Monday, January 28, 2013

Summary Response Essay "Long Distance Love-Can It Work"

Amu Shimomichi
Amy lee
633 English Writing
Jan 28th 2013


Summary Response Essay "Long Distance Love-Can It Work"

 Susan Quilliam, in the article "Long Distance Love-Can It Work" describes how couples can stay together even if love is long distance. According to Quilliam, there are 5 ways to maintain long distance love. Quilliam mentions that if the relationship is worth it both people, they need to communicate more than other couples. Also, they should say "I love you" often, make efforts to be reliable, try having phone sex together and enjoy their own time. If they maintain these ways, they will keep their long distance relationship successfully.

  The author describes how important it is to communicate more often if couples have a  long distance relationship. I agree that calling and texting each other has a great effect on long distance love. Communication makes couples feel close to each other, yet sometimes communication makes them feel more distant too, I guess. This is because if couples communicate often, they want to meet each other more, but they can't. In conclusion, the author acknowledge that enjoying their own time is the most important way to keep long distance love. The author has a good point but I'm concerned that communication is the most important way to keep long distance love even if communication makes them feel more distant.