How to Determine Whether Your Long Distance Relationship Is Working

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Check in with your feelings.. Consider your communication style.. Ask yourself how you're handling the long distance intimacy.

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Check in with your feelings.

Step 1

Check in with your feelings.

2

Consider your communication style.

Step 2

Consider your communication style.

3

Ask yourself how you're handling the long distance intimacy.

Step 3

Ask yourself how you're handling the long distance intimacy.

4

Examine the trust you share.

Step 4

Examine the trust you share.

5

Watch out for controlling behavior.

Step 5

Watch out for controlling behavior.

6

Notice if the relationship demands too much of your time.

Step 6

Notice if the relationship demands too much of your time.

7

Check in when you visit.

Step 7

Check in when you visit.

8

Take your bad feelings seriously.

Step 8

Take your bad feelings seriously.

9

Decide how long you can handle being in a long distance relationship.

Step 9

Decide how long you can handle being in a long distance relationship.

10

Keep a communication schedule that works for both of you.

Step 10

Keep a communication schedule that works for both of you.

11

Make sure you can both maintain a social life.

Step 11

Make sure you can both maintain a social life.

12

Clarify your expectations.

Step 12

Clarify your expectations.

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