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Long Distance?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Requested by a loyal reader :)

Does long distance work? No, the question is, should you even allow long distance relationships to exist? It's expensive, taxing and everyone knows, you don't get to see that person every single day. You could talk everyday and chat and skype and do everything that technology has in store
but in the end, its a far cry from getting to hold the one you love in your arms.

My take, it's hard but doable. But you cannot fault couples who failed at this. When we hear about couples in long term long distance relationships, we coo and say aahh and oohh because we are amazed by it. The reason is, it simply is amazing, borrowing from Smart's tagline. It is an extraordinary feat. It requires exceptional amount of energy, devotion and love but for those who can't make it work, does not mean you are capable of loving less than this. You are also capable of loving extraordinarily but it just works for you in a different way. Some people need to feel that hug, that kiss or hear their loved one's voice everyday. SOme have separation anxiety, but all these people are capable of loving as much as those who share their love from 2 different continents.

It's just, if can make it work, its amazing. We have a lot of love stories nowadays but we only have a few that takes our breath away. We have a lot of relationships that last a lifetime but only a few wherein the couple's both 80 years old and still very much in love with each other. It just depends on the kind of love you wanna have.

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Posted by Gab at 7:37 PM | 31 Comment/s

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Unknown said last February 6, 2008 at 8:34 PM #..

O Chi, yan na... hehehhe... I requested that from the authors.. what can you say??? hehehe

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Unknown said last February 6, 2008 at 8:35 PM #..

I think it's really hard... I know its not for me... in fact, that's kind of one way to escape from a a relationship... say you're going away..hehehe

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Unknown said last February 6, 2008 at 8:35 PM #..

oohhh....i saw this couple in greenhills... they were like both 80 years old and they were still holding hands...awwwww....

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Unknown said last February 6, 2008 at 8:35 PM #..

it's hard, I agree.... but you just gotta love those who make it huh... :)

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:09 PM #..

this happened to my friend too..before anything "magical" happened bigla nalng sila nagkasawaan (MOODY KASI WAHAHHAHA)..i think a long distance relationship is possible only if you trust and love each other that much..but if it does not work..that says alot..u dont really trust and love each other that much to work things out.

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:14 PM #..

i'm the anonymous!hmm there..i just feel that if love and trust is there then it'll work out..but if not, maybe you both are just not that into each other.move on!mas marami pang hot jan!!leche!hahhaa

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:18 PM #..

OH.MY.LORD.
:'(

"those who share their love from 2 different continents."

gab, grabe to.
i'll count this moment as one of the few wherein i'm rendered ALMOST speechless.
i honestly don't know what to say, or where to begin. haha.

(oh and for my good friend apple! lokaret ka!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!)

can i just say,

i got hurt because i couldn't get the one i want, i just didn't realize there's someone in much deeper pain for not having me.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! apple comment on this!

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:21 PM #..

ohhhhhhhh..i think somebody should read this!!my friend addie is MEJO bitter lng naman ng onti!!onti lang..addie i feel the pain..nung umalis si marc when he played amazing race asia, we drifted apart..ang sakit. but i guess life just has to move on :D

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:26 PM #..

oh my,
apple... i'm sorry.. i didn't know how much pain you went through.. is marc back na? how are you two? going strong? but i know how you feel, you know how hard it is for me to be apart from james, i mean can't they just stop spiderman na? the schedule for the shoot is so hectic he misses me so much. if he only knew about C, he'd bury him alive!
hahahaha!!

xOxO,
MRS. JAMES FRANCO.

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:32 PM #..

i know right?its really hard especially pagbalik nya madami humahabol.but what can i do?dba?

long distance relationships are hard..but it can be done..i know coz i have :D

xoxo
mrs. marc nelson

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:38 PM #..

awww apple,
the things you and marc have been through is really inspiring...

i can't wait for james to come and get me na.. he has another movie to shoot pa kase eh : ))
i'll miss you and everyone i'll be leaving behind so bad..

but my heart belongs to him. and you know what my mom said? always follow your heart.
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

hope my MOTHERgoose gets to read this.

please attend our wedding next june. : )

xOxO,
soon to be Mrs. James Franco

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Anonymous said last February 6, 2008 at 11:54 PM #..

skype and sun 24/7= they help!! believe me.. being far away is hard.. you fight about the smallest thing and it's mostly because you're not there to be with him when he's really down or vise versa.

i know a lot of people who are far away from each other but still make it work.. just because by the end of the day. the only thing that matters is that--it's him or her on that other side of the line and nobody else.

<'3 crazy thing called love.hahaha.

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Anonymous said last February 7, 2008 at 1:46 AM #..

Hi mrs. james franco and mrs. marc nelson..

thank God i dont have to go through LDR because derek is always with me naman :) - mrs. ramsay

no seriously. ive been in an LDR for exactly a year.. thank you Sun cellular :) haha and its important you know his friends!! HAHAHA.

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Anonymous said last February 7, 2008 at 2:15 AM #..

hey there maita,
i didn't know you and derek were going steady na pala!? wow, i'm so happy for you!

xOxO,
Addie Franco

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Anonymous said last February 7, 2008 at 4:06 AM #..

addie, maita and apple.

delusional nyo 3!! wahhahahhaha. keep the LOVE REAL NGA EH!! durr

the rizzzz nigga. out.

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LilSis said last February 7, 2008 at 9:23 PM #..

hmmmmmmmmmmmm........no comment...gab, question lang...u werent thinkin of me wen u wrote this ryt????

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Anonymous said last February 7, 2008 at 11:20 PM #..

haha. tash parang lagi ka tinatamaan a...tsk tsk

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Anonymous said last February 8, 2008 at 9:10 PM #..

HAHAHAHAHA!
i love this post talaga!
daming natamaan!
'your'e so vaaaiiiiin you think this post is about youuuu, don't you? don't you?.." HAHAHAHA!
sing it with me guys!

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Anonymous said last February 9, 2008 at 12:33 PM #..

tash feeling ko para sayo yan weh! hahahaha :p

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Anonymous said last February 10, 2008 at 8:04 PM #..

i believe a long distance relationship can work... its up to the couple talaga... my mom waited for my dad when he studied in italy...

i guess if you're really meant to be with this person, kahit maghiwalay kayo ng super duper many times...

.. eh di kayo pa din in the end :)

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:24 AM #..

hahahaha!!! omg... laugh trip kayong lahat!!! ako si albert martinez!!! hahaha

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:25 AM #..

hay ka, tasha... laugh trip ka... :) hahahaha :)

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:25 AM #..

omg anonymous!!! alam ko na ung almost magical thing that almost happened!!! wahahaha... laugh triop to... i can't stop laughing!!!

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:26 AM #..

how the hell do you make skype work? i think i'm the only person who can't download that piece of *toot*

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Anonymous said last February 11, 2008 at 6:54 PM #..

Keep on supporting us guys!

Much love,

UA&P's I Keep Love Real Team
University of Asia and the Pacific

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM #..

Adi, did tommy visit UA&P? he and pat are a good example of that amazing relationship that the university of asia and the pacific can be proud of :)

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:51 PM #..

love love the love stories of university of asia and the pacific!!!

So cool!!

UA&P rocks!!!

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM #..

Because Mariel is so kulit!!! We pledge our support to her, the university of asia and the pacific and the UA&P team because we love love!!!

Yan mariel! hahaha :)

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Unknown said last February 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM #..

Because Mariel is so kulit!!! We pledge our support to her, the university of asia and the pacific and the UA&P team because we love love!!!

Yan mariel! hahaha :)

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Anonymous said last February 11, 2008 at 8:58 PM #..

Thank you for posting comments to UA&P's I Keep Love Real. We will surely continue giving you useful and heartwarming stories!

From: the I KEEP LOVE REAL TEAM
University of Asia the Paific

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Anonymous said last February 13, 2008 at 2:23 AM #..

Thanks ....

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