Is This How Long Distance Relationships Work? 😶
Summary
Living in different boroughs? That's long distance. A rider on the subway lays out a hot take that'll resonate with anyone who's ever dated across the 5 train or beyond: if your partner's in another borough, you may as well be living in Paris and New York. Different rules apply. Kareem pushes back on whether "play on player" is really the answer, but the logic holds. Regular couples see each other all the time, but borough-hoppers? They're stuck FaceTiming, planning, dreaming of one day being in an actual relationship. It's not necessarily bad, the rider insists, before admitting it's actually a very bad thing.
Full Transcript
If you're living in one borough and your partner lives in another borough, that's a long-distance relationship. 100% agree. Different buses, long-distance relationship. You may as well be living in Paris and New York. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but I think it's a very bad thing. Your word's not mine, but it's different rules. For instance, yeah, it's different rules. Play, play on player.
You're just saying that play? No, I'm just saying like, if you're in a regular relationship, you don't need to like FaceTime all the time because you see each other all the time. If you're in a long-distance relationship, there's FaceTiming. There's—it's planning. It's like dreaming of one day being in a relationship.
So what's your take?