I've seen a lot of long-distance relationships that worked, and lot of long-distance relationships that didn't work. Just like any other sort of relationship really! It depends on the circumstances and individual people. The thing is that I think most of us don't go into it wanting a long-distance relationship, due to all the hassles and whatnot, but if it happens, well... it happens. :P

Hux and I actually first met on a different forum some time before we were members here (if I recall correctly, it was a long time ago). I think we both wound up getting dragged here by mutual friends! Of course, we weren't dating until recently, as I'm sure everyone knows, but we've been close friends for a very long time.

Before that, I was in a long distance relationship with another guy for something like six years. Again, we met on a forum (not this one), and the relationship ended for reasons that are unrelated to the distance-- in fact, we broke up a couple of months after living in the same state for the first time ever, but we'd been drifting apart for a while, I think. After that I pledged not to get involved in anymore long-distance relationships because I wanted that physical closeness, but remember how I mentioned earlier that "if it happens, it happens"? Yup! xD