Getting into a relationship is an exciting time for any couple: exploring each others' worlds, learning new things about the person you hope is "the one." Everything is fine and dandy until distance separates the happy couple. Every couple that gets separated swears loyalty to one another, but the true test of a relationship is distance. When distance separates a couple, each individual learns how dependent they truly are on one other, and the difficultly of remaining loyal to the other gets harder as time and distance expands. When are the late-night "goodnight" phone calls no longer enough?

When dealing with long-distance relationships, there is a test of morality. One may think, "It would be so easy to cheat, so why not go for it? There is no way he/she will find out, we are too far apart." Although the other may not find out, the most important person knows that it happened, and that person is you. Not only is it hard for a couple to stay loyal to each other when separated for extended periods of time, but with time it also become harder for the couple to believe the other is not cheating on them with someone local. Along with loss of loyalty, a lack of trust comes into play.

When a couple goes long periods of time without seeing each other, trust is not easily formed. There comes a time when couples doubt one another's actions while they are not together. When a couple is together, it is often easier to trust one another because it is harder to lie to someone's face rather than when in a long distance relationship, in order to lie, all it takes is a simple text message. Trust is easily lost through long distance relationships, whether the truth was told or not.

Along with fall-outs of relationships, long distance relationships often bring upon extreme emotions for both parties. When you are in a long distance relationship, you will easily find yourself to be lonely the majority of the time, and often longing for that special someone to share all of life's moments with them. When everyday actions suddenly stop, you find yourself trying to stay in the same routine despite the loss of the other person. For example, when driving in the car, if it is a habit to hold the hand of your special someone, and one day they are gone, you will still look to hold his/her hand the next time you are in the car. Along with the lonesome feeling that every long distance relationship couple has, you will also have a feeling of discontent after a while.

When conversations turn to phone calls and become solely digital, there comes a time when you run out of things to say and words to describe how you feel. After a while the words "I miss you" become just a repetitive sentence and no longer means the same thing it did in the beginning of the relationship. A couple will have a feeling of discontent with the meaningless conversations with one another and the repetitiveness of the same words or sentences. There also comes a time when the couple no longer knows how to properly communicate with one another as a couple and will fall into a boring routine which is when the relationship is no longer fun and exciting.