Miles Apart,
Still Close

Long distance is not romantic. It is logistics, loneliness, bad Wi-Fi, and a calendar full of countdowns. You love someone you cannot touch whenever you want, and some days you wonder if you are holding on to a person or holding on to a memory of a person. Both feelings can be true on the same day. That does not mean the relationship is doomed. It means you need tools, not just hope.

Maya is in New York. Daniel is in Manila. Twelve hours apart, they run through every chapter with you, getting it right sometimes and getting it wrong and repairing it other times, so you can see what the work actually looks like in a real life.

What's inside

• A scored quiz that tells you where you stand, before and after.
• Teaching-first chapters on distance, trust, jealousy, communication, and the fights you cannot hug your way out of.
• Four word-for-word repair scripts for the fights that happen when you can't be in the same room.
• An 8-question cultural divide check, for when two countries mean two sets of rules.
• A visit planner, before, during, and after.
• A 30-day plan as the last thing in the book, so you finish with a plan you both actually believe in.

This book will not tell you what to do

This book will not tell you to stay, and it will not tell you to leave. That is not my call to make. It will help you see your relationship clearly, name what is missing, and decide what to do next, together. Clarity is the whole point. What you do with it is yours.

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