I've had good and bad experiences with long-distance relationships.

Second, my ex-husband and I worked for the same online game company and had met a number of times over the years before flirting with each other while working on a project. We "dated" in IMs and on the phone for about six months before attending another function in Las Vegas, where we got married.

For several more months, he lived in VA while I was in Seattle. He moved to Seattle and things were going pretty well. Then I got a job offer in SAN. We talked about it and he encouraged me to follow my dream, so I accepted the offer and moved.

Six months of long-distancing it again, he told me he had no intention of moving to SAN and he could file for divorce by mail in Eastern WA. So he did and there you go.

Maybe we might have been able to work things out had we communicated more in-depth about the impact my job would have...but then again, maybe not!