Will Your Relationship Survive the Long-Distance Test?

These days, circumstances often require couples to spend extended periods of time apart. Maybe a job-transfer looms on the horizon for one of you. Maybe one will soon be going away to school. Maybe you are already living apart and wondering if you are going to make it. It's certainly not easy, but some couples do survive the Long-Distance Test and emerge stronger than ever. What are their secrets for success?

It's time to take the ten-question quiz. When you submit your responses at the end, you'll receive an answer to the Big Question and some expert advice. For good measure, you will learn which long-distance couple from Greek Mythology you most resemble. Go to it!

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Which statement best characterizes your relationship?
- He and I often argue about where things are headed.
- To be honest, he's more invested in this than I am. Though we may have different feelings about where things are headed, we're both pretty happy with it so far.
- We are both equally committed to making it work, and have similar feelings about where it is headed
- I am more committed to making it work than he is. I sometimes worry that we have different expectations for it in the long run, but this hasn't posed a problem so far.

When you raise an issue you feel is important, he typically:
- Asks me if we could discuss it later.
- Gets annoyed or angry at me for bringing it up.
- Reacts in unpredictable ways.
- Stops what he's doing to discuss it until we reach a resolution.

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