Long-distance relationships aren’t ideal. They are hard. Like, really hard. But there are some aspects that aren’t that bad…
異地戀不完美，到底有多難，總之就...很難！不過，異地戀也有好處。

1. You don’t have to share the covers.
1.沒人跟你搶被子啦。

2. You don’t have to be presentable every second.
2.不用無時無刻都得閃閃惹人愛。

3. You have more time for friends.
3.有更多時間和朋友廝混。

4. You have a valid reason to avoid awkward hangouts with each other’s parents.
4.有正當理由不用和對方的爸媽呆在一塊。

5. You get a serious thrill out of two-player games.
5.對雙人博弈游戲很有興致。

6. You get to be independent of one another.
6.彼此獨立。

7. You both get plenty of “me time.”
7.有足夠的獨處時間。

8. The fights you have aren’t even real.
8.吵架都不算真正的吵架。

9. It brings out your inner romantic.
9.激發你的浪漫情懷。

10. You become a professional planner.
10.有助于變成一個計劃達人。

11. You will get much better at communicating.
11.你會更加善于溝通。

12. You prioritize each other more.
12.你會更把對方放在心上。

13. You have a great reason to travel.
13.擁有了絕佳的理由去旅行。

14. You know the relationship is more than physical.
14.你會懂得愛是超越現實的。

15. When it comes to planning for the future, you don’t half-ass anything.
15.到了考慮未來的時候，你不會半途而廢。

16. You always have something to look forward to.
16.每一秒都存有期待。

17. Reuniting is seriously like stuff from the movies.
17.相聚的一刻就如同電影一樣美好。

18. Distance fuels your desire.
18.距離催生渴望。

19. You learn the value of trust.
19.理解信任的真諦。

20. Science literally proves that long distance couples have more meaningful interactions than those who see each other daily.
20.科學表明異地戀情侶之間的交流比朝夕相處情侶的溝通更有深度。

21. You know that if you can survive all those miles apart, your relationship can survive anything.
21.當愛情打敗了距離，那還有什么能夠把這愛情打敗。

Vocabulary

presentable：漂亮的

（翻譯：無事此靜坐 編輯：馬文英 江巍）