Last year we reported that tough economic times make long distance relationships more difficult. As people struggle to make ends meet, finding cash for phone bills and plane fare has become more difficult. Well, ironically, in addition to making LDRs harder to sustain, the financial collapse has also made them more common.According to this weekend's New York Times, "commuter marriages," in which married couples live apart, are trending up, as the tough economy forces people to take jobs in far-flung locales, away from their spouses and in some instances, children.

In 2006, the Census Bureau reported that 3.6 … Read More

Is American Airlines part of your lovelife?  Does "fill 'er up" have several different meanings for you on a romantic weekend? 

Bad news for you: the hundreds of miles between you and your sweet baboo are killing the planet, suggests Slate.com's article, "The Environmental Case Against Long-Distance Relationships."

Unfortunately, his face lit-up on the other side of arrivals' gate is not going diminish the carbon footprint you left getting there. So should long distance lovebirds should flap their arms and fly instead?  Or just break up for the greater, greener good?

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Several years ago, I was in a relationship that helped me grow and change so much as a person. Until then, I didn't realize the possibilities that the world held. My mate's name was Alfred and he was a beautiful and incredible man. Things were almost perfect between us and for a long time I was happy.

The only problem our relationship held was the distance. He lived in Hawaii. I hung my hat in Tennessee. We both had our own lives where we resided. He was in college and working towards a degree. I had ailing family members that … Read More

Outside of Big Love, the occasional polygamy trial, and Mitt Romney, most of America is pretty in the dark about Mormonism. Well, one thing we know about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is that they often go to Brigham Young University (BYU) and they go on missions if they’re deemed pious enough. A Mormon mission is a trip to the near and far corners of the world to proselytize for 18 to 24 months.

Pretty sweet, right? Well this quote struck us as a little troubling, "money spent on … Read More

My heart went out to Russell Crowe, when the bad-boy superstar was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after attacking an employee at the Mercer Hotel in New York. As Crowe later explained to David Letterman, he had repeatedly tried and failed to call his wife in Australia. I'm not condoning the use of a phone as a weapon, of course, but long-distance relationships can be tough enough to make even the calmest person edgy, much less a hard-rocking gladiator with a temper.

When I heard about Crowe's rage, I'd just spent three … Read More