I have and do. However, this now depends on the distance, place and person. My last relationship was with a woman who lived in Dallas and I in Seattle. Two months on the phone and then meeting. It took another 8 months to really get to know one another and it was beautiful. That said, no more looong distance but anything within a couple of hours driving time would be fine. For me it's a matter of quality over convenience. Living on an island gives one a certain attitude of having to be more flexible to get what's important in life!

Sure, as long as it was totally open……

I've tried that. Didn't work for me. I don't want it for myself. There are people that adapt well to that situation but that's them.

I personally am not in the frame of mind to seek out a long distance relationship. However if I were to fall in love with someone I met while traveling or they were traveling, and I wanted to see where that led, I'd give it a try, but it would involve being in the same place for that trial period, not carrying on from a distance indefinitely. I'd rather have someone in the flesh to do fun things with - not just spicy phone calls, emails and short visits.

At my age, I'm also not interested in a huge age difference. In my experience, they either just want notches on their bedpost or want a sugar mama. I'd rather have someone who has had similar life experiences as me in the way of music, entertainment and energy level.

My relationship with all of you is perfect.

The distance is not a burden but a blessing.

Any time I feel like being with you I will be there.

We enjoy a wonderful balance between not too much in your face and no clean up.

Much love.

Mwah.

Age hasn't ever been a factor for me, either. I don't know that anyone "wants" a long-distance relationship unless they're using it for short-term fun (which could be amusing) or scams (the nastier side of hope).

But I'm open to relocate if circumstances allow it, so I can understand using it as a bridge in a long-term commitment ... not seeking it out, but as an option with the right person. People die or relocate, physicians and service people retire, the garden I loved has been ravaged by our new weather pattern, the house is a lot to take care of without the benefit of people filling it, and the red plague marches relentlessly closer ... so yeah, relocation isn't the burden it once may have seemed if it means enjoying more of the life I have left.

And not in the willy-nilly way he seems to have approached it with you. You're very clearly in love with where and how you live (another beautiful photo!), and the two of you don't seem to have hit it off with so much chemistry that it inspires life-changing events, so how well could he have tried to know you? Blah.

Amor de lejos es amor de pendejos

Translation:

Long-distance love is foolish love.

I have talked with a few women who were anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand miles away. It always comes down to this: someone has to be both willing and able to move. I live in a beautiful spot with great weather year-round, I own a nice house, and I have a boat in the water. In short, I am not interested in moving. Many of the women I meet online are willing to move, but they live in foreign lands and can't get a visa. And I don't believe in shotgun weddings or marriages of convenience. I think a long engagement is the only thing that makes sense. That's two years, minimum.

Age has never been a factor, when both parties are comfortable with it.
Distance on the other hand is something that I'm not so flexible about.
We have to be honest with ourselves.
Considering how often will we be willing travel, and what would the long term relationship goals be.
As a homeowner I am not ready to sell my place at this time.

I've had them. One was with someone 2,600 miles away! We traveled some together, and it was fun, but in the end, neither one of us wanted to move. Then he died. :'(

I have a long distance relationship with money. I'm not in favor of it.

Since I am open to move, a long distance thing might work. That said, I will not move to the southeast, northeast or southwest. My comfort range keeps getting smaller the more the years go by. Hawaii would be perfect, maybe. I have looked for apartments in Wenatchee but so far nothing.
Actually not even sure I want a relationship, I like living by myself. LOL

I tried long distance a few times, with men close to my age. One of them I met in person, I went to see him, he came to see me, and we took some trips. He thought moving out here would be a step in the right direction to get his life back in order. In the end it came down to he "couldn't" move because his mom had a "health scare." IOW mama tightened the leash. She didn't want her boy to fly the coop. That was my lesson, I never did long distance again. Even Council Bluffs (just across the Nebraska/Iowa border) is pushing it for me.