Love is a battlefield—perhaps even more so when your spouse is in the military. Milspouses have to deal with long-term separations, constant moves, not to mention the anxiety of possibly losing their loved one in the line of duty. Thus, when Lifetime created Army Wives (based on a book of the same name), the channel unearthed a treasure trove of built-in drama. The show, which follows the lives of five fictional couples dealing with military life, has earned the channel's largest viewing numbers ever and is brimming with love lessons that are applicable beyond the army base. … Read More

Communication is key in any relationship but for the more than 287,000 military couples communicating across enemy lines, keeping the lines of dialogue open and honest can make or break a marriage. Military couples face a unique set of circumstances that often times find them miles apart. The average deployment ranges between 12-15 months while deployment extensions and redeployment are just as likely. With the military divorce rate rising ever so slightly, Soldiers are speaking out about what it takes to stay strong amidst year long separations. "All marriages have their good and bad times," explains … Read More

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

Being apart—be it one mile or a million—while staying together can be challenging for some couples, and a pleasure to others. YourTango’s got you covered! Check out the stories below for everything you need to know about long-distance relationships.

How To Survive A Long-Distance Relationship
Long-distance relationship dos and don'ts. Watch now. 

How To Make Long-Distance Love Work
Make your bond strong enough to weather the distance. Read now.

Turkey Sandwiches Are Good For Long-Distance Love
The LoveFeed discusses the growing number of Long-Distance Relationships (LDRs). Watch now.

Living Alone And Loving It
Why do couples who value solitude have … Read More

According to the Daily Mail UK, international soccer star David Beckham has decided to take a contract with AC Milan for this winter while Victoria holds down the fort at home.  Evidently, the soccer star is determined not to uproot his family again and realizes his boys need to stay in school so Victoria “Posh Spice” will take care of things at home while he’s away.

Now, this might not sound like big news but let’s remember what happened just a few short years ago when the couple was separated while Becks played for Real Madrid in … 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?

For the sake of your own greenhouse … Read More

Last summer, Alex and I were in the same place for the first (and only) time. After doing the long-distance thing for well over a year, we both decided to live in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He worked a summer job and I commuted four hours a day (seriously) to work in New York City. Anything for love, right?

That was our magical summer, full of more together-time than our entire relationship had been up to that point. Incidentally, it was also the summer right before our breakup—clearly it wasn’t magical enough to keep us together. Still, it was good.

Now, as the … 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

They say that fate has a hand in every connection. But the night my husband and I met, fate seemed to be cutting things awfully close. Richard lived in England, and was in New York City for a week’s vacation.

I was in graduate school at Columbia University. It was the ultimate coincidence that we happened to be in the same bar, a little dive called the Subway Inn on Lexington Avenue and 60th Street. We fell easily into conversation, and by last call I was pretty sure that this was the guy … Read More

About ten years ago, on Valentine's Day, Louis and I did a talk show. We were one of three long-married showbiz couples, and the host was asking all of us how we made it work—marriage being difficult enough without adding two actors' egos and crazy schedules into the mix. The first couple said, "We take our marriage vows very seriously. We've never considered being unfaithful."

Louis and I looked at each other, and I knew he was thinking the same thing I was: "Uh-oh, we're in trouble."

Then it was the second couple's turn.

They said, "We've never spent a … Read More