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When long-distance relationships become avoidance mechanisms

I love him but I also love the way loving him lets me avoid dealing with anyone in my actual physical vicinity and that feels like cheating somehow.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The safety of distant love can serve as refuge from the challenges of proximate intimacy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-distance relationships via technology?”

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