Many couples choose to enter long-distance relationships when a partner moves for work, while couples who meet on trips or online begin dating in the hopes they’ll one day live in the same city. Here are some pros and cons of having a long-distance relationship:

PROS

Efficiently combines the frustration of being in a relationship with the loneliness of being single

Girlfriend in other state provides convenient way to ignore your fear of meeting new people

More pillows for yourself

Technology allows couples to communicate as if Skype session is a prison visit with thick sheet of glass between them

Less challenging to pretend significant other is the person you want them to be

Have the opportunity to focus on other things that aren’t the love of your life

Much, much easier to look camera in the eye and lie

Sometimes it’s fun to trick yourself into thinking it could actually work

CONS

Tough to fit three months’ worth of nagging and resentment into single blowout fight during visit

Less quality time with boyfriend’s parents

Must compete with endless stream of beautiful, sex-obsessed strangers who line up to sleep with your partner the second your plane leaves the tarmac

Many couples need physical intimacy to make a relationship last longer than it should

Person you love doesn’t seem to mind living far away from you

Can sometimes be confusing to keep track of all your long-distance relationships

Two-hour time zone difference nearly impossible to navigate

Significant other may not get hint arrangement was polite way of suggesting you break up