Episode 75 - Long Distance Relationships
Are long distance relationships a fool’s gamble? Are they for the desperate, or the unlucky in love? The statistics of how often they work and why, will shock you.
Catfishing and misrepresenting one’s self in a long distance relationship isn’t new. It goes back to royalty - from the Egyptians to the Georgian era. On today’s episode we explore one of the most egregious examples of someone who grossly misrepresented how successful, handsome, and rich he was to a potential long-distance partner...and he was next in line to be King. We also discuss the statistics we’ve collected from various articles on how to make a long distance relationship work. From the correlation between monthly travel expenditures and breakup rates, to the likelihood that a long distance relationship could end in an engagement ring (a shockingly high stat!) We even get into whether sexting, texting, or dirtytalk is a better indicator of long-distance harmony - and which one is the cruise-control cop-out of long-distance kink.
History:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Brunswick#Engagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV#Marriage_and_mistresses
Science:
https://www.wanderu.com/blog/long-distance-relationships-survey/
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/05/long-distance-relationships/589144/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_relationship
https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/long-distance-relationships/