For many different reasons, more and more people these days are in some sort of long term relationship. With many young people moving away from home to go to college, it is often the case that this age group are the ones in long term relationships.

There is a lot of debate about whether or not long term relationships can actually work. I have the cynic view that most of them can’t and there are a few reasons for this.

To illustrate this point, say there is a boy in his late teens living at home with mum and dad. He spent a lot of time with his girlfriend before moving away to college, this is a classic long distance relationship. He will go off to college and they would decide that they will just see each other at events like holidays.

Unfortunately man is an animal; it’s all too tempting for young males to cheat when they’re away at college. Obviously during their time at college they shouldn’t be having sex with anyone else but after a few too many drinks at a party temptation can easily overcome loyalty.

Being in a long term relationship means that men are more likely to get away with being unfaithful, and the more they think they can get away with it the more likely they are to do it. The only problem with your partner cheating in a long distance relationship is that there’s less chance of finding out about it.

There is also the chance of you going apart from each other in a long term relationship. You both will probably make new groups of friends and develop whole separate lives too.

If you both know that your relationship is only going to be long distance for a certain amount of time then this is the only way I can see things working out. If it’s going to be years of being apart there’s a strong chance that it’s not going to work.

So if you and your partner have recently split up due to long distance then I would seriously consider everything before giving things another try. Don’t just get back with your ex because you’re scared of moving on because while they’re away you’re practically alone anyway.

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