Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
This is the most common problem, especially when you include British humour that is often taken as fact at the other end, as well as the wonderful English language meaning more than one context can be taken out of a single sentence.
This is very true, I have a very dry and sometimes sarcastic sense of humour and a tendency to exaggerate a situation to stress my point, which most Brits get as we see it every day on TV comedy shows. This is very often taken as fact at the other end of my Yahoo chat. Fortunately, Elaine has a great sense sense of humour too and can wind me up as much as I wind her up. Working in a call centre dealing with Aussies for the last 2 years has given her a pretty good understanding of the western sense of humour.
Back on thread: I agree with everything that's been said, communication, honesty, openess and trust are the key ingredients, love on its own is not enough. I've been with Elaine for 5 months and so far none of the paranoia that was in my previous LDR has surfaced because we both try hard to make sure the above ingredients are always present and we don't shy away from asking difficult questions.