# In just over 24 hours.... (Warning: Sugary contents) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907 "2001-08-24T14:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/1 "2001-08-24T14:29:14Z")
- Swiss Air SR504 will touch down in Fuhlsbüttel Airport, Hamburg. It will be carrying the most wonderful woman on the SDMB (and, in my prejudiced eyes, in the world), and she’ll be staying for an entire week. 🙂 Yup, my beloved **Shayna** (Hi, Sweetie) is visiting me. \ For an entire week, the distance between us will be measured in centimeters (OK, meters in extreme cases), not in thousands of kilometers. We’ll be able to talk while actually seeing each other and touch whenever we want to. We’ll be able to kiss, for real. And who knows, there just might be time to make a little love as well. 😃 God **DAMN** , I’m so happy. And impatient. We’ll eventually make a little trip to Denmark, even. And to add icing to the cake, the esteemed Mr. Coldfire will show his ugly mug in Hamburg for a couple of days. Yeah, I’m a non-melancholic Dane right now. S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/2 "2001-08-24T14:34:33Z")
Lordy, that is so romantic I want to just tear up. Honest! I’m not even being sarcastic. :sigh: ah, young love. Hope you guys have a most fabulous time!! ---
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/3 "2001-08-24T14:36:49Z")
Apparently I misread the title to say (Warning: Surgery Contents) This is probably just about as icky though… ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/4 "2001-08-24T15:04:16Z")
So, **Spiny** , are you going to teach her to eat Danish licorice, or just stick with the old candy cane? ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/5 "2001-08-24T15:06:38Z")
So sweeeeeeet! I hope you both enjoy a week chock-full of lovey-dovey fun. Although maybe no lovey-dovey fun that includes **Coldfire**. That might be weird. Looking forward to meeting you both in October. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/6 "2001-08-24T16:59:29Z")
Ahhh, you crazy love birds, you ! Just wanted to say how great it is to see this thing happening between the two of you – it’s enough to warm an old cynic’s heart. 'Course that doesn’t cloud my mind so much that I don’t recognise: “We’ll eventually make a little trip to Denmark, even.” as ‘interesting’. Nervous, dear ? 😃 Have a great time and I wish the both of you a wonderful week walking on air. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/7 "2001-08-24T17:21:20Z")
I was afraid this would be garden variety glurge - the kind that usually has a .WAV of the _cuppycake_ song playing in the back - but seeing as it’s Shayna who has the fabulous babe thing happening you are excused for the offense. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/8 "2001-08-24T17:39:10Z")
Wow! That’s great, **Spiney & Shayna**. Enjoy yourselves [sub]like I had to tell you to do that[/sub]. Have fun kids. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/9 "2001-08-24T17:57:01Z")
Nej! The most wonderful woman in the world is touching down at Newark International Airport in New Jersey a week from tomorrow! I insist that! And she’s staying for a lot longer than a week. 😉 (Seriously, have a great time with my cousin! You two are almost as cute as **Anniz** and I are!) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/10 "2001-08-24T17:58:32Z")
An adorable post. I hop you two have a rollicking good time! A ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/11 "2001-08-24T18:14:54Z")
I’m sooooo out of the loop! I don’t know who’s a couple and who’s not! Hope you two crazy kids have lots and lots of fun. I’m sure you will! ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/12 "2001-08-24T18:58:36Z")
but what is UP already with all these ultra-long distance love affairs? I have never noticed a long distance Doper relationship that was something easily do-able, like Phoenix and Seattle, or New York and Washington. No, it’s gotta be (wherever Anthracite lives) and London. LA and Germany. WTF? I’m dying to know…are these affairs gonna continue at these distances or is someone gonna move eventually? [semi-hijack](I have a reason for wanting to know, a friend of mine just fell in love with a guy who lives England, he was here temporarily, now they, too are doing transatlantic phone calls, visits, etc. And the question for my friend is: How in the world can we ever know if we should make life changes to be together if our whole experience of each other is a combination of hyper-romanticized separations and vacations? So I’m looking to the experienced Dopers to see what they are doing and how it’s all working out)[/semi-hijack] stoid ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/13 "2001-08-24T19:10:35Z")
That’s wonderful. Have a great tiem together.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/14 "2001-08-24T19:26:39Z")
**Thomas** , my prince, thank you for this beautiful post. I, too, am so excited I could burst. Only 30 more minutes and I’ll be off to the airport - Woo HOO!! I can’t wait to be in your arms again (and you can count on lots of touching and, ahem, other stuff. :D) I wish I had time to reply to everyone individually, but hopefully y’all understand my time constraints at the moment. I’d just like to thank everyone for the well-wishes and to wish everyone a fabulous Labor Day holiday! I’m off to see my man - YAY!!! {{Hugs}} all around… * * * Jeg elsker dig, Thomas [sub][sup]Join [**Team Straight Dope**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70348) in the [**fight against cancer**](http://www.ud.com/home.htm)![/sup][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/15 "2001-08-24T19:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > but what is UP already with all these ultra-long distance love affairs? I have never noticed a long distance Doper relationship that was something easily do-able, like Phoenix and Seattle, or New York and Washington. No, it’s gotta be (wherever Anthracite lives) and London. LA and Germany. WTF? > > I’m dying to know…are these affairs gonna continue at these distances or is someone gonna move eventually? > > [semi-hijack](I have a reason for wanting to know, a friend of mine just fell in love with a guy who lives England, he was here temporarily, now they, too are doing transatlantic phone calls, visits, etc. And the question for my friend is: How in the world can we ever know if we should make life changes to be together if our whole experience of each other is a combination of hyper-romanticized separations and vacations? So I’m looking to the experienced Dopers to see what they are doing and how it’s all working out)[/semi-hijack] Fair question. Here’s how it’s working out for me and the male porpentine (who is not a Doper, unless there’s something he isn’t telling me). He’s English, and would almost certainly not be happy living in America, at least not permanently. I’m American, and would gladly spend the rest of my life in the UK, but I can’t get a permanent work permit without getting married, and I’m committed to stay at my current job until next May. After that, I’m hoping to get a job teaching English in Europe (probably Eastern Europe because of those pesky EU regulations, but at least it’s somewhat closer, and I know he’d find Prague much easier to take than North Carolina). We’ve been together slightly over a year, and I was lucky enough to spend two months there this summer, so it’s not been entirely “hyper-romanticized separations and vacations.” And while I realize two months is still a honeymoon period in some ways, it was long enough for us to get a feel for some of the everyday stresses of living together and to have a pretty good idea we wanted to pursue things further. (No wedding bells, though – we’re not _that_ sure, and we both agree that the marriage of convenience is a Very, Very Bad Idea.) So that’s our story. I’m sure other folks in similar situations will have plenty to add. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/16 "2001-08-24T20:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*I’m dying to know…are these affairs gonna continue at these distances or is someone gonna move eventually? > \*\* **Anniz** is moving here next weekend. (Here = Washington, DC; There = Stockholm, Sweden) Any other questions? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/17 "2001-08-24T22:07:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > > \*\*I’m dying to know…are these affairs gonna continue at these distances or is someone gonna move eventually? > > \*\* > > **Anniz** is moving here next weekend. (Here = Washington, DC; There = Stockholm, Sweden) > > Any other questions? 🙂 \*\* Oh, I am so happy for both couples [sub]and a little jealous, too[/sub]. These long long-distance romances aren’t easy. **RickQ** lives in England, I live in the US. When we met here at the SDMB, I was worried about our age difference, not the distance. Silly me. The age difference is pretty much a non-issue, but the distance makes things difficult. Luckily, Rick wants to live in the US, so the question of where was easy. When is harder and partly depends on the whole visa issue. I understand your friend’s concern about having to make a decision about day-to-day life based on a long distance relationship, but I am _very_ sure that Rick and I have a strong relationship. He will be here a week from tomorrow for a two-week visit!!! It has been a long 4 1/2 months since we were together, which makes this all the sweeter. (BTW, **Montfort** and **Anniz** , Rick and I will be in Las Vegas the week of Labor Day. That isn’t when you guys are getting married, is it?) ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/18 "2001-08-24T22:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*but what is UP already with all these ultra-long distance love affairs? I have never noticed a long distance Doper relationship that was something easily do-able, like Phoenix and Seattle, or New York and Washington. No, it’s gotta be (wherever Anthracite lives) and London. LA and Germany. \*\* ::raises hand:: How about Texas and Mississippi? **racinchikki** ’ll be here a week from tomorrow. 😃 Anthracite lives in Kansas, BTW. (I think) ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/19 "2001-08-24T22:55:45Z")
She’s on her way Spiny! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907/20 "2001-08-24T23:21:16Z")
Awww… I’m so happy for you guys! **Shayna** and **Spiny Norman** get to see each other today; **Anniz** and **Montfort** have a week, as do **Brynda** and **Rick** ; **racinchikki** and **Gunslinger** will be together in eight days – and I get to see my sweetie in exactly 43 days. 😃 (Of course, that’s still 44 days too long…) I love that love is all around the SDMB. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-just-over-24-hours-warning-sugary-contents/77907.md?page=2)