I have been in long distance relationships twice, and can tell you that they do not work if for more than a few months (at leas in my experience). But I do know people that do make it work.

Same as GuilinRaf...never worked for me but you may be the lucky one...

luckily it has only been a bout 3 months in one hit.

In my first marriage I was a interstate driver and very rarely home

hence one reason we are divorced

so much for absence makes the hart grow fonder

the only time I see her now is on Halloween zooming across the sky on her broom

If I wasn't in a relationship I would speak against it. It is against the odds mostly.

But when you're in a relationship it's a different mindset. The belief is stronger, but this may not be the reality.

But belief can drive something a long way.

Basically, you both just have to have the same mindset continually throughout.

If it is only for few months then it should not be a big problem. With my ex it went for two years meeting twice a year. Then finally with mutual understanding we both ended it after a month long holiday together.

It was like pain in the ass as neither of us move around and kind of bonded with something. If it is only the issue of girlfriend and boyfriend then i will not wait more than 6 months now. If it is with the wife, then everything has to be calculated.

If you've been together for a while, and you're both fairly committed to the relationship, AND it's not for an indefinite (or even very long) period of time - shouldn't be too much of a strain.

However, if it's a fairly new relationship, or it's on-going non-contact, I'd let it go.

But, everyone has different needs in a relationship. For me, I need the physicality of it (ie, sex, and sleeping with her), as well as the intellectual stimulation. I'm also quite happy to be on my own. If you need that physical contact, and it's a significant part of a 'relationship', then don't do it! If it's the emotional or intellectual side you need, it can work...

Me and my wife was apart for 7 months in the beginning of our relationship. We spend that time getting to know each other very well through email and videotalks. I think we learned a lot about each other faster because of this.

Later on we had a few months apart and it was hell. I do not recommend it if you are already close!

Long distance relationship can make the relationship stronger or break the couple apart.

Daily/Weekly phone calls, skype, emails, sometimes all of it is not enough to keep you together. I believe it all depends on a relationship, if you are meant to be together in the end, you should be able to 'survive' the distance.

I would say they don't work. I had an English girl friend long ago, she went back to finish her last year of university. At that time we had no long distance discounts, the phone bills alone were huge. I didn't have a computer then, still kinda hate  them.So we talked on the telephone. Just before she was to come back, she told me she had met someone when she got home and wasn't coming back to Canada. I was freaking mad about her not telling me, more so than not coming to Canada.

Long distance can work, depends on your commitment to each other. A couple of months is nothing. Military people are away from their loved ones for up to a year. Most work. 

You have to have trust, and you have to want it to be successful, and you should set rules.

A little separation isn't going to kill either one of you.

On the other hand, if this is the one you've been back and forth with, maybe this is a good time to end it. Are you keeping your apartment while you're away? And is she living there while you're home? Don't leave anything valuable behind. 

I lasted just over two years in a long distance relationship and thought it was going well.  Hell I was planning on taking it to the next level that next spring when we would be together again longterm.  But for Christmas all I got was a Dear John letter and the later knowledge she found a new man.  Skype and a couple of other-side of the world flights a year just isn't enough for all but the strongest relationships. 

Long distance relationships are destined to go two ways. Downhill apart or very soon once you get back together. I say break up as lovers and friends then once you togeather be together. Everyone young and there are a lot of options. If you have an inkling of doubt that the person not your soul mate then respectively bow out. A little heart break is better then being a lying cheating a$$