Long-distance relationships have an urgency that couples in short-distance relationships can only dream of. Every second together counts. Every shared meal is savored; every kiss must be good enough to last weeks, maybe even months. Have you really lived, after all, if you haven’t searched for your beloved’s face at an airport gate, cursing the flight delay because you have only a weekend before you must part again? We should all be so lucky to seal in our memories the image of our lover on our doorstep, suitcase in hand, clothes wrinkled from a long trip, skin emanating a scent that we’ve forgotten but suddenly comes rushing back, bringing with it the recollection of the last time, which was too long ago and too brief, and ended with a tearful goodbye on this same doorstep.
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awleee:ihearthappyendings:justluving:mushd:...Long-distance relationships have an urgency...
I disagree. Some of us who have been in a short-distance relationship do feel that way even if the person lives around...
Truth. Though painful, I would never give up any of those memories. Not only have they made us a better couple, but...
once you leave, time will stop and each...that passes by will seem