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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.