Are Long Distance Relationships Eco Friendly? by Kathy Forcey

Depending on what side of the fence you sit on regarding long distance relationships, they can either be a good thing or a disaster. The old cliche about "absence makes the heart grow fonder" may well be true. But fonder of whom is the question, fonder of the partner who is absent, or fonder of the available talent closer to home?

When long distance relationships are tested, who provides the comforting shoulder to cry on? The local talent pool can be a very tempting place to go for a quick midnight swim.

Put it like this, when you are hungry for a take out, do you dial a local restaurant for a delivery or ask someone in Italy to make that Pizza for you and send it over, because you really want to hold out for the real thing?

With global warming we are all being encouraged to reduce our food miles. We are being advised to reconsider food that has travelled miles and miles to get to our tables and into our mouths. In the spirit of this, I would suggest that people look closer to home for their love miles. Long distance relationships are not very green.

They say there is someone for everyone in this world. In fact there are actually lots of people for everyone. If there were only one person for everyone, then the human race would become extinct. I base this on the fact that most men cannot find their socks in the morning, so the chances of them having the tenacity to search on a global level for someone to mate with, would not bode well for mankind.

So before you fall in love, the idea is that you check out how eco friendly the relationship will be. Long distance relationships come with a global warming warning.