LDR, or long distance relationships, tend to have a negative stigma, but not without reason. There is often a physical disconnect, ample of opportunities for miscommunication or betrayals, one of you have to decide who is willing to uproot their life to move, and sometimes even language barriers. Personally I was in the camp of that I would never get into a LDR, let alone with someone who is technically in a different country, but life has a funny way of surprising you. My fiancé is a born and raised New Yorker, and I’m a born and raised Richmond-er (?), and our meeting was definitely nothing but a stroke of luck. And even then, the likely chance of us getting together was very low, mostly due to our concerns of misreading each other’s feelings and attachments to each other. Regardless of the odds, we managed to push through those anxieties and are happily engaged with plans to tie the knot in 2025, fingers crossed. But how did we avoid being part of the 42% of couples that fail a LDR? Admittedly a lot of it come down to each individual’s character, personality, and needs, but these are some of the things we do to stay connected.

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