I've been into two years long distance relationship. He is the province, and I am in the City.
Now? we are happily being together for six years.
All I can say is that, in long distance relationship to work, both must love, respect, and trust each other.
It is a commitment, commitment of the two people involved in this kind of relationship. I can say it is not easy to make ot work for those people who don't know how to commit themselves to the other person.
You aren't there physicaly with your partner, but don't ever make him/her feel that you two are too far away from each other. Never ever break both of your trust.
Actually this kind of relationship is not that hard to maintain if both of you are commited to each other. If both of you love and respect each other.

A long distance relationship is not easy, but being honest no one relationship is easy these days. I have been for almost 3 years in a relationship where he lives in the States and I live in Colombia, the hardest part of been separated by distance is when we need affection. There are times where I wish I could wake up and see him close to me but we have to be patient and use all the resources we have like social nets, video calls, visits on vacations, everything that can bring us closer.
He is a man very supportive and very positive, and we have a very good communication channel; the first thing we did was talking openly and clearly about the kind of relationship that we wanted, we agreed to be exclusive and trust each other, I never tell him what to do or not, and he does the same for me. We are very respectful and we feel mutual admiration.


I think that distance gives you the opportunity to give a shape to the relationship, to keep living your life and be more objective about the kind of relationship that you want.
Having a relationship in distance doesn't require being a certain age but you need to have a mental maturity if you want to make it work you really need to care about that person because if you don’t then the relationship it's not gonna last.
Been constant is a must and definitely, it´s necessary to feel comfortable being alone and having your own friends, your own plans, and direction in life.
Tha's good because if both of you are perseverant, then when you get to be together finally, you don’t feel codependent and you can be genuinely happy.

Not really works for me.  Much better to have no commitment if your partner wants to live in other country or far from your place.  This is more applicable, but stay friends and keep the communication as long as you can.  No relationships doesn't means no communication.  If your partner went back and still single, that's good, make a commitment again.

Trust and loyalty is the best key to make the relationship longer. Its the foundation of ldr, like me we are in long distance relationship I trust my partner so it really works.

Not really works for me.  Much better to have no commitment if your partner wants to live in other country or far from your place.  This is more applicable, but stay friends and keep the communication as long as you can.  No relationships doesn't means no communication.  If your partner went back and still single, that's good, make a commitment again.

You do have a point here and I am sure that you do have personal reasons in saying better not to be committed if your partner will live far from you. In some cases, long distance relationship does not really work at all. It is not that they don't love each other nor they can't commit themselves. Some factors are time, effort and lastly, physical presence. Everybody needs hugs from our loved ones. When you feel down, tired or even stressed, a simple hug from your loved one matters big time. Seeing your partner smile physically makes you feel at ease, comfortable and energized. Maybe that's the power of touch.

Me and my girlfriend have been in a long-distance relationship for 3 year. And I know this is cliché, and you've already heard this, it's all about "communication". When I say 'communication', it doesn't pertain to the frequency of calls and text messages. It doesn't correlate to the amount, it's in the quality. Busy days are inevitable, we all have things to deal with individually even as a couple: school, work, family, the list will go on. Building a strong foundation of an LDR starts with communication. Not how frequent you call each other, but what things you talk about when you're talking on call. This is self-explanatory, and I learned all of this from my own experience. Being in this kind of relationship is very hard. But it pays the price and it's very special. In this distant relationship, we grow as a team with our significant other. This is what it's all about.

Well said! Long distance relationship needs a strong foundation to last a lifetime. A foundation you build thru communication.  Partners who were together before and were each other's best friends successfully managed the distance thing without a problem. Other couples who had weaker foundations established before ultimately crumbled from the 'distance'. As for the rest of them, don’t get to build a foundation at all due to multiple obstacles distance created for them both; it was like building a house on a sink hole. Trust, respect, love, support and spending quality time together matter most. 

to make a long distance relationship works, is simple but actually not easy. .It is needs wider patience.   As wide as you could do.  It is a great sacrifice to both parties.  Of course, love is the main factor.  It is important, that both parties must be willfull at first, for their status as their relationship would become a long distance or they are starting a long distance relationship.  Both parties should be aware of the possible circumstances or trials they would probably encounter. Most of all, they're both mature enough and ready to deal with a long distance relationship.