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I was featured on the Women Aloud radio program yesterday, and discussed the phenomena of long distance dating with hosts Mo Gaffney and Shana Wride and their listeners. Were you one of them? I hope so! But if not, here's some of what I had to say. Long distance dating is more common these days (due to the internet's "shrinking" of geographical borders and boundaries), so singles can meet someone living down the street as easily as someone living across the country. While long distance dating can present challenges, I gave some tips for how to deal with them -- 1. Couples should make the effort to see each other in person as often as possible;
2. Be sure that the two of you have agreed on an "end" goal for the relationship -- whether it's to just get together when it's convenient to have some fun, or to eventually live in the same city and continue dating, or to see if you want a committed relationship, even marriage;
3. When you aren't able to be together, make the effort to stay in frequent contact. For example, make a schedule as to when you'll talk on the phone ( "phone dates") when you can discuss the events and experiences of your day . . .
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4. Use the time on the phone productively, rather than to just mope and complain about how you're not able to be together. For example, agree on a book or magazine article that you both want to read and discuss it. The interview was fun -- Mo shared some of her long distance relationship experiences and Shana had some interesting statistics from LongDistanceDating.com. A few of my Get Your Love Right! readers also sent in some questions ahead of time that I answered during the show. If you liked the show, please let the producers know by sending an email to live@womenaloud.com. I hope they invite me back! (You can read some more of my suggestions about how to navigate long distance dating by going to this earlier blog post.)
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