Why People Say Long Distance Relationships Don’t Work

Browsing the internet and listening to people talk in person can bring about many different spectrums and beliefs about people in long distance relationships and long distance relationships alone. One of the most common things I see and hear is that “Long distance relationships r a load of crok!” “If u hve a internet bf or gf ur a loser! Get a lyfe!” Not only does it pain me to see such grammatical errors, but it also hurts to see just how ignorant and intolerant most others are about something that doesn’t affect them in the least. So why do they both even forming an opinion? Why do they hate long distance relationships and those who are in them? I’ll tell you why.

My name is John and I hate every single one of you.

All memes and jokes aside, this is John. John hates you, and John hates the internet. John spends his days moping and worrying about when he’s going to get his next alcohol fix and why his babe is taking so long to text him back. He spends his nights bumming off other people, getting drunk, starting fights, and getting his bitch to blow him, because…you know, shit is SO cash.

John worries about swag and how fast his girlfriend-of-a-week’s fake tan is fading. He has no room in his mind to consider anything other than the front of his nose, no matter how faded his vision might be. He is superficial, shallow, and most importantly…a Guido.

John is the kind of person who hates people in long distance relationships. He is one of many who think they have life figured out. These people who spread so much hate around the world have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever about what even normal relationships entail. Love, to them, is a four letter word they use to get their partner in bed.  Love is something they call the lust they have for another. Heartbreak is something they experience when their partner moves on to someone who’s “way totally fresh” and has “so much more swag.” Down on their luck is when they find themselves out of their allowance money for the week so now they have to call a friend who they “so dissed” last week and beg for forgiveness and offer to go celebrating on the other’s tab.

The simple reason for why most of these people do not accept, tolerate, or understand REAL long distance relationships is that because of their own selfishness and shallowness, they are unable to experience the same happiness they see us in.

It’s not about “having a life” or “being totally cool, bro,” but for the fact that they hate to see other people happy. Those of us in long distance relationships have something they might never find until they get their act together and realize they’re not fooling anyone. They hate because we can love without being physical. They hate because we can have a conversation with our boyfriends or girlfriends without it turning into a drunken argument about wearing condoms. They hate because we don’t.

And then there are those who have experienced a long distance relationship when it wasn’t meant for them. They did not consider all of the factors and jumped into something much too “out there” for them to handle. For one reason or another, it didn’t work out and they’re stuck in a world where if it didn’t work for them, it can’t work for anyone else. They’re hatred is much like John’s…but they are more likely than not your run-of-the-mill productive member of society.

There are many other reasons people hate LDR’s and those in them. But there’s nothing wrong with loving…

Stay strong and love on!