From Slate: Date Local: the case against long distance relationships

From Slate, dated 22 October 2008. Is it well-founded or ridiculous, tell us what you think:

You’re sitting in the airport terminal, rolling your copy of the Economist into a sweaty tube and waiting to see a significant other who lives far away. You’re excited. You’re aroused. But there’s something else, a nagging feeling that gurgles in your stomach and won’t go away. Is it pangs of guilt? It should be: The planet is about to suffer for your love.

Perversely, we live in a world where the sustainability consultant in San Francisco is willing to fly in an exotic boyfriend every month from Washington, D.C. All day, she helps companies “green their supply chains” and “internalize core social costs,” yet that eco-savvy seems to vanish at night, when she e-mails: Come visit!!! You might say she’s willing to be a locavore but not a locasexual. Read the rest of the article.

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    1. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

      I don’t get the feeling that very many relationships start out as long-distance but I can see where local relationships can end up being long-distance or transition through long-distance while things are being worked out so that they are local again. Based on what I read in the article, those relationship should be scrapped because they aren’t “green”? I can understand recycling and other measures but I think that few would be able to reconcile feelings for another human being against “green” living.

      If we go this far for a potential family member, then why not extend it to families in general not being allowed to live in different cities, because it isn’t “green” for them to travel to see each other? What is the difference between family and potential family?

      Posted 27 Oct 2008 at 10:05 pm
    2. Pyke wrote:

      I agree with the idea, date locally, I mean why prefer a paying eHarmony member 100 miles away versus a FCW participant within one’s town, but this article proposes the absurd. Life is too short for lousy relationships and if experience tells you this is all you get locally then by all means venture out! Your sanity may depend on it.

      Posted 03 Nov 2008 at 9:34 am

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