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My wife & I had a long distance relationship for two years. We started dating 3 weeks before she went back to school which was 3 hours away. I was working at the time so the cost to drive to see her & hang out all weekend wasn't any big deal. It worked out great for us, after school we got married & have two kids. I would add that we both dated other people before we started going out, were both cheated on by the other boy & girlfriends & were both very adamant about no screwing around. It was easy to trust each other & after three weeks of dating her I knew it wasn't going to be an issue with her, so there wasn't any worry of screwing around.
That being said, I just re-read some of our old letters the other day and was blown away by how much fun we did have when we got to see each other. I remember driving to see her on Friday nights, it was like a kid in a candy store when I finally arrived. I'd usually rent a hotel room for the weekend, and we'd go out to eat and maybe a few bars, besides that we pretty much stayed in the room. With two kids, those types of weekends are hard to come by!
All in all I think it worked well for us. The last thing I'll add is that after our first date, I knew I was going to marry her, so the distance thing wasn't that big of an issue.
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