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I always thought long-distance relationships are a bit of a sham. When you see someone once a week, you always see his/her best side. You never live with the nitty gritty everyday stuff, like an interminable episode of post-chili cook-out flatulence or listening to her yak on the phone about Louis Vuitton purses during "the game" (or in my case, "the race"). How can you claim it's a real relationship when you never see your S-O's worst side? Now, though, high gas prices will now test the measure of long-distance love in Canada. CTVNews reports that soaring prices in Canada are making travel too expensive for many "couples." The impact reaches beyond those couples who unite automotively. As CTV notes: "The price of airplane tickets increased last month after Air Canada introduced its new fuel surcharges". All one-way domestic (U.S. & Canada) flights operated by Air Canada now include a $60 fuel charge. Ah, but is true love priceless, or is there a break-even point where a $60 roundtrip no longer returns positive net present value? [ED: spoken like a true accountant.]13 Comments on “Gas Prices Hurting Long Distance Love?...”
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My girlfriend and me are separated by either
a) a 120 km stretch of winding narrow roads
b) a three-hour train trip (with lots of hanging around at stations)
Driving is more fun… but a lot more expensive. $9/gallon gas doesn’t stop us from meeting most weekends.
LDR are tough, sometimes mitigated by an arrangement (if you catch my drift) and augmented by friends or family nearby. The costs of reuniting weekly, monthly or whatever start to weigh on the decision to be separated for work issues, and also on the sense of the relationship in the first place.
I’m not a expert in such things but I don’t see the point in a LDR for dating, marriage is OK since there is a legal and moral commitment.
To each his own.
My girlfriend is moving next month. No more 270-mile (11 gallon) trips every other weekend for me. She drives an Explorer so it’s even worse on her end.
Stay single. It’s much cheaper!
It’s not a $60 round trip. It’s a $60 surcharge on top of the normal round trip fare ($150? $200? $250? more?).
And yeah, when gas starts cutting into your rent money, you start to rethink priorities.
It’s not a $60 round trip. It’s a $60 surcharge on top of the normal round trip fare ($150? $200? $250? more?).
I was referring to gas money, though, you are forgiven as it can be interpreted as a $60 plane ride.
Tried it once, didn’t work. She even lived in the same town as my parents, so I would visit quite often and gas was only $2/gal then.
Speaking of the “race”. I was watching F1 on the local Fox station(!)…not sure why it was televised, but nothing else was on. She said, “oh, I thought you didn’t like NASCAR”. I don’t, and this isn’t NASCAR…this is another type of mundane racing.
Don’t be angry, don’t be sad
And don’t sit crying over good times you had
There’s a girl right next to you
And she’s waiting for something to do…
Fox always screws up F1.
Who watches F1 when you already know the result?
FOX: PLEASE TELEVISE LIVE, THANKS.
I refuse to watch Fox “DSD” (Delayed same day) races.
My now wife once went off to an eight month internship after college. I flew her home three times, plus I drove across six states to pick her up. So I feel for those of you in long distance relationships. But it was worth it! :)
At the OPEC meeting in S. Arbia on the weekend, one Opec person said that with $4.00 a gallon Gas in the USA it was too low, he indicated that it should be a lot higher to get US Consumers to change there speed ways! Ahh nice eh?
Do do doot, do do doot
These days, she’ll have to meet me halfway – at the Motel 6.