i agree with you rena you have good point of views and your a well educated person , in my opinion, it is really difficult to handle long distance relationships - it is an 80 percent factor that it is not going to work out and theres only 20 percent chance that its going to work out, so for those people who are experiencing such dilemma i suggest to trust your partner with all your heart, give her a call when you remember her or him, tell her you miss her and you cant wait to give her a hug and a kiss, tell her you love her and you want to see her again, efforts should be done. and if ever you feel abandoned and you feel that there is no love anymore remember that it is important to let go and move on, it maybe hard or it may take long but its the reality we must face that life is not always fair on our destiny. well soon i will have the fate of loosing someone migrating to another country and i dont know..all i know is i love this person so much..and ill do anything to be on her side... =p peace out