Barefoot Doctor: "Looking at it from a romantic perspective, a person has no real choice in the matter either way since destiny makes them enthralled with this or that lover, irrespective of wherever they're based.
From a psychological angle, however, some people choose long-distancers intuitively because they feel safer than getting involved in liaisons closer to home, since they offer a built-in protection (via the sheer physical distance) against the relationship getting too heavy.
Conversely, for those who suffer from any degree of masochistic tendencies, long-distance lovers offer the opportunity to indulge in the pain and suffering of semi-unrequitable love. Then again, they also makes sense for people pursuing the harem model of romance though masochism (and sadism) can also be linked to this role.
Ultimately thinking about it conceptually at all is merely mental masturbation because if your hormones are sufficiently stimulated and perturbed, you'll go for it anyway, even if one of you lives on the moon."
posted by Jen @ 4:51 AM
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