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Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkk · 3:23

Long distance:Does it work?

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But let me know what you think. I had a couple of long distance relationships that have worked and have blossomed. So that was my experience. However, like I said, as I get older, I noticed that as far as relationships and long distance people tend to stall a little bit. Whereas before, it was something that was kept going. Let me know what you think

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@Astroality
Carly D
@Astroality · 4:31
I want someone that I can call up and be like, hey, let's grab Chinese food takeout today, or let's go see a movie on Saturday, or hey, on Thursday, we got this dinner with some other friends of ours. Let's all go out together and have some fun. And I think when you're in a long distance connection, it can be really hard because it's almost like living your life like you're single. Right
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Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkk · 1:11
I think eventually, as you mentioned, you will have to move closer because I it's only so much distance that you can have that's basically, I guess, what's kind of happening? My last longest relationships and then the current situation, that's something that has been discussed. Like, yes, I'll move and then it's like, well, I kind of want to get everything together here. That's the thing that goes back and forth
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@iamkedeja
Stacey Kedeja
@iamkedeja · 2:18

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When both people are committed, I think it works, but it's really trying to find that committed person and that right there, especially nowadays with social media people really not caring if they're sharing each other's partners and all that. Um, you just the way things are now. That's a hard one. That is a hard one. But it's a good discussion. Thank you for sharing. Bye
@BKFOREMAN69
Brian Foreman
@BKFOREMAN69 · 4:55
The biggest thing for me is she is younger than me and has a younger child that my daughters are in their twenty s. And this young child is six years old. That would be the biggest adjustment. But it really was the old cliche. I wasn't looking. It wasn't a dating site. I don't want to meet people. And then it just happened. And it's been good. There's been maybe one disagreement, but no arguments, no yelling, screaming
@KINGPOPOFLA
DAYDAY Mcclenton
@KINGPOPOFLA · 2:02
One. Hey, how you doing this lovely morning? Thanks for the invite. You know, king pop, you know I'm saying? And you asking long distance, does it work? I'm gonna keep it real with you. Only for a little while. It works only for a little while. Because after a while, one of y'all gonna want see each other. Ain't going to be like pictures and nothing ain't going to really fluctuate you all no more
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@Her_Sisu
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 3:40
So I was like, I want to date, who do I really want to date? Who do I really like? What qualities do I really like? And that's what I was after. Since then I cannot do long distance. I like to be able to have intentional time and impromptu time
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Adriane
@Royalcapability · 3:21
Like no, I might want to grab something to eat when you and I get off work or cuddle up and watch a movie or anything. So I don't know. And then guys be like, well you know what they say, don't knock until you tried. And you probably missed a whole lot of opportunities by not doing the long distance thing
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Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkk · 1:55
But I do thank you for sharing and I do think that people can love more than one person. So maybe that was the case in your case. But I definitely agree that it makes you doubt things when you have someone like that who's slip floppy and who's not committed
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Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkk · 2:03

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When my mother passed and my dad wanted to remarry, I told him that I wanted him to be happy. I didn't really agree with who he was marrying, but that was his happiness. And even though I knew that it probably wouldn't work because they married so soon and she seemed like someone didn't have her stuff together, and I knew that he was replacing because he always took care of people, so he was replacing her with my mother
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Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkk · 2:06
And so the thing, things changed right around, I guess, the time that I was in my late thirty s forty or whatever, so it's been a couple of years, but I definitely knew the person. I think that makes a difference. And we have had time together, but to me it just needs to be more time. And so I decided to step back as far as on the pursuing part
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Kitha Larie
@chitchatwithkk · 4:26
Even in real relationships, you have to be honest and you have to communicate. But in long distance, you really have to communicate and show how you feel. You have to tell, you have to be passionate overfall. You have to be able to communicate. If you can't do that, it's not going to work. I know we would talk for hours, like, I would talk for 3 hours at a time, and he would say, how long have we been on this phone?
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