Do long-distance relationships work out? Gay men say…
Absence makes the heart grow fonder? Maybe, maybe not! Reddit users were divided on the topic of long-distance relationships in a recent r/AskGayMen thread, with some saying they found lasting love with suitors miles or even oceans away, and others saying their long-distance relationships crashed and burned.For what it’s worth, a study published in the Journal of Communication in 2013 found that duos in long-distance relationships had more meaningful relationships than those who saw each other daily—with the long-distance couples having more frequent communications and more “relationally intense” conversations, as study co-author Crystal Jiang of the City University of Hong Kong told USA Today. “The intimacy developed here is a psychological closeness—it doesn’t include physical or sexual intimacy,” Jiang added. (Then again, these were heterosexual couples, so our mileage may vary.)Anyway, here’s what Redditors had said about gay guys in long-distance relationship—with responses organized into “yea” and “nay” columns and condensed and edited for readability.“Can’t imagine I’d be into a long-distance relationship.
If I choose you as a partner, I want you with me as part of my life. Not having them there for physical comfort and sexual pleasure would probably be frustrating for me, too.
And I’m an insecure person, so I’m into monogamy, so open relationship isn’t an option for me. Long-distance friendship? Sure.
Long-distance short-term? Maybe. But long-term? Probably not. (Edit: But I’d never say never, depends on the person and the circumstances.)”“My top love language is physical touch, so that’s a priority for me in my romantic and therefore sexual relationships, which is something I literally cannot get from a.
