Talk:Long-distance relationship

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this is an "article"?? HAave you SEEN what Missing Each Other Greatly links to? that tells you all you need to know about whether this thing should be considered encyclopedic -- where are the admins?

This will help: www.twitter.com/LDRTweets —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.66.91 (talk) 19:54, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

What is the point of this page? It doesn't say anything that isn't obvious. dpen2000 22:21, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree, but think it has some potential to expand into a more interesting article. Perhaps it might talk about the increasing prevelance of long-distance relationships throughout history or cite some famous examples.  For now it's just a stubby definition, not exciting but useful for someone who had never heard the term before. --Jwanders 09:05, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm with you on the potential bit, but -- well, frankly I was surprised to find an entry, since the whole of the phrase really does equal the sum of its parts. --&#9829; «Charles A. L.» 19:49, May 9, 2005 (UTC)


 * I think this should either be signifidently improved upon, or deleted.

An idea for strengthening the page
This article could be strengthened with some statistical information of the chance of success of a long distance relationship. I assume many will visit this page seeking that sort of information before pursuing a long distance relationship.

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Long distance relationships survive like all other relationships: communication and shared experience.

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I have found several research papers that may help improve the existing page! Feel free to have a look!

Baldassar, L. (2007). Transnational families and the provision of moral and emotional support: The relationship between truth and distance. Identities: global studies in culture and power, 14(4), 385-409.

Boccagni, P. (2012). Practising motherhood at a distance: Retention and loss in Ecuadorian transnational families. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(2), 261-277.

Cao, X. (2013). Connecting families across time zones. In Connecting Families (pp. 127-139). Springer, London.

Johnson, A. J., Haigh, M. M., Becker, J. A., Craig, E. A., & Wigley, S. (2008). College students’ use of relational management strategies in email in long-distance and geographically close relationships. Journal of Computer-mediated communication, 13(2), 381-404.

Kelmer, G., Rhoades, G. K., Stanley, S., & Markman, H. J. (2013). Relationship quality, commitment, and stability in long‐distance relationships. Family process, 52(2), 257-270.

Mazzucato, V., & Schans, D. (2011). Transnational families and the well‐being of children: Conceptual and methodological challenges. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73(4), 704-712.

Pistole, M. C., Roberts, A., & Chapman, M. L. (2010). Attachment, relationship maintenance, and stress in long distance and geographically close romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27(4), 535-552.

Salazar Parreñas, R. (2008). Transnational fathering: Gendered conflicts, distant disciplining and emotional gaps. Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 34(7), 1057-1072.

NPOV concerns and article improvement
The topic of this stub has potential, but it needs to be written with neutrality toward the subject of long-distance relationships. The tone of this stub, as it is currently written, reads like a subtle self-help guide for people who may be doubtful of long-distance relationships. For example, instead of identifying communication as essential to keeping a long-distance relationship, it would be helpful to discuss how others have used communication in these circumstances and what the results were. Statistics on issues related to long-distance relationships would help provide a factual basis for the article also.

I’ll see what I can do to improve this article. In the meantime, perhaps other editors can also take these suggestions, make their own suggestions, and expand the article. -- backburner001 06:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I finally added a template to this article. -- backburner001 02:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, this is a good article, but the people that add information should do it from an unbiased veiwpoint.


 * I agree with the above posts. The most questionable part of this stub would have to be the second and third sections. I am at odds about how to expand the stub, however some of the "subtle self-help guide" things should be kept, but moved. I believe that information is applicable but not on Wikipedia. Possibly on a how-to guide on Wikihow, where information of that sort is the basis of content. I will look into statistical information jipiop


 * Something to possibly include is the social perception of LDRs-- where I am, admitting to being to a long-distance-relationship is a serious faux-pas if you're looking for student share accomodation: no-one wants to live with someone with a bad case of monomania. I've witnessed several cases of College-age people being 'so far gone', they made marriage arrangements with someone before they've even met in person. 203.14.156.193 19:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I think the article looked much better about a day ago... I had added a link to my site www.waiit.com as it provides relevant, unique content that can support this article. To this could be added: gift ideas, reasons why people are in LDRs, statistics. Waiit.team (talk) 14:28, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

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LDR's and short terms separations
The way the lead defines LDR's make it seem as say a couple in a committed relationship or marriage would be consider in an LDR even if just separated for a few weeks, such as say for a business trip. But a common feature of the definitions I have seen on the internet of an LDR i have read, that it's based on where each partner "lives" and thus would exclude say someone who is separated from their partner/spouse for weeks or a months for business/work but who otherwise normally lives with them. Also, the term LDR is mostly applied to unmarried couples' relationships. We should better cover the different definitions of an LDR out there and exclude shorter term separations such as for business/work unless reliable sources include those. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 00:38, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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