[fleitz]

Call me old school but I'd rather find someone who lives in the same city than try to maintain a relationship through an app. If you absolutely need to stay in touch with someone every minute of everyday it's probably better to just move.

The solution to working too much to be in touch with the partner you really care about is not an app, it's telling your boss to shove the job up his ass. That said, I doubt there will be any shortage of suckers who prefer to spend time at the office than with their partner.

[lotharbot]

> "Call me old school but I'd rather find someone who lives in the same city"

When my wife and I first met and started dating online (in 1998, before it was common) we worried that her grandparents wouldn't approve. It turns out, grandma and grandpa thought it was a cute reminder of their own youth; they had courted through letters. "Old school" indeed...

Sometimes, despite all your plans and desires, you fall in love with someone who circumstances don't permit you to spend as much time with as you'd like. Maybe you're finishing college, deployed to a combat zone, or tending to an ailing/dying relative. Or maybe you're just busy because you're either caring for your 4 kids, or making sure they have food on the plate.

Life is like that, and has been since long before you were born. Making it easier to connect to your loved ones is a good thing.

[wensing]

maybe you're just busy because you're either caring for your 4 kids

Yep.

[waterlesscloud]

People come in a very wide range of personalities. People have a very wide range of relationships.

This app, or one like it, will be huge.

[lallysingh]

Well, sometimes a two-sigma smarter/hotter/funner partner is an hour or two away. It's usually worth it, if it works out, you end up moving in together somewhere in the middle. If they're farther, then someone does a job hunt. If you're in software, you've got a decently liquid market for that.

[njs12345]

Only an engineer would describe a partner as "two-sigma" :)

[pook1e]

I'm currently living in California. My girlfriend lives in Ontario. Sometimes "just moving" isn't really an option.

Besides, I don't think this is /exclusively/ for long distance relationships. I'm sure there are some couples not in a long distance situation that would enjoy this.

[wtn]

Ontario is in California.

http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/

[ebiester]

I've currently spent 3 months away from my partner, and have one month to go. This is not the first time we've spent more than a month away from each other, and due to circumstances beyond our control, it likely won't be the last. Being half way across the globe from each other, sometimes we can only talk for 5 minutes in a day, when one of us wakes us and the other is staving off sleep. Technology is exactly what has helped us bridge that gap, those quick WhatsApp "Thinking of You"s and the like.

There are times when short term sacrifices are needed. Technology helps make that sacrifice a little easier.

[drx]

Sometimes there's no alternative. Off the top of my head being separated by a visa situation is an example.

[dfc]

It is old school to think that economic factors do not effect people's personal lives.

[eli_gottlieb]

>The solution to working too much to be in touch with the partner you really care about is not an app, it's telling your boss to shove the job up his ass.

Agreed, but then there are those of us who formed solid, committed relationships before we had to or have to move and want to keep them alive. Even being on the other side of the same state from your fiancee is painful, man!

[shadowfiend]

Being on the same side of the same state can be painful, considering many US states are bigger than many European countries.