:
I had a slight "thing" with a Marine stationed in Maryland. But the idea of a long distance relationship with someone didn't appeal to me.
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Kimba90
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 11:30 Post subject:
I was in college in Cinti, he was in Toledo. We saw each other once a month, my only weekend off from work, which usually was his guard weekend. Then I moved to Toledo after I graduated.
We'd been married a little less than a year when I took a job in Akron, about 2 hours from Toledo. So I moved there while he finished his degree, lived apart for about 6 months. We called each other on the phone for our first wedding anniversary.
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airehead
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 13:10 Post subject:
I had bf in HS but we saw each other all the time.
Mr Aire was the first/only college BF I had and we were never really far apart. (I never went home for summer breaks)
But, our relationship has had the test of thousands of miles for long stretches.
Right after getting married he spent 6 weeks at a training class.
Next assignment 6 weeks at a resort in Europe. (I had to stay home)
Next assignment: 4 months in Turkey
Next assignment: 3 months in a hidden part of Korea
Next assignment: 3 months in Germany for the war
Next assignment: 7+ months in Iraq.
This isn't counting all those few days to a week that have been sprinkled liberally throughout our 16 years together.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 19:10 Post subject:
About 18 months between Mrs. Boiler in NJ and me in Staten Island and then in Delaware until we got engaged and a few months after that we moved in together.
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 03/31/06 - 19:48 Post subject:
noley.....you got something on your mind? 
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