The only thing I agree with is that there has to be a light at the end of the tunnel...otherwise his whole attitude sucks... My SO & I didn't have any plans for closing the distance until about a year ago...8 years after we started dating. It sucked but we made it through... now we're planning on closing the distance this summer and we're talking about marriage.
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Amazing he can dispense so much "wisdom" on a television show when he didn't qualify for something as simple as a maintenance job while living in Texas.... yes it's true
Three words. Fill my racing mind. Leave me breathless. Lost in time.
Three words. Fill my endless dreams. Repair my heart. Mend the seams.
Three words. Fill your heart too. Three words pronounced. I love you.
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You look in the mirror, you don't like what you see, don't believe it.
Look in my eyes, I am the only mirror you're ever gonna need.
Met online: 12/24/10 Met In Person: 2/24/11 Distance Closed: 4/24/11
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Im from the east coast and my boyfriend lives on the west coast and its been an amazing 14 months...Dr. Phil can suck it!Comment
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I hate Doctor Phil. I'll watch his show if I have nothing better to do, but he's an utter quack. One thing struck me though after watching that video. I'm pretty sure anyone in a long distance relationship will tell you that phone and email isn't and can't be the basis of the relationship. The RELATIONSHIP, which is unique to every relationship out there, romantic or not, is the basis of the relationship. The phone, email, texting, whatever else you use, is just the means by which you communicate the relationship. My God he makes me angry.". . . We obviously have to come to accept it, but that doesn't stop it from gnawing at us day by day.
The best we can do is enjoy our time together, anticipate our reunions, and remain passionate and loyal through distance." ~Mike <3
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My SO and I want to drop-kick him. We also want to go up to him together and let him know our story. Almost 8 year LDR and we still will have to be for another year. He can shove it.
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We are all a testament to how full of shit he is. He can suck my metaphorical penis."We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love " ~ Theodore Seuss Geisel.Comment
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He has a point in
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However I don't agree with him saying it cant work if its long term, he never specifies how long is " long term "
For me and my SO it'll be a year. Its hard already and its been almost three months. :/ but we aren't giving up." There is always hope.
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THIS. He obviously hasn't stumbled upon this site. He should read the success stories on hear, see all the alumni. One day, we'll all be there too.Originally posted by Rugger View Post
"Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches."
Like a drum, my heart never stops beating for you.
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I actually agree with him. There has to be the light at the end of the tunnel and yes one of the two has to move eventually. It will not work long term and you can not make a family and build a house and have children being long distance.
Long distance has to end at some point.Comment
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I actually concur. However, I do see why people are annoyed with the guy. He's being very provocative in the way he stresses his opinion though this 'Doctor'. He's very negative although yes, very truthful. No bullcrap. I think disabling the comments on his videos is completely the wrong way of going about things. I'm going to throw this in your face and you can't say sweet F- all back? Not cool. Also I have my own personal issues with that video. The wifebeater mustache. The polo shirt. The floating dog in the background sifting deceptively beside him like some kind of furry yet oddly sinister shark.Originally posted by Miramaid View Post
I haven't seen Dr Phil in our household for quite some years. He was banned from our television set after a member of our household reported him 'doing' things to her in her dream. Needless to say both the act and the knowledge of the act disturbed us both and ran a dreadful shockwave of disgust so deep that it ripples to this very day into the core of my being. So although I agree with the core of what the guy is saying: he is still a monumental fubar and should be purged from our screens. O.OsigpicComment
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I agree and disagree with him. I mean he does have a point that LDRs shouldnt be the stopping point of your relationship. You have to have plans on being in the same place eventually. "a light at the end of the tunnel" as he says. I mean, if my SO didnt want to come to me and I didnt want to go to him... then what would be the point? I think he is wrong to say they dont work. Some people have been courting for years and years or decades even. But they still have plans to be together in the same bed sometime. They are working toward being together. All of us are and some are further along than others. But he is right when he says if you plan on being LD forever then that really isnt the best of relationships.
Maybe you guys dont agree. But I wouldnt want to do this forever.Got together Jan 3, 2011~ Closed the Distance March 23, 2012~ Living Together Since June 19 2012~ Future TBD......
I miss you more than I ever could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal." ~ Vita Sackville-westComment
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The fact that LD couples will need to close the distance eventually is kind of a no-brainer and I give him no credit for advising it. He's dismissive of the overall concept of LDRs and is in love with his own, uninformed opinions. And his smug and arrogant way of not answering the question is obnoxious.Comment
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This is how I feel. Itīs kind of obvious that our eventual goal is to close the distance, thatīs the whole point of a long distance relationship in a way.Originally posted by Minerva View Post
"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."
-Miguel De Cervantes
Read our story HERE\Comment
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Honestly, I can't stand Dr. Phil, period. He finds one person in the whole situation to lay the blame on, whether or not they deserve it. For the most part, the issues brought forth on his show are completely without thought or point, and are for the most part just totally unwatchable. My friend, who imitated the "good" doctor in a school project when we were in high school, could do a better job in helping these people.
And while I (in an incredibly rare moment) agree with him that there has to be a light at the end of the tunnel, I don't think he's right that any long distance relationship won't work. Want proof? Just look at all of us!National Novel Writing Month Participant- 2010, 2011, 2012
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I gave up on Dr. Phil several years ago, when a very religious, distraught mother of a lesbian said, "Homosexuality is a choice, and people can -choose- NOT to be gay!"
As a supposed doctor of science, it was his duty to present the other side, that homosexuality may not be a choice at all...instead, he sat there and let this woman rant about what a sin it was, and so on...which is fine, I have no problem with that opinion, but if he was truly "unbiased", he would have presented the other side of the argument.Comment
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