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LONG DISTANCE DATING A LOVE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE
We started talking on Facebook, we had never met in real life; in fact, we were in different states. I was in Minneapolis, going through a rough time in my life. She was living with family members in South Carolina.
I was staying in a Relatives basement, I came to Minnesota to start a new life, but it wasn’t going well at all. Olivia had sent me a friend request, I always accepted all the request I got, but if people got stupid, I dropped them.
I was working the midnight shift at my security guard job, and I was online right before I went to work. “Can I talk to you?” she asked via Messenger. I I was more than happy to talk to a friendly face.
When I was homeless, we talked off and on, every day. I found out where the library was. I would use their computers to answer my emails and talk on Facebook.
I was hurting, and I was lonely, and she saved my life. I had something to look forward to, and our conversations kept me from going insane.
She started sending me money, we kept talking, and she sent me a cellphone. We had started talking on Halloween, she flew from South Carolina to see me the following March.
I went to Philidelphia and spent Thanksgiving With Olivia and her family. The following February, I flew to South Carolina, and we got married in September.
Takeaways: 1. Enter Racial Relationships can work.
2. Long distance Relationships can also work
3. Love will find a way, if you give it a chance.
All Relationships take work, but it’s worth it.
