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How rigid communication schedules strain long-distance couples

We video call every night at 10pm his time which is 1am mine and I'm exhausted but I'm afraid if we don't maintain this routine something will slip away.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to control connection through rigid scheduling creates its own form of disconnection.

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Worth thinking about

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

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