Episode 3 — Can Love Survive 2,000 Miles?

Trust, Loneliness and Loving Someone You Cannot Touch

Can you truly build a relationship with someone you cannot hold, hug, or simply sit beside at the end of a difficult day?

For Kevin and Marco, that isn't a hypothetical question. It's everyday life.

Kevin is 71 and lives in Iowa. Marco is 28 and lives in Puerto Rico. More than 2,000 miles separate them—and despite being together for well over a year, circumstances have kept them from experiencing many of the ordinary moments most couples take for granted.

In Episode 3 of Love Without Limits, Kevin explores what long-distance love really demands when the excitement of messages and video calls meets the harder realities of loneliness, uncertainty, jealousy, trust and simply missing the person you love.

What happens when the telephone goes silent and you can't drive across town to make sure everything is okay?

How do you trust someone when you can't see his everyday world for yourself?

When does concern become control?

And how do two people maintain intimacy when technology can carry a voice thousands of miles—but still can't deliver a hug?

Kevin also tackles one of the most important questions surrounding relationships that begin or develop online:

Can a relationship formed across screens and telephone calls really be real?

Long-distance love existed long before smartphones and video calls. People once waited weeks or months for letters from the person they loved. Technology has changed how quickly we communicate, but it hasn't changed the human experience of loving someone who is far away.

And perhaps trust isn't about knowing everything.

Perhaps trust means being able to say:

“I don't know everything... but I believe in you.”

For Kevin and Marco, technology has provided the bridge.

But the bridge was never meant to be the destination.

Their goal is to finally close the distance and begin discovering something they've dreamed about for a long time:

ordinary life together.

Morning coffee. Grocery shopping. Taking care of the animals. Laughing about something ridiculous. Even discovering the little habits that will undoubtedly drive each other crazy.

Because when you've spent so long separated from the person you love, the ordinary can begin to look extraordinary.

Can love survive 2,000 miles?

Maybe it can.

But love doesn't survive distance by accident. It requires honesty, communication, patience, vulnerability, forgiveness, trust—and two people who continue choosing one another even when choosing each other isn't easy.

And perhaps most importantly, long-distance love needs something to work toward.

Because distance becomes much easier to endure when it feels like a road... instead of a permanent address.

Learn more about Kevin & Marco and follow their story:

CrazyInLoveWithYou.com

Are you—or have you ever been—in a long-distance relationship?

We'd love to hear your story and what the distance taught you about love, trust and commitment.

Love Without Limits

Real People. Real Stories. Different Generations. Same Heart.

Love doesn't check your age, your ZIP code, or anyone else's expectations before it finds you.

And one final thought from Kevin:

Just because you're getting older doesn't mean your life is finished. There can still be people to meet, places to go, adventures to have—and love you never expected to find. Your life can still be rich and full.