Cross Talk: Long distance relationships can work out nicely

YES It's impossible to generalize about relationships. There's the couple who met over a microscope (love at first be-goggled sight). Their idea of romance is looking for split-thumb mantis shrimp together.

There's the two who have an Armageddonic argument every 72 hours (the girlfriend always crashes at your place, tearfully depleting the last of the ice-cream reserves), yet can't imagine being with anyone else.

There are the folks who rarely speak to each other, yet contentedly share a lifetime.