Eileen met under the most Jew-
ish of circumstances — at a
milchig (dairy) buffet some mu-
tual friends had last Rosh
Hashanah. Never mind that
Eileen was just in town to cele-
brate the holiday with her fam-
ily, and she and Greg lived 600
miles apart; they still went out
for coffee afterward.
It wasn't long before the phone
lines started heating up. Then
came the airplane flights, with a
few train and car weekend ren-
dezvous thrown in.
Periodically, they'd realize how
expensive it was getting. Then
they'd realize it would be more
costly to blow a chance at true
love because they didn't want to
inconvenience their schedules or
finances.
Their decision to continue dat-
ing long-distance is a poignant re-
minder of the trade-offs involved
in dating in the`90s. They had to
work through cost effectiveness
of a successful relationship vs.
"geographic undesirability."
Finally, they decided Eileen
would move to see how the rela-
tionship would work on a more
"normal" basis. It was a big risk
for both — but three months lat-

Periodically,
they'd realize how
expensive it was
getting. Then
they'd realize it
would be more
costly to blow
a chance at love.

er they're still dating and think-
ing about the future.
They've been having lots of
fights. Learning how it feels to
fight is certainly a good barome-
ter for any relationship, and not
something you're likely to spend
time doing if you live cities apart
and see each other only on occa-
sional weekends.
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just to hang out and get to know
each other better," Eileen says,
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and energy planning our next
[long-distance] visit."
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a year, and racked up enough fre-
quent flier miles to take a
Caribbean honeymoon compli-
ments of their favorite airline.
That was five years ago. Two
kids and one full-time career
turned consulting business lat-
er, they're still happily married
and living together.
Different people, different
dilemmas. But if there's even a
slim chance that the relationship
might be "the real thing," long-
distance dating just might be
worth the trouble.

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