Skyrocketing phone bills. Layovers and missed flights. Countless hours spent pining, worrying, and wondering, Why do we do this to ourselves? Long-distance love can be one challenge afteranother, but as most committed couples will tell you, the rewards well outweigh the stresses. In this sensitive yet sensible guide, long-distance veterans Chris and Kate provide strategies for making the distance seem shorter and outline eight essential skills for relationship success: Communicating effectively Establishing mutual goals and expectations Dealing with issues of trust, fidelity, and independence Having fun in spite of the distance Managing time, schedules, and stress Keeping the relationship real Balancing sex and emotional intimacy Making the transition to same-city living Based on interviews with more than 100 couples and packed with knowledgeable tips and honest advice, THE LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL GUIDE proves that, with patience and dedication, a loving relationship can not only survive but also thrive across the miles.

If you're in a long distance relationship (LDR) you've probably heard this before. Millions of couples, married or dating, consider themselves long distance, and they struggle with the unique difficulties that come from living apart. Long distance relationships do work. But to be successful you must understand how they differ from other relationships, and you must learn new strategies proven to make a difference. Based on ground-breaking research, Long Distance Relationships will teach you the little-known, but critical secrets to a happy and healthy long-distance relationship. Book jacket.

Relationships are tough, and putting states or even oceans between two people does not make things any easier. Although some long-distance relationships won't work, that doesn't mean you can't make yours successful and fulfilling. This guide will give your relationship the chance it deserves. You will learn how to establish the terms of your relationship, including how to know if you are ready to make this commitment, when to schedule phone calls, and how often you should visit. You will discover the essential relationship-building skills you need, including open communication, realistic expectations, and balanced emotional and physical intimacy. You will learn the best ways to share travel costs and what to do when visiting in order to make the most out of your limited time together. Long-distance relationships cannot be compared to other relationships, and this book gives couples who are living apart dozens of tips to keep that special spark alive.--From publisher description.

Master the challenges of long-distance relationships with this fun and practical survival guide for geographically challenged lovers The phone company might think long distance is the next best thing to being there, but The Long-Distance Relationship Guide knows better: long-distance relationships require hard work, commitment, a sturdy travel bag, a good calling plan, a healthy sense of humor, supportive friends—and lots of ice cream. Here’s everything you need to make sure your relationship can go the distance. Learn how to: • Spot the serial long-distance dater • Prepare for “The Visit” • Discover the joys of phone sex • Write a juicy love letter • Negotiate turn-taking visits Full of helpful quizzes, checklists, and advice from relationship experts and long-distance veterans, The Long-Distance Relationship Guide will help you make the most of your long-distance romance.

Where Can You Turn. . .? . . .when the bills are due, the kids are acting out, loneliness and doubt are creeping into your quiet hours--and you're handling it all alone? If your partner is in the military, these challenges may be the greatest that your relationship will ever face. Now is the time you need answers, resources, and understanding. This is the book that will give them to you. Military wife and U.S. Army veteran Shellie Vandevoorde has penned a practical, compassionate guide to help military couples cope with the separation of active deployment. Now updated and expanded, Separated by Duty, United in Love is infused with her years of experience, offering sound and comforting advice from someone who's been there. Vandevoorde explores real-life issues and shares invaluable insights on the best ways to: • Keep the lines of communication open while your partner is away • Address your children's fears as you cope with your own • Juggle finances and other household duties • Find the balance you desperately need • Cope with post-traumatic stress, injury and other challenges when a spouse returns from war • Utilize military resources and support groups to help yourself through the toughest times You are not alone. Separated by Duty, United in Love gives you the tools and the encouragement you need to help your military relationship survive--and thrive.

Surviving the Distance explores a couples journey through their Long Distance Relationship (LDR) of 4 years. Living 1,886 miles apart from San Jose, California to Houston, Texas they learned valuable ways to stay connected in which they share tips on how they went from an LDR to now Husband and Wife. After reading Surviving the Distance, no matter what type of relationship you are currently in, you will appreciate their story as they reveal what it took to get them to where they are today. Although they knew each other for some time while living in the same city it wasn't until they lived in separate states that they truly realized they were meant to be. The inspiration in writing this book stems from a healthy conscious of wanting to provide a resource to help others through their LDR journey.

Are You Ready To Receive The Love You Truly Deserve? You are a great woman, and it's time to get the love and relationship GOD has had waiting for you all along. “GOD Where’s My Boaz” is a woman’s guide to understanding what is hindering her from receiving the love and relationship she truly deserves. A straight forward and easy to read book that will help you: • Recognize and overcome the obstacles in love & relationships • Take steps towards truly becoming the blessing you hope to receive • Feel empowered, encouraged, and focused on progress These aren’t tips and tricks on how to get a man. This book will assist you in taking a deeper look within which will help you prepare and position yourself for the love and man that is truly best for you.

Review: "This blueprint helped me strengthen my Long Distance relationship with Maria in Mexico. Having your blueprint is like having a personal mentor by my side whenever there are issues. We had an issue with keeping things fun long-distance; chapter 8 in your blueprint saved us." - Preston Zygb: Niagra Falls, NY Want to make a long-distance love relationship work? The blueprint to starting a long-distance relationship that's fun and successful, even if friends & family tell you it won't, is staring directly at you today- so keep reading. You met someone genuinely unique. ⚠ Problem: this person lives in a different city, state, or even country than you. How on earth can you make a relationship that starts long-distance work? Your friends and family think that your love has a slim chance of survival. Maybe they're just jealous, or perhaps they're correct. Either way, you go to bed each night with a powerful desire to prove friends & family wrong. When it comes to the game of love, it's nothing like sticking your thumb in the eyes of naysayers to prove them wrong. "According to an article in the New York Post, Long-distance relationships have a 58 percent success rate, according to new research." Your mission is to learn as much as possible about long-distance relationship pitfalls, how to navigate around them, and how to make long-distance feel like a same-city relationship to increase the chances of survival. You don't want some resource that's just another love story of how one couple made their long-distance relationship successful. You want actionable steps that have worked for countless successful, long-distance couples. What shared strategies and problem-solving methods exist among successful long-distance couples? That's what you'll find in 'Long Distance Love.' "After reading Love Distance Love, ' I finally figured out why my last long-distance relationship crashed and burned. I plan to use the actionable strategies in your blueprint to ensure that my new long-distance love stays my love forever this time. Thanks!" - Meghan Parksdale: Gatlinburg, TN 'Long Distance Love' is ideal for anyone thinking of starting a long-distance relationship or you're currently in one, things are a bit shaky, and you need help to ensure you both stay together. If you're looking for a guide to increase your long-distance relationship's chance of success- your eyes found it today. This blueprint is unique because it's not some erotic love story wrapped in positive thinking manifestations. I've compiled actionable steps from hundreds of successful long-distance couples, and I want you to get access to use these strategies. I also address the taboo topic of sex because other books won't touch on this topic. Sex is critical in the survival and fullness of your long-distance relationship. Ignore sex at your peril. This is how your relationship will transform after executing the methods in this blueprint: An action plan to keep love moving in the ideal direction How to navigate arguments back to calm waters The proper way to use sex to keep things fun Over-looked methods for building trust that make both of you feel secure Fun date ideas to keep your partner thinking about you when you're not there A gameplan to transition to a same-city relationship ...and much more Even if your last long-distance relationship failed, you could still be successful in a new one once you use this blueprint's strategies. If you want your long-distance relationship to defy the naysayers, scroll up right now and click the 'Buy Now' / 'Add to Cart' button.

A heartwarming and revealing look at the wisdom drawn from successful marriages and the secrets to making love last, not from Ph.D.s or therapists but from more than 200 real couples who have walked the walk to more than forty years of marriage. Jaded by his parents' divorce, Mathew Boggs was a young man who'd lost all belief in lifelong love. After observing his grandparents who were madly in love after sixty-three years of marriage, Mat talked his best friend Jason into joining him on a cross-country search for America's greatest marriages. The two bumbling bachelors jumped in an RV and embarked on "Project Everlasting," a 12,000-mile cross-country adventure to discover what it takes to make love last. Each chapter of Project Everlasting is dedicated to one of the pressing questions the bachelors asked the couples, such as: —"How do you know you've found The One?" —"What's missing from today's marriages?" —"How do you keep the romance alive?" —"What's the most important ingredient for a solid marriage?" As the traveled the country, meeting happy couples from all walks of life, Mat and Jason began to understand why their own relationships hadn't worked out quite as planned. They also realized that what they were learning from their wise new friends could change everything for them and—through Project Everlasting—show their generation and generations to come how to build a marriage to last.