How far is a " reasonable distance" to drive to meet someone from eH ?


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DennisWisconsin is offline DennisWisconsin Post #51  October 18,2008, 1:13pm
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alexsmom0501,299013 wrote :

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6 hours.


I agree...maybe 7. But not more than that. It's not the distance that so much bothers me. It's being able to afford the traveling. My car gets 35mpg so it won't cost me much (compared to flying)to drive up 800 miles in one weekend.If he can be here one weekend a month and I can be there one weekend a month I would be happy. Any takers within a 400 mile radius?


oh alexsmom! i'm hopping mad!! i live 400.034 miles from your area


Darn that .034!
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DennisWisconsin,299037 wrote :

alexsmom0501,299013 wrote :


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alexsmom0501,297756 wrote :


ThePriestess,296894 wrote :


6 hours.


I agree...maybe 7. But not more than that. It's not the distance that so much bothers me. It's being able to afford the traveling. My car gets 35mpg so it won't cost me much (compared to flying)to drive up 800 miles in one weekend.If he can be here one weekend a month and I can be there one weekend a month I would be happy. Any takers within a 400 mile radius?


oh alexsmom! i'm hopping mad!! i live 400.034 miles from your area


Darn that .034!


If only I were 10 or 15... years younger...
I have to say that the best relationship (and the bestsex!) I have ever had was with a man 16 years older than me. The only reason we are not still together is because I want a marriage and kids. he didn't.
 
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I'd say2 hours....however, if they are also willing to travel2 hours and we meet half way, that would open up a lot more options.
 
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My current fellow and I are about 2.5 hours apart. Don't see each other often but the time we have is OMG! wonderful. As he so wisely put it: Shouldn't you be willing to put aside the distance for the right person? He's right.


I wouldn't drive a long way to meet someone I didn't already know pretty well. Hunter and I spent MANY hours on the phone before we met in person. When we did meet the first time, it was like we were already well into our relationship and things clicked along easily from there.
 
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LonelyStarState, wrote :

I don't know if this topic has been beaten to death since i've only been on 'advice' for 3 days (hush!) but what i would like to know is this:


What would you consider to be a " Reasonable Distance " to DRIVE out and meet someone you met either on eH Matching or on eH Advice?


I would say that 0-3 hours is reasonable... and 4 would be pushing it.




This is going to be different for everyone. I use the 1 hour rule because if my date and me hit it off well I would definitely want to see more of her. But, with a busy schedule for both - who has time to drive for 3-4 hours every other weekend? I would rather spend that time getting to know my match better. It's working for my current match - who lives 1 hour away.
 
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LonelyStarState,299017 wrote :

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Once burned.....twice shy for me.


I once flew across the ocean to a different country to meet a guy whom I had been chatting with for 5 years only to get there and find out that he had lied to me numerous times. How do I know? The first lie was obvious. He photoshopped his hair and his body. Now I have no problem with bald guys but this was a lie. I tried my best to look past that, but during the date more and more little lies started surfacing. I spent the whole day with the guy, which I will never plan out again, and was going to spend the weekend, but I called it off short after 12 hours with the guy since I was past the point of being fed up.


Now if a guy wants to meet me, he comes to meet me in Japan the first time. Or I meet him while I am travelling for work if I am in his area or he will travel to that area. For the second meeting (or nth after first coming to Japan) I am happy to go anywhere.


It is not that I will not consider long distance relationships, its the factor of if the guy is really into me, he will pursue me. Especially for the first date.


JBE, but what if i do fly all the way to japan and find out that you don't look like that lil cartoon girl ??
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hazmat,298603 wrote :

I'm with you RSG. I figure 6 hours in a car, longer than that and i'm racking up frequent flier miles. Distance doesn't matter as much as the person. It's an adventure, and life should be full of those.
Oh I can't agree more Haz. All I need now is for someone lovely to appear to either: (a) Be within a 6hr drive, (b) Allow me to accumulate my frequent flier miles, or (c) Provide me some adventure..........


One or more of the above is/are more than acceptable.


Answers on a postcard to "RSG, Massachusetts", please......
 
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I'm with you RSG. I figure 6 hours in a car, longer than that and i'm racking up frequent flier miles. Distance doesn't matter as much as the person. It's an adventure, and life should be full of those.


Oh I can't agree more Haz. All I need now is for someone lovely to appear to either: (a) Be within a 6hr drive, (b) Allow me to accumulate my frequent flier miles, or (c) Provide me some adventure..........


One or more of the above is/are more than acceptable.


Answers on a postcard to "RSG, Massachusetts", please......


RSG, i'll give ya B and C - we can go visit the south side of houston ====O
 
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