After spending 2 years single, I’m getting back into the dating game. I was married for 8 years and it ended unexpectedly in a bad way. So I wanted to just sit back and figure out what I’m really looking for. Fast forward to now, I meet a woman on hinge who I really am enjoying spending time with. Our interests match surprisingly well. She is cute as hell. We talk and it flows so flawlessly through text or in person. Even our ideas about dating line up, which is rare in this day and age. Neither one of us cares for casual sex. The problem is that we live 2 hours apart. I don’t want distance to ruin something that could be really good for both of us.
We talked about our dating intentions and she mentioned she has never dated anyone that she wasn’t friends with first. I respect that. I think building a foundation as friends is a great way to start and it lines up with my ideals as well.
I can tell that the interest is mutual. But the obstacle is the distance. She said it sucks that we are far apart because then when we hang out, it has to be a whole event and can’t just be casually meeting for coffee or something like that. The traveling isn’t an issue for me. I love driving so it really doesn’t bother me. I guess I’m looking for advice from people who may have been in a similar situation. How did you build a foundation being so far apart?
Also to add, I have nothing tying me down to where I live right now so I could easily move if things progressed that far. It’s mainly just an issue getting things going.